New Year New Geography 2013

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>VITAL CPD - http://www.vital.ac.uk8th January 2013

>New Year New Geography

>Alan Parkinson

http://www.vital.ac.uk/

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>A brief look back at 2012

>Lucky !>Travel>CPD>Books - wrote / contributed to 5 in 2012>Resources>EU projects>Website materials>Digital Explorer / EDINA

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>What have I got planned for 2013 ?

>More of the same...>Books for various publishers>CPD with GA and OSIRIS amongst others>Finally finishing some work for EDINA and RMetS

>Visiting 4 new countries (so far)

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>What makes you ?

about the year ahead ?

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>What makes you ?


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>What makes you ?


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>What makes you feel...


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>What specific things have you got planned for this year ahead ?

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1: 365 Project

>The GeoLibrary>http://geolibrary2013.blogspot.com >What have you done / are you doing / could you do ?

>Aiming for 10 000 images on Flickr

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2: Blogging and Social Media

>What blogs do you read ?>Have you ever written a blog ?>Broadening Twitter network...

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3: I USE Stats in Education

>EU project>GA is a partner in the project>Statistical literacy...>Where is it in geography ?

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4: Geography Collective

>Mission:Explore Iceland - nearly ready>More big projects later in the year>Project bids in for more >Mission:Explore Food - what next ?

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5: Writing

>Another book for Collins>Topics that you think would interest Year 7 boys and encourage them to read ?

>Thought of survival e.g. Bear Grylls or true life survival, computer gaming, extreme weather e.g. firefighters in Australia ?

>Also new textbooks for new qualifications

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6: New Curriculum announcement and EBC information ?>Are you preparing ?>Are you bothered ?

>GA Consultation Report published Jan ’13

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7: A year of continued change...

>What does Gove have planned next ?

>Will there be strike action ?

>How can I help you ?

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>VITAL PORTALSFree for registered users

>What content / resources would you find most useful ?

>Take a look after the Teachshare and let me know :)

>Thanks for coming...>Next Teachshare in Feb