Version of Living Geography presentation for Essex Network meeting June 2009

2. Living Geography Alan Parkinson Secondary Curriculum Development Leader Geographical Association

3. My contact details alanparkinsonatthega [email_address] @GeoBlogs GeoBlogs This presentation hosted here!

4. Image: Simon Hathaway “ Can only really look at a mountain ‘properly’ when you’ve stood on top of it...”

5. Through a geographical lens...

6. ‘ a different view’

7. Born 1960s School 1970s

9. "As I travel the world, I find myself asking questions that only geographers can answer..." Michael Palin

12. Free for educators http://biz.animoto.com/education/faq.html [email_address]

13. Young People’s Geographies

16. Noel Castree “ There are only ever choices.... When choices are made and accepted by a sufficient number of teachers, they tend to become 'common sense’ ” The choices YOU make are all important !

17. Student Experiences Geography: the subject Teacher Choices Underpinned by Key Concepts Thinking Geographically Which learning activity ? Does this take the learner beyond what they already know ? Living Geography

18. KEY CONCEPTS IN GEOGRAPHY

19. Removed: IMAGE OF ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP..... DAILY MAIL EXTRACTS.....

20. NINGS BLOGS NETWORKS PAPERS

21. GeoBlogs (2003)

22. All a-TWITTER ...

23. What is the ‘Geography’ that YOUR students are living ? Geographers do not just see a place as an ‘objective thing’ in the world that can be described and explained as they build up geographical knowledge. ‘ Place’ is also experienced on a personal and deeply emotional level. Eleanor Rawling

27. Credit Crunch G£ography Winners and Losers & Geo-connections Flickr user: nataliej

30. “ The recession is God’s way of teaching us local geography.”

31. David Rogers: Textbook http://www.folens.com/

32. Augmented Reality

36. http://www.shillpages.com/movies/index2.shtml

37. Flickr Credits: Creative Commons St Stev: aerial shot PearlsofJannah: map puzzle Flickr User Cushdy: Ham Sandwich road sign (Jack Davison – GA member !) Mook Hole, Network card, Map shirt, spectacles, Living Geography, Cabbage and me: Alan Parkinson Surfer: Seth Johnson 2008 (part of the GA Manifesto) With thanks to Ruth Totterdell for Slide no: 10