Effective use of new technologies
- 1. “The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions” Rob Chambers Head of Geography, St Ivo School. @RobGeog rchambers@stivoschool.org • Online Learning • Professional Development • Assessment for Learning • Digital Curation • Collaboration • Digital Mapping • Organisation • iPads in Geography • Creating Teaching / Learning Resources
- 2. 1. Online Learning – Department Website The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Bringing together all teaching and learning resources for the department “centralised online home” Celebrating student achievement Promoting the Department Geographical News Strengthen connections with parents Transparency
- 3. Blogs The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions ‘mini-website’ – quickly and easily updated Regular updates and reminders Share resources for downloading for revision Host interactive content to provide variation in revision Share with others..
- 4. The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Twitter Feeds Department Twitter Feeds: - Promote - Collaborate - Learn - Share - GeoTweet Revision -Reminders -Engage with students and parents - Polls
- 5. The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions ‘GeoTweet’ Revision -‘Bitesize’ tweet revision - # used to make searching easy - storify used to ‘collate’ tweets from each session – then shared on the blog. - students engaging and even retweeting.
- 6. The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions TWITTER FEEDSOther social media..
- 7. 2. Professional Development The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions • Connect • Learn • Share • Network staffrm
- 8. The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Teaching and Learning PLN • new ideas • collaborate • shared research • thoughts on pedagogy • discussion on latest educational ‘trends’ • ofsted advice • fellow subject specialists etc.
- 9. The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Organising your PLN - Tweetdeck • create lists for #tag follows • post from different accounts • keep twitter feeds of different accounts together • message direct •Schedule tweets etc. Great desktop tool
- 10. 3. Assessment for Learning The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Quick Key -Quick marking using iPad / iPhone – results automatically stored in mark book - Quickly assess knowledge / understanding and identify misconceptions. A number of these shared on “Internet Geography” http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co. uk/quickkey.html Evaluating the use of hinge questions and the Quick Key app – Simon Renshaw https://srenshaw.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/ evaluating-the-use-of-hinge-questions-and- the-quick-key-app/
- 11. 3. Whole range available... The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Plickers.. Only requires teacher device.. Quickly assess understanding. Source: https://plickers.com/ Socrative Requires student devices – but several question types. Kahoot Requires students devices – quick polls / answers to questions.
- 12. 5. Digital Mapping http://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/ The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions
- 13. Using Digmap for presentation of data.. The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Very user friendly – great for accessing maps at range of scales for data presentation.
- 14. ArcGIS https://www.arcgis.com/features/ The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions A fantastic online GIS system Many excellent features are available free – well worth exploring (easy to use by both staff and students). Great way of embedding GIS into the Geography curriculum ready for the new specs.
- 15. 4. Digital curation of articles / resources The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions • topic specific ‘magazines’ • research for curriculum topics • encouraging flair • create magazine of your twitter feed
- 16. 4. Digital curation of articles / resources The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Create your own ‘digital library’ of articles to support teaching and learning
- 17. The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Great way of collating favourites – accessible wherever you are & can collaborate and share favourites...
- 18. 5. Collaboration #geogshare The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Sharing resources and documents & creating shared files – in Google docs even work together on ‘live documents.... Slack and Google Hangouts – tools for connecting – including a messaging app (enabling teams to connect) (Slack) and Google Hangouts – can video conference with up to 100 people for free. Great potential for sharing ideas and resources in particular to support the new GCSE and A’level specs – to join – message Tony Cassidy or Alan Parkinson. http://sharegeography.co.uk/2016/01/02/intr oducing-geogshare/ New Geography Dropbox.... (#geogshare)
- 19. 6. Organisation The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Schedule Planner Mark book Seating Plan Calendar
- 20. 7. iPads in Geography The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions From Paul Berry - https://devongeography.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/premier-league-apps-avoiding-app-frenzy/ •Fieldwork e.g. FieldNotes Pro •Movie making •Book Creator •Augmented Reality • Comic Strips • Animation • AFL etc.
- 21. 8. Creating Teaching and Learning Resources The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Interactive Revision Guides Worksheets Interactive Displays Enquiry Work etc.. Using QR Codes...
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- 23. The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions Interactive Quizzes for websites and IWB
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- 26. The use of new technologies in Geography – ideas and suggestions New Technologies to support revision for students..