tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55146412012-04-15T23:12:18.263ZGeographical contexts to everyday situations explainedGeoBlogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514641.post-61185499402903081172009-09-04T10:22:00.000Z2009-09-04T10:23:20.123Z

NEW GA WEBSITE now live...The GA web team: Anne Greaves and Ben Major, have been working away for months with designers Ledgard Jepson on a new website for the Geographical Association, and it is now live, after several weeks of beta testing and tweaking. Visit the GA URL http://www.geography.org.uk to see the new site. The site looks a lot brighter, clearer and easier to navigate, and uses more

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Red Nose DayDon't forget to donate to Red Nose Day

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Came across a fantastic photography project which casts immigrant workers in the USA as 'superheroes' and places them in the settings where they work.The exhibition is the work of Dulce Pinzon.The Mexican immigrant worker in New York is a perfect example of the hero who has gone unnoticed. It is common for a Mexican worker in New York to work extraordinary hours in extreme conditions for very low

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Had a very pleasant day yesterday. Got the early train down to London then down through Clapham Junction ("Britain's busiest railway station" apparently) and past Kew Gardens, and out at Syon Lane. Walked into an anonymous industrial estate, and there were the cluster of buildings that make up Sky News and Sports, and the various other broadcasting channels that are produced in the buildings.

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Twitter tipoff thanks to @Kenny73

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Tune in to Teachers TV at 7am, 4pm or 8pm tomorrow for a programme which features Head of Geography and Chartered Geographer Sally Sumner talking about blogging, and inputs on other collaborative online tools from Tom Barrett. Will be well worth watching...Will also be available to download once the programme has been broadcast...

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Millions of Christmas Cards will be coming down in the next day or so as we get to 12th night....Don't forget to recycle them, rather than chucking them in the bin...As always the WOODLAND TRUST is coordinating a recycling campaign.One tonne of recycled cards saves 17 trees...Take cards to WH Smiths, Tesco, TK Maxx and other partners...

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Merry Christmas to all my readers...Image by Ronald LampittSee you in 2009

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More GeoBlogging to come in 2009....

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Britglyph ProjectReceived an e-mail from Lawrence about the BRITGLYPH project.· Guerrilla art is old news and the Turner Prize means nothing to the man on the street· A new project is creating a unique piece of ‘user generated art’ that anyone across Britain can contribute to· Using the gizmo we all have, a phone, the ‘Britglyph’ project records pictures taken at locations

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OK, so this is GEO blogs, but there are lots of MFL blogs too.Here's Jose Picardo's presentation from a recent conference. Lots of good, and adaptable ideas..Blogging and MicrobloggingView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: technology education)

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An old classic....Does this still have a place in any geography scheme of work ?

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Yeterday at the Suffolk conference, talked about the use of CHRISTMAS as a context for some geography work. In terms of I recognise that not all faiths are represented in a unit like this: "winterval" anyone ?Mark Cowan has kindly made available another one of his poems. ChristmasView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: poem christmas)Looking back over previous work, there are some

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Forgot to mention that on Thursday I picked up a new friend.Look at that intrepid hairy explorer.... and Barnaby...

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David Lambert, Chief Executive of the GA is delivering a lecture at Sheffield University tomorrow tonight.It's part of the Centenary Lecture Series.Department of Geography Centenary LectureGeography in schools: misheard or misplaced?Professor David Lambert (Chief Executive of the Geographical Association) 5:30 pm Richard Roberts AuditoriumI shall be in the audience, and will be doing some live

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Gratuitous award picture.. ;)

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Geo Blogs is on the move - got a new job and a very exciting one...

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By Flickr user TZA (Creative Commons) - image credit Google and associated imaging partners

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Geography Film Festival Our World FestivalGo to the GA website for details of the festival, which takes place on the day before the GA Conference 'proper' starts. It's worth starting your conference early to take in the conference.The GA site has details of the films that are going to be shown. Each session costs just £3 !And of course, you need to CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS !Support the

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David Attenborough Got a nice surprise yesterday: entered a ballot for RGS-IBG members earlier in the year, and a ticket arrived in the post !Image by Flickr User Bryan Ledgard (made available under Creative Commons)Monday 31 March at 18.30RGS-IBG Balloted lecture Members onlyWallace and the birds of paradiseSir David AttenboroughDavid shows film footage and describes the various species that so

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GeoBlogs now featured on the INTUTE site.

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Picture: David RaynerCfBT Conference for Geography for new KS3 CurriculumThanks to the 70+ Heads of Geography and other colleagues in various capacities who attended the CfBT Eastern Region Conference at the Holiday Inn in Norwich yesterday.It was hard work (especially as I followed it up with 2 hours plus at a parents evening...) but enjoyable, and good to talk to people and get their ideas for

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