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This document provides an overview of how technology can be used to support A Level Geography studies. It discusses how technology can be used for learning geography, helping to pass exams, and in daily life. Examples are given of specific technologies like Google Earth, Flickr, and infographics that can be used. The document also addresses issues around the use of technology for control and surveillance, and perspectives on its role in development. Overall, the document promotes an integrated approach to using technology alongside traditional teaching methods to enhance geography education.
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- 1. ‘Using Technology in ALevel Geography’ Alan Parkinson CGeog, FRGS, FRSGS Teacher of Geography King’s Ely
- 2. Alan Parkinson CGeog, FRGS,FRSGS Head of Geography King’s Ely (Junior) Oxford GA Branch
- 3. Aims • Technology ingeography • Technology for learning geography • Technology to help pass geography exams • Technology in your daily personal geographies
- 4. Who is thisbloke ?
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- 6. I got goodgrades at school
- 7. Technology when Iwas at school
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- 11. I like takingphotos…
- 12. Flickr – 1Terabyte of space free • I have over 15 000 images that are made freely available… and there are about 7 billion others on the site… • So you should never be short of a decent photo when you need one
- 13. I spent 20years here Teaching Geography & ICT to ‘A’ level Plus KS3 History, GCSE Maths
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- 15. I worked forthe Geographical Association 3 years
- 16. I work withinteresting people…
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- 23. We’re all geographers… Animportant subject… “the world as an object of study…”
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- 29. An A level shouldnot be about simply learning and reproducing knowledge from these…
- 30. Playing ‘the longgame’ • How much time did you take to adjust from GCSE to the new demands of ‘A’ level? • Have you gone through a behavioural change from GCSE years • Avoid the situation of ‘leaving it late’ and being forced to conduct panic revision
- 32. Students already knowhow technology works?
- 33. Slides adapted fromGareth Hughes, Head of Geography at Radley College Slideshare.net GeoBlogs
- 36. One of newestadditions to teaching tools for teachers…. Very powerful Follow people / organisations No need to actually tweet Can protect tweets Hashtags work for events…
- 38. Google Earth Pro– now free
- 39. Measurement of areas Crossprofiles along lines High definition pictures Photo-realistic atmosphere
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- 45. Google Forms –collect real data and visualise it Collaborate on presentations, documents and graphics
- 46. Go here withyour smartphone, and answer the question…. http://bit.ly/1vxPhA0 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ck- jfhCWZ2-Rg- jMizNucRSSPubf2symUYuwQczAKYk/viewanaly tics
- 47. Go here withyour smartphone, and answer the question…. http://goo.gl/forms/rqS60aTIHF https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ISfY5cDJnh7WVgiHcnHNVwzH3FozZwBwalQozKn8 p_U/edit
- 49. http://www.economist.com/node/21642053?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/megacities AT THE beginningof February, somewhere in London, a maternity ward welcomed the city's 8,615,246th inhabitant.
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- 52. How can technologyhelp with your studies ?
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- 55. Pole of Cold What’sthe coldest you’ve ever been? Mark Brandon
- 57. Felicity Aston –MBE http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Schools/Teaching+resources/Key+Stage+4+resources/Key+S tage+4+-+From+the+field+resources/Polar+science/Polar+science.htm Won SAGT Non-book award ALONE – Skiing solo across Antarctica
- 58. Future 3 Curriculum andCurriculum Making David Lambert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anrkR4Qty7I Teachers as ‘curriculum makers’
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- 70. Classifying and orderinginformation
- 71. Technology as partof the specifications…. e.g. as a way into Globalisation Thanks to Simon Oakes Chief Examiner IB & Eduqas
- 72. Means of ICTaccess Topic links: globalisation development 1. Access to technology Mobile phone (calls and SMS) Mobile broadband Fixed broadband (fibre-optic) Hardware (PC, laptop, tablet, smartphone, cell phone)
- 73. Mobiles: the greatconvergence Topic links: globalisation development 1. Access to technology Africa Asia Middle East Europe Mobile phones per 100 people 2013 63 89 105 126 Mobile phones per 100 people 2010 41 74 78 122 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
- 74. The uneven distributionof optical fibres Topic links: plate tectonics global networks 1. Access to technology
- 75. Challenge and resistance Autocracy Asystem of government where power lies mostly in the hands of a single individual. Superpower A globally dominant state which possesses the means to project influence, and to protect its own interests, anywhere in the world. Subculture A minority group of people, often young people, that differentiate themselves from the rest of the society to which they belong, often using symbols such as fashion. Political development Progressive changes in the way a society is governed, such as universal suffrage, that often accompany economic development. Topic links: globalisation development 2. Power and control over technology
