A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2011

Jeff and I then created a Google Group called the “Tablet Ten” to collect information on how the tablets were being used to extend learning beyond the school day, provide feedback, and eventually develop a plan for Verizon Wireless. I also downloaded an sat vocabulary app and a geography quizzes app to brush up on knowledge.

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Geography High School Social Studies Research 278

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A cross-posting from my RGS blog: 'At the Home of Geography'. Physical geography, including climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, and the water cycle. Human geography, including economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water.

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Geography Economics Humanities Research 52

Living Geography

APRIL 6, 2024

That is the theme of the 2024 Young Geographer of the Year competition , which is always revealed about the time of the GA Conference, with postcards and other information on the RGS stand. There has never been a better or more important time to study geography. Geography helps you to make sense of the world around you.

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Living Geography

MARCH 16, 2025

During the tour we will delve into the stories, contexts, and interpretations of the objects on display throughout Lowther Lodge, the home of Geography on Monday 17 March at 2.30pm and 3:30pm.

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Geography Artifacts History Cultures 52

Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

When NASAs early satellite data became inaccessible due to obsolete formats , it was not just information that was lost, but a record of human exploration. Whether shifting across geographies, languages, or systems, migration determines what knowledge endures and what is left behind. It is not just about movementit is about survival.

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Archiving Artifacts Anthropology Museum 93

Living Geography

JUNE 9, 2024

Information from GA website: Teaching Geography is the GA’s professional journal for secondary school geography teachers and is published three times per year. Board members are geography teachers, leaders and those involved in initial geography teacher education at a variety of stages of their career.

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Geography Teaching Education 52

Dr. Preece

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

With the teacher recruitment offering worrying times for schools and ITE providers alike , it’s already quite common – and likely to become more important – that HoDs and Departments have a considered approach to supporting non-specialists with teaching in Geography. Geography has a lot of Tier 2/Tier 3 words.

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Geography Leadership Economics Teaching 66

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The first thing was to book for the Geography Teacher Educators' Conference 2025. The aim is to share best practice ideas and current research being done in geography education including masters level and other initiatives and project work, relevant to training geography teachers. This is taking place at St.

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Geography Research Education 52

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

In the classroom, these exercises can activate a kinesthetic learning modality, creating an element of novelty and helping students recall information. Example: 4th Grade Geography Watch this video: 4th grade NY State Geography Using masking tape, map the outline of New York on the floor.

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Geography Social Studies Pedagogy Library 273

Living Geography

APRIL 7, 2024

The book considers the power of information - something that Margaret Roberts discussed in her recent book on Enquiry. What role might geography teaching play? What stories do we tell about geography itself? What geographical stories do we tell about the world? What geographical stories do we tell about the world?

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Geography Teaching Social Science Professional Development 52

Living Geography

AUGUST 6, 2024

By the start of September 2025 and the new academic year, a full suite of resources will be available for Primary Geography on the Oak National website. These will all be free to download. There are 6 units for each of years 1-6. 36 units all fully resourced with slide decks, worksheets, quizzes and videos.

Geography 52

Geography Humanities 52

TCI

MARCH 1, 2024

Geography education plays a pivotal role in cultivating global awareness and critical thinking. At TCI, we believe that geography class should be an immersive experience where students see the world through a geographer’s eyes. The much-loved Geography Alive! With Geography Alive!

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Geography Global Connections Global Perspectives Civics 59

Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We are particularly interested in how these geographical elements are interpreted in myths and legends, as well as how they inform human experiences and the concept of borders in antiquity. Our hybrid conference, scheduled for May 2, 2025 , will be held in person at the Graduate Center in Manhattan and online via Zoom.

Geography 52

Geography Cultures Humanities 52

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards. The capabilities approach helps geography educators everywhere to articulate the importance of children learning how to think geographically.

Geography 52

Geography Teaching Pedagogy Library 52

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

When students engage with history, geography, and civics, they develop the ability to analyze texts, draw connections between concepts, and retain new information more effectively. Explore more strategies for overcoming instructional barriers.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Primary Sources Civics Critical Thinking 52

Living Geography

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Kate Stockings' blog has some thoughtful and useful content linked to her work as a Trust Lead for Geography, and an avid reader. She has previously posted useful information such as a review of a book with beans on the front cover.

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Geogramblings

APRIL 18, 2023

A piece of poetry performed at the Geographical Association Annual Conference 2023 TeachMeet titled ‘#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs (The Power of Geography Voice)’ The full TeachMeet recording with a range of teaching ideas and thoughts for the Geography teacher can be found on YouTube here.

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Geography Humanities Cultures Human Rights 52

Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Instead, I wanted them to understand the colony’s region, its geography, and its economy. Frayer Model Activity Next, I handed out paper Frayer models where students wrote a colony name in the middle and added information about its government, geography, economy, and religion. It even provided a knowledge base for each founder!

