Presentation on support networks for NQTs

1. NQT 2.0 ( Online) support networks for new geography teachers Alan Parkinson

2. The past

3. Image by Flickr user Bu Yousef

4. “ In Britain, teachers are for the most part too scattered and too busy to come together frequently for discussion . They require a medium through which they may readily communicate with one another, exchange experiences and learn the progress that is being made in method or in appliances in our own country and abroad.” (Vol 1., No. 1, p. 1 of “The Geographical Teacher”) James Herbertson, GA President

5. Link to professional development... Dylan Wiliam

6. “ In British schools, Geography has ever been a dull and uninteresting subject. It has been a dreary recitation of names and statistics of no interest to the learner and of little use except, perhaps, in the sorting department of the Post Office.” (Vol 1., No. 1, p.4 of ‘The Geographical Teacher)

7. The present...

8. How do you currently keep in touch with former students who are now NQTs ?

9. Participation is not always a good thing: it can just create a cacophony. Collaboration is sustained and reliable only under conditions which allow for self organisation. Charles Leadbeater

10. Facebook

11. E-mail / Text groups

12. Ning http://geographynqt.ning.com

13. Tagging

15. “ hubness”

16. “ twitter ye not”... @The_GA @GeoBlogs

17. By Lauren Idea: Tony Cassidy Teacher: Liz Smith, Brighton

18. iNQT “ There’s an app for that...”

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