tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50696748265032699392024-03-18T03:04:05.757+00:00LivingGeographyDispatches