Thanks to Alan Parkinson for reminding me about his landscapes in a box, after watching Noel Jenkins at TMClevedon. Both legends.
Reminded me of the collaborative 101 ways to creatively teach geography presentation. One to revisit for inspiration.
Thanks to Bob Digby.
Since writing this for Boardworks it hasn’t stopped raining… Free lesson ideas.
A roundup of a few geographical links and ideas that I’ve come across during the course of the week.
Email from Boardworks about the ‘10 reasons to study geography’ poster which I helped put together, it can be downloaded from their blog. Also received a couple of copies in the post. Just finished writing a blog post for them about the drought….
Working towards becoming a VITAL professional and held my first VITAL group meeting this week. Also attended a TeachShare held by Alan Parkinson about Triptico, a resource by David Riley. A replay can be found here. Most of my subject specific professional development is coming from here at the moment, the Geography Portal maintained by Alan is well worth the small fee for your department.
Thanks to Simon Jones for highlighting the zombie survival map, some creative writing to come with his little gem…
Starting giving my classes topic based spelling tests, students had to learn the definitions and spelling of ten words, guess what? The world didn’t end. On the subject of literacy another thanks to the Arthur Terry Geography Department for sharing their improving QWC in Geography mat, and for providing me with a pdf copy.
Finally a 100 days until the Olympics passed, trying to contain myself 
Via Jennifer Watts and as presented at the recent GA conference. Thanks for the mention.
Following the developments and reflections of Paul Sturtivant and Andy Knill on their blogs….
I’ve been enjoying having a play with the Draw Something app, since students introduced it to me. This week it has become one of the fastest selling of all time. It’s a little like taboo but on your favourite device.
Jumping on the bandwagon, until they produce a geography version, I’ve produced some cards (1 mb ppt) which I’ll be using during Easter revision. Feel free to adapt, or get students to produce their own version.
Just a couple of hours left to help fund the next chapter in the Mission:Explore collection. Can you spare a pound?
I’m sure there isn’t much OFSTED winning progress, but I just like the effort that has gone into this piece.
