map it picture it write it (part 2)
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Part 2 of a PowerPoint presentation that I gave at the TES Conference, London, 2nd October 2010: Discover a range of digital learning resources and internet sites which teacher's can use in innovative ways to develop children's creative writing, their geographical imaginations and personal geographies.TRANSCRIPT
PictureIT
• What makes geography come alive for you?
The Earth from the Air: http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/
Part 1 of the presentation: MapIT PictureIT WriteIT (Wendy North - TES Conference 2.10.09)
• Geography is ... a way of looking at the world that focuses our learning on what places and the environment are like, why they are important to us, how they are changing and how they might develop in the future.
Simon Catlin (2004) Primary Geography Handbook
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/8270107.stm
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1071854 www.geograph.org.uk
Where does my garden go?
http://www.geography.org.uk/aboutus/adifferentview
The Geographical Association Manifesto for Geography
http://www.geography.org.uk/aboutus/adifferentview
Conversation between characters
Photograph: Wendy North
What connects these images?
IranWhat kind of image do you carry around in your head?
Photograph: Maurice Church, Esfahan, Iran
Created by Wendy North – [email protected]
Adapted from `the nine number picture board’ on:
http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/visual.htm
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Can you discover the identity of our city of the week?
http://www.geography.org.uk/eyprimary/eyprimary/visualgeography/starteractivities
http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/primary/teaching-ideas/
Look Behind You. What will you see?
http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/online-cpd/course/primary-geography-and-ict/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/primarygeography/Photograph: Wendy North
Wordle: historical, geographical & social understanding
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/primarycurriculumreview/
http://www.wordle.net/
http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/younggeographers/resources/stpeters/
How can you take this further
• Further information linked to using images, Google Maps and Quickmaps can be found on my blog:
• http://primarygeogblog.blogspot.com/
• CPD units for teachers on the two Geography website: www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk
• http://www.geography.org.uk/eyprimary/visualgeography/
We are seeking to encourage you to:
• Adopt
• Adapt
• Innovate
What are you taking away from this session that you could use:
• next week?• in a months time?• with your colleagues?
Join the primary champions network
• and share your ideas with other teachers
http://geographychampions.ning.com/