This document outlines an agenda for a geography best practices meeting. It includes: 1. A review of the previous year's geography program and discussion of plans for the upcoming year. 2. A discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the current national geography curriculum standards and a proposal for revisions. 3. A discussion of what makes an outstanding geography lesson according to new OFSTED guidelines. 4. A presentation on using ICT tools like websites, videos and QR codes in geography lessons. 5. A showcase of links between primary and secondary geography programs.

1. Best Practice September 30th 2011 BSCS Tony Battista/Garry Atterton Outstanding, Effective and Exciting Geography

2. The Outline

3. Best Practice Review A review of the Secondary Geography Best Practice programme 2010 -2011 and discussion about the 2011 – 2012 programme. Garry Atterton/Tony Battista

4. The Ning and Bridge Aims of Bridge Accessing Bridge Adding something to Bridge This years dates Forum Questions GA and RGS links Tony Battista

5. Share a Resource

6. National Curriculum and Proposals A discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of the present KS3 curriculum will then lead to the GA consultation document GA national curriculum Proposals and Rationale. The group will then offer a collective response to the GA by the end of the meeting. Garry Atterton/Tony Battista

7. Share a Resource

8. ICT What is Good ICT Geography Websites QR Codes and Geography? Tony Battista

9. ICT Websites http://www.buildamap.com/ http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/ http://aqageog.ning.com/forum/topics/volcano-case-studies http://blackpoolsixthasgeography.pbworks.com/w/page/22843939/Rivers%2C%20Floods%20and%20Management%20%28Physical%20Core%29

10. ICT Websites http://www.geography-map-games.com/geography-games-My-scores-_pageid67.html http://devdata.worldbank.org/DataVisualizer/ http://www.police.uk/ http://audioboo.fm/ http://goanimate.com/ http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html http://mrhardy.wikispaces.com/Rainforest.swf

11. QR CODES and Geography Watch the Video Where do you think Danny Macaskill Grew up? What are QR Codes? Smart Phone Scanners How can they be used in Geography? Personal Geography Shared and publicised in local press/school newsletters/websites Influences/experience/good and bad/Happy/Sad Safe/unsafe – mash ups? Collaborative mapping Create Work, Upload work, attach a QR code, publicise through QR code Sharing personalised Geography stories of local area

12. QR Codes http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk/archives/2009/04/exploring-personal-geographies-with-qr-codes-part-1/ Watch the Video Where do you think Danny Macaskill Grew up? Read Article

13. Share a Resource

14. OFSTED What can we learn from the new Ofsted guidelines about what makes an outstanding geography lesson? Tony Battista

15. Ingredients of an outstanding Lesson In pairs, attempt to rank these ingredients in terms of making a lesson outstanding How difficult is the task and why? Do you need all of these ingredients all of the time? Can you justify your top 3 or 4 and your bottom 3 or 4?

16. Share a Resource

17. Primary Links Show casing of primary links and how secondary colleagues can benefit from links with the primary geography community. Sue McEvoy/Garry Atterton