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How can overseas trips improve the curriculum & whole school?

RGS #Explore2014 conference presentation

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Royal Geographical Society Explore Expedition conference Education Panel conference by @GeoDebs

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How can overseas trips improve the curriculum & whole school?

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Rebuild the curriculum to include international links building on fieldwork.

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Enrichment of content – bring back new resources to share with wider audience. Student creation.

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Google Connected Classrooms – virtual fieldwork

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International links – set up Skype / Hangouts for long term collaboration.

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Bringing back to the classroom

Live blogging / tweeting

Global Learning Programme

Virtual fieldwork with Connected Classrooms / Google Earth / Cultural Academy

Hangouts / Skype with groups back in country

Discover the World / Digital Explorer online resources

Tie in to whole school aims: literacy, numeracy, STEM, PLTS

Charity links, e.g. Tweet pilots etc

Creating a risk / curiosity website with Google Certified Teachers

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Useful Apps

iGo / GPS emotional mapping

Mission Explore

Fieldnotes Pro

iGeology / My soils

Geocaching

Photosynth

Flickr stream

Twitter & blogging

OneNote / OneDrive collaboration

OS locate

Memory Maps / Story Maps by ESRI

Skitch

Decibel

Geomeasure

Map my Hike / Runkeeper

Fotobabble

Hangouts / Skype