This document provides a list of references and resources for geography teaching, including websites, blogs, books, and videos. The resources cover topics like mapping, earth science, climate change, and classroom tools. It also provides contact information for the author and offers to share additional resources through email.

1. Writing the Earth
Alan Parkinson - a.parkinson@gmail.com @GeoBlogs on Twitter
References of websites used
http://www.slideshare.net/GeoBlogs - over 200 presentations
http://www.geographypages.co.uk - my original website, founded 2001
http://livinggeography.blogspot.co.uk - my main blog - over 4000 posts
http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/ - track your surname and its geographical spread
http://www.geography.org.uk - free resources and online CPD courses
http://geography.org.uk/resources/adifferentview - the GA manifesto and all resources
http://www.mapcrunch.com - transport yourself around the world
http://www.google.com/intl/en/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/ - Google World Wonders -
check out the EDUCATION tab for resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00tvcnx - Operation Iceberg & iceberg tracker
http://www.wikipedia.org - now with BOOK MAKER option....
http://vimeo.com/16374899 - film on academic rigour and what it should mean
http://www.wordle.net and http://www.tagxedo.com - Word Clouds
http://oceans.digitalexplorer.com/resources/ - recent Corals resources linked to SeaView
survey - also digitalexplorer.com for Google Earth materials
http://missionexplore.net/ - Mission Explore website - login and explore for free
http://www.independentthinking.co.uk/Cool+Stuff/8Way+Thinking/default.aspx - 8 way
thinking - work of Ian Gilbert - Thunks etc.
http://www.eqc.govt.nz/sites/public_files/quake-safe-yr-home_0.pdf - Quake Safe your
home - PDF booklet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBdvvXyS-r4&feature=related - amazing National
Geographic video of the March 2011 Japanese quake and aftermath
http://www.triptico.co.uk -
Free download of tools including timers, classroom organisers, word magnets
http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page - Fakebook - Russel Tarr - part of Class Tools
http://teachone2one.com/wp-content/uploads/Facebook%20Assignment.jpg - Facebook
page
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ - QR code generator
http://www.geographyalltheway.com - Richard Allaway’s essential site for geographers
VITAL CPD portal - http://www.vital.ac.uk
Books
Full on Learning - Zoe Elder - http://fullonlearning.com/ & Oops - Hywel Roberts
Geography, Education and the Future: Graham Butt (Ed.)
Mission:Explore Food: The Geography Collective
Badger GCSE Grade Booster - Alan Parkinson
The Ice Man - Alan Parkinson
Look at it this Way - Alan Parkinson
GIS Made Easy - Bob Lang
Multimedia Made Easy - Paul Cornish
Free e-book on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/extreme-
environments/id552753230?mt=11
If you would like further resources, e-mail and request access to the Dropbox
Good luck for the rest of the course and in securing a teaching post during 2013