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Geography Government History Cultures 128

Dr. Preece

JUNE 3, 2023

As a teacher in the early phase of your career, a lot of your professional development is naturally focused on your Geography and subject knowledge. In my experience, as you develop further through your career, the Geography-specific training and focus reduces in time. But what if you want to be focused on your Geography?

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Geography Professional Development Leadership Tradition 40

Dr. Preece

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Here, I’d like to talk about something that I’ve seen in English pedagogy, and consider if – and how – we might want to conceptualise something similar for Geography. The initial stages of Geography are descriptive, about the world that the student knows – and almost exclusively that. Appleyard (1990) Theory of Reader Development.

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Geography Pedagogy Psychology Teaching 52

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

However, studies show that exposure to content-rich subjects like history, geography, and science strengthens reading comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skillsessential components of long-term literacy success.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Primary Sources Critical Thinking Professional Development 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. We could play Fantasy Geography. And so on… .

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Living Geography

APRIL 9, 2024

This was awarded an RGS-IBG Innovative Geography Teaching Grant in 2003-4. I also wrote an article for Teaching Geography about the project, which was published in the Autumn 2004 issue. I had a blog for my Presidential year called Quotidian Geographies, and there are over 500 books in my GeoLibrary.

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Geography History Teaching 78

Digital Promise

APRIL 9, 2021

Represent urban, rural, and suburban geographies across the country as collaboration partners in co-developing the Action Agenda. Stay tuned for information regarding the coalition’s new website and first webinar. The Action Agenda will : Identify challenges, priorities, and solutions to address the needs of Black and Brown students.

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Charter School Geography Public School Cultures 118

Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The students had 5 minutes per slide to process the information and build their slides, using the provided keywords as a guide. I also had Claude add author names and context since the textbook didn’t bother to provide that crucial information. It was simple but effective, reinforcing both geography and historical knowledge.

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Primary Sources Geography History Lesson Plan 126

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Despite hailing from vastly different geographies and circumstances, the dozens of educators we talked with shared that they often struggled in their own school communities with feeling both hyper-visible and invisible as Asian Americans. A participant at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas on May 30, 2020. on March 21, 2021.

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K-12 Ancestry Education Geography 144

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 27, 2017

1:1 computing initiatives (and concurrent Internet bandwidth upgrades) that give students powerful digital learning devices and access to the world’s information, individuals, and organizations. Online communities of interest that supplement and augment more-traditional learning communities that are limited by geography and time.

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Geography Project-Based Learning Economics Tradition 94

Digital Promise

JULY 7, 2015

I began working closely with our chief information officer to bring teachers, principals, technology specialists, and district staff into crucial conversations around technology’s role in our district. We had eight months to design our plan for the future. This group became known as the Technology Action Planning (TAP) Group.

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Geography Economics Public School Library 128

Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The Frayer Model worked especially well for students to internalize the information and make it more manageable. They discovered how geography—land and sea routes—was integral to understanding exploration. This process helped them structure their knowledge and highlight the key points in a logical manner.

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Primary Sources Artifacts Geography Lesson Plan 128

Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This meant that students weren’t overwhelmed with all the questions at once; they could focus on smaller chunks of information, which worked well for those needing more structured guidance. Each station had information about a different explorer, like Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and more.

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Geography Critical Thinking Tradition Middle School 122

ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. And how does that inform your decision to teach? history, European history, human geography, AP government.

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History Museum Social Studies Geography 129

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Learners can more effectively assimilate and interrogate new concepts by connecting new information to prior knowledge, extending ideas beyond initial comprehension, and pinpointing areas of challenge or uncertainty. The “connect, extend, challenge” routine fosters deep reflection and comprehension.

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Geography Economics Critical Thinking Cultures 133

Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. And, they must be informed citizens in our democracy. Entrepreneurs are building on this knowledge to build breakthrough innovations that improve learning. Engage Families.

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Primary Sources Library K-12 Geography 134

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It can bring traditional textbooks to life by adding interactive elements like videos, models or supplementary information to printed pages. Furthermore, it can transport students to different times and places, making history and geography lessons more immersive and educational.

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EdTech Junior High Geography Critical Thinking 131

Dr. Preece

APRIL 20, 2024

It felt like there were some emerging themes across a number of sessions: the concepts of power, representation and ‘whose Geography’ have now firmly established themselves at the heart of the conference conversation. Clearly, there’s elements of both – a dialogue between Conference and the rest of the community and wider school geography.

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Geography Professional Development Pedagogy Teaching 63

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Simulations can also present information in a new way that can be more exciting and engaging than traditional teaching methods. They will choose where they will live along the Nile River, set up a farm, trade their goods, and learn about the geography of the Nile River through different scenarios!

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Archaeology Artifacts Historic Sites Geography 130

Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Sakai explained, "The reason why the purpose of the geoglyphs' creation remained unknown for so long is that previous researchers lacked basic information about the distribution and types of geoglyphs. This discovery marks an important shift in our understanding of how ancient Andean societies conveyed information.

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Archaeology Geography Humanities Cultures 98