1. “To Hull and
Back...”
(again)
Alan Parkinson
Teacher, Author &
Freelance
Geographer
FRGS
CGeog (Teacher)Image: Flickr user Quite Adept

2. http://livinggeography.blogspot.co
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http://geographyteacher2point0.bl
ogspot.com
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3. E. Yorkshire coast: 1967

4. http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/
PARKINSON

5. 1975-1982
Wickersley Comprehensive
School
Rotherham
Image:Flickr:LuneValleySnapper

6. Rotherham: sense of “place”

7. Activity
What would go in a bag to
represent your ‘place’ ?

8. Little boxes…

9. 1982-1985
Huddersfield
PolytechnicPolytechnic
Image: Flickr user TDR1
Creative Commons

10. 1985-1986
Rotherham College of Arts & Technology

11. 1986-1987
Hull
University

12. Where did I live ?

13. Where did I do my teaching
practice ?

14. The estate suffers from serious
social deprivation and crime. Car
theft and joyriding are particularly
prevalent on the estate. Most schools
on the estate underperform, and
unemployment on the estate is high.
The estate has its own Police
Station adjacent to the North Point
shopping centre.
Source: Wikipedia

15. 1987-1988
Supply teaching..
Temporary
contracts
Derbyshire
Image: Flickr user Jonathan Gill

16. 1988-2008
King Edward VII, King’s Lynn,
Norfolk
ImagebyFlickrNormalforNorfolk

17. Internet
• Blogging – GeoBlogs
• Website: GeographyPages – millions of users
• NINGs: Subject communities
• SLN: Contributor and moderator
Community of practice…
• Twitter
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Joined the Geographical
Association
Curriculum Development
Leader

19. 19

20. ““Every teacher is aEvery teacher is a
subject leader…subject leader…””

21. 21
2011

22. Sept 2013
King’s Ely School
3.5 days a week
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Living Geography - what has
been your journey to be here
today ?
The importance of ‘narrative’
Units constructed as stories…
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24. 24
Writing the Earth
• Geographical narratives...
• Geography literally means ‘writing the
earth’...
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Paulo Freire
“I teach because I search,
because I question, and
because I submit myself to
questioning.”
“Whoever teaches learns in
the act of teaching, and
whoever learns teaches in
the act of learning.”
I’m a different teacher

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Mapcrunch.com
http://www.mapcrunch.com/
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http://www.google.com/intl/en/cultu
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28. Living Geography
Always look for theAlways look for the
stories in the newsstories in the news
thatthat
can be explained bycan be explained by
your geographicalyour geographical
understandingunderstanding

29. 29
What’s been happening
recently ?

30. Excellent starter…
• Why did Prince Harry spend the night in a
freezer ?
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31. Tokyo 2020
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/15/natio
nal/two-time-evictee-bears-olympic-size-
grudge/#.UjiD8HAazCS
• Why won’t Kohei Jinno be looking forward to
the games ?
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34. Image by Jack Davison
Professional support

35. Mapping Identity
Stories about Us
What’s
my story?
How do I
fit in?
How do I
connect to the
world?
What’s
their
story?
Why should
I care?

36. 1: Each other...
How are you going to keep in
touch after the end of the course
?
What support will you expect
from Justin ?
What are the main things that
you expect to need support
with ?

37. The Networked teacher....
Then and Now (Alec Couros)

38. 2. The Subject Association / Royal
Society

39. 3. Virtual colleagues

40. 40
Steve Wheeler: PLE
Joyce Seitzinger

41. http://www.geography.org.uk/resources/geographyblogs/#top

42. 42
@GeoBlogs
@pensionerfrank

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Real people
• Up-to-date
• Authentic
• Expert opinions
• Questions and answers...
• An ‘audience’ and a purpose...

44. 44

45. What tools do you use to help you
learn ?

46. What is coming next ?
What is coming next ?

47. New curriculum documents
released
• Comments ?
• Positives / negatives ?
• Unexpected ?
• Challenges / opportunities ?
47

48. Young People : say hello to Martin
He hasHe has
geography withgeography with
youyou
tomorrow…tomorrow…

49. 49
Identify 4 ways that you could
connect your passions
outside of school into the
classroom to engage learners
and provide opportunities for
work that is more ‘authentic’...

50. First steps into the
classroom...

51. Teachers as
“curriculum
makers”

52. Margaret Roberts “cycle”...

53. 53
Changing relationships...

54. There are only ever choices.... When
choices are made and accepted by a
sufficient number of teachers, they
tend to become 'common sense'
(Castree, 2005)
The choices YOU make are all
important !

55. Calvin: You can't just turn on creativity
like a tap. You have to be in the right
mood.
Hobbes: What mood is that?
Calvin: Last-minute panic

56. What’s your ‘view’ of geography ?
What’s your students’ view of it ?
(An egg hatches and a rhino comes
out)
Lisa: Rhinos don't hatch from eggs.
Homer: What did you just see, Lisa?
Lisa: I know, but . . .
Homer: What did you just see?
Simpsons Safari
With thanks to Margaret Roberts for idea...
““FloatingFloating
topicalitytopicality””
Jeff Stanfield

57. 57
Mission:Explore

58. 58

59. Latest book with John Widdowson
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Wordle.net / Tagxedo.com
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64. 64
“It's never the technology that
entertains an audience, it's
what you do with it.”
John Lasseter

65. iPadagogy….
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Apps
Display and sharing
Google Drive

66. 66

67. 67
Curate
journals with
Flipboard

68. Reflections