Suffolk Secondary Geography conference - 25th November 2010

1. Six shiny new toys for
Suffolk ....
Alan Parkinson
Secondary Curriculum Development Leader
Geographical Association
http://slideshare.net/geoblogs
ImagebyAlanParkinson–Latitudefestivalentrance2010–CCllicensed

2. Image with thanks to Langwitches – similar to those produced by Alec Couros

3. 1. Shape – Planet Mapper
http://show.mappingworlds.com/world/

4. Fits nicely with Worldmapper...
Gapminder (Hans Rosling at GA Conference)

6. Danny Dorling & Carl Lee’s Personal
Geography of Injustice – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/viewsoftheworld

7. 2. New Iceland blog & images
http://niceiceland.wordpress.com

8. http://slideshare.net/geoblogs

9. 3. Mission:Explore
http://thegeographycollective.wordpress.com
"may just be the most revolutionary
geography-related book ever published" -
Geographical Magazine review

10. http://www.missionexplore.co.uk

11. 4. Google Street View ™
Travel by Approximation
http://jennyodell.wordpress.com/travel-by-approximation/
Since April of 2009, I have been “traveling” the country via Google Street View,
by photoshopping myself into screen shots and writing a travel narrative. In
every day that I travel, I must have enough gas, stop for food, have a place
to stay, and only drive as far as would be physically possible in a day. The
people and stories that I encounter along the way are from online reviews
of restaurants that I eat at or hotels that I stay in, though I never look up
further information about a place unless I found it (visually) by wandering
on Street View. While the travel is virtual, the feelings of discovery, novelty,
and shock that I have encountered on my trip have been as real as any I
have ever had.

12. Start the lesson somewhere random
http://www.mapcrunch.com
http://www.mapcrunch.com/?p=18.886719,-96.942921,38.44,9.6,1

13. 5. Vocaroo.com
http://vocaroo.com/?media=vEuwWChxST0jiBNgt
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value="http://vocaroo.com/player.swf?
playMediaID=vEuwWChxST0jiBNgt&server=m1.vocaroo.com&autoplay=0"></para
m><embed src="http://vocaroo.com/player.swf?
playMediaID=vEuwWChxST0jiBNgt&server=m1.vocaroo.com&autoplay=0"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="148"

14. 6. Twitter (@GeoBlogs)
SSAT Conference in Birmingham yesterday....
#nc10
Dylan Wiliam on AfL & feedback
http://globalcitizens.ssatrust.org.uk/ launched
John Davitt’s LEG:
http://legwork.pbworks.com/w/page/161852
96/FrontPage
#eduwhitepaper discussions

15. PGCE Tips Survival Guide
• Compiled by Tim Handley, primary PGCE at
UEA last year, and now working in a school
near here...
• Grew from Twitter hashtag #pgcetips
• Free PDF download for new teachers in your
department / school:
http://classroomtales.com/pgce-survival-guide-pgcetips/
Includes an excellent article by... Me...

16. 7: Your choices ??

17. http://livinggeography.blogspot.com
http://www.geography.org.uk
a.parkinson@gmail.com