- 76. Challenge and resistance •Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived a shooting, wrote a blog for the BBC website, campaigning for the education of girls in the Swat Valley • NOBEL prize awarded Topic links: political development global citizenship 2. Power and control over technology
- 77. The governance ofcyberspace • A judge at Chester crown court sentenced two people to four years in prison for using Facebook to incite rioting during 2011 (mobile devices played a key role in the disruption that spread across British cities that summer) • Use of CCTV in urban spaces helps reduce crime and improve safety for women at night • In other contexts it is seen as intrusive: ‘Big Brother’ Topic links: urban studies governance 2. Power and control over technology
- 78. Drone warfare inPakistan Topic links: superpowers (Edexcel) conflict (AQA) 2. Power and control over technology • The USA's drone missile attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia – part of its global ‘war on terror’ – are highly controversial • In a practice that can be unfavourably compared with gaming, 'hellfire missile' operators in Nevada, USA, fly remote-controlled missiles into northern Pakistan – recent drone footage • The intended target is suspected terrorists; as many as 3,500 people have been killed by drones to date, around 10 per cent of them civilians • The rules that govern this kind of conflict are disputed. According to one view, the USA is executing people for crimes they may or may not have committed without a trial and is in breach of the UDHR • However, the USA claims its own actions are legitimised by war law (despite the fact that the USA is not at war with any of the countries where drone attacks currently take place)
- 79. Technology and agriculturalnetworks • Marks and Spencer use the latest technology to help them regularly update the orders they place with their Kenyan suppliers • Each time the barcode of a food purchase is scanned in a Marks and Spencer store, an automatic adjustment is made to the size of the next order placed with suppliers in distant countries like Kenya • If store till receipts in the UK show a good day’s sales for a particular product in the run-up to Christmas Day, then an email is automatically sent to Kenya at midnight to increase production quotas the next day • Farmers everywhere are making increased use of ICT http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals- network/2013/jan/24/data-collection-evaluation-technology- agriculture Topic links: TNCs Agriculture 3. The uses of technology
- 80. Technology drives aspectsof development •For stretch and challenge, investigate the ‘overlaps’ between the categories shown Topic links: globalisation development 3. The uses of technology Economic development Social development Political development
- 81. Electronic remittances Topic links: globalisation migration 3. The uses of technology Somali migrants living in the UK send US$100 million to Somalia annually, relying on Barclays and other banks to transfer funds electronically
- 82. Development change: ICTcan boost HDI Topic links: globalisation development 4. The uses of technology HDI Life expectancy Average income Average years of attending school • Mobile phones can help raise income • Distance learning opens new education opportunity e.g. MOOCs (massive open online courses) • Mobile phones allow remote diagnostic for improved health https://novoed.com/mhe alth/reports/52067
- 83. 3D Printing Topic links: economic activity 3. The uses of technology
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- 86. Advice from ChiefExaminers Simon Oakes Andy Leeder
- 87. • Being ableto write a good geography essay is arguably more important than it used to be. • Reaching the highest grades requires the highest level marking criteria to be met by candidates Can you write a good essay?
- 88. • Discuss (Offera considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments, factors or hypotheses. Opinions or conclusions should be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.) • Evaluate (Make an appraisal by weighing strengths and limitations.) • Examine (Consider an argument or concept in a way that uncovers the assumptions and interrelationships of the issue.) • To what extent (Consider the merits or otherwise of an argument or concept. Opinions and conclusions should be presented clearly and supported with empirical evidence and sound argument.) Command words
- 89. • Evaluate theeffectiveness of two named urban management schemes. • ‘Effectiveness’ in whose view? • What does effective mean? • Why might different groups hold differing views or perspectives? • Do viewpoints differ according to geographical context (i.e. developed, emerging, developing economies) Perspectives
- 90. Every mark counts,so don’t let them slip away… 72 A* 66 A 60 B 54 C 48 D 42 E 36 F 30 G One mark may make all the difference! The boundary goes somewhere...
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- 94. Carl Lee –Sheffield College / University of Sheffield Free download Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things "...this book is an attempt to give students of Advanced Level Geography something else to read that will help them piece together their own big picture of what 21st century geography is about..."
- 95. Thanks for listening… Bestof luck for the exams, and your future careers…
- 97. Acknowledgements Gareth Hughes, RadleyCollege Simon Oakes, Bancrofts’ School Richard Allaway, International School, Geneva Paul Turner – Bedales School Carl Lee Danny Dorling – University of Oxford Felicity Aston Steve Brace, RGS-IBG Andy Leeder