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Being in Preston I felt absolutely nothing of course but the first I heard/saw of it was on twitter! Quite different from Feb 27 last year when I was woken up by the bed shaking and my neighbour knocking on the door wondering whether the foundations…
Seems to be the season! FYI there's one at my school here on TES
I'm moodlefairy. I know there are other geography teachers around the country - wonder if there are any in the NW?
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- At 5:57pm on November 28, 2008,
Kevin Cooper said… - Thanks Mary - I'll definitely have a go and doing some...
- At 2:32pm on November 28, 2008,
Kevin Cooper said…
- Hi Mary, tracked who you are now! - my Y9 loved the walk the plank game. Can I just ask, where do I go to create my own games like this / penalty shoot-out etc? And can a reasonably ICT-literate person do it, or do you need to be able to do html, flash etc.?
- At 8:26pm on November 24, 2008,
Mary Cooch said…
- Hi -heard about it via SLN (where else) and amazed I hadn't heard about it before then thought twice about joining because I am in Lancashire not Cumbria but thought - what the heck! Need to keep in with geography (KS3) as I am doing it part time this year and other part VLE (Moodle training) -which includes geography and Moodle courses - but I don't want to forget what geography I've picked up in the last five years (when I changed from MFL to geog!)
- At 11:45pm on November 23, 2008,
Kevin Cooper said…
- Hi Mary, good to have you on board - if you have stuff to upload, that would be great, especially if it's on Cumbria / Lake District...
Can I ask where you heard about the ning?
Standard welcome letter below...
Dear New Member,
I have created this NING as part of my role as RSA (Regional Subject Advisor) for the GA.
The aim is to facilitate increased communication between geography teachers (and field studies tutors, PGCE tutors and students, etc.) either working in Cumbria or with a particular interest in Cumbria (e.g. regular field trips).
I’d love for you to post resources, ideas, photos, links to useful websites, local geographical news items, etc. – and find good things you can use that others have posted – but even if you don’t find the time for any of that, being a member of this NING will ‘keep you in the loop’ wrt curriculum changes, INSETs, etc.
I also envisage teachers using the forum to ask things like ‘does anyone do a fieldtrip to Barrow?’ or ‘does anyone have a good KS3 scheme of work on The Lake District’ or ‘does anyone know of a video clip that shows longshore drift in action?’ or ‘does anyone have any resources on urban models based on Carlisle?’ – rather like the SLN forum, but with the focus on Cumbria.
Why not add the NING to your homepage tabs and check in daily to see what people are saying / uploading?
One advantage of posting here is that it will help you in accumulating evidence of ‘sharing of good practice’ which is a requirement of e.g. threshold, AST, etc. (also good to talk about at interview). If you download a resource, please do just post a ‘thanks’, so that the creator of the resource can use that as evidence. Even better would be providing feedback if you have used the resource / idea in a lesson. I would love for this forum to also be a place where people can give feedback on resources, suggesting possible developments or improvements.
In an ideal world the NING will also help in arranging face-to-face meetings between geography teachers, but the beauty of the NING is that it doesn’t involve travelling long distances like most face-to-face meetings in our vast county do!
My hope is that at least one teacher from each secondary school in Cumbria will join up – ideally every geography teacher in Cumbria, so please do invite any others you know of.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please do let me know.
All the best,
Kevin (Cooper)
John Ruskin School, Coniston
kevincooper777@btinternet.com
07752 412254
01229 718847
PS Apologies for the default profile picture – an attempt to encourage people to upload photos to make the site more personable and interesting! (it’s me, by the way)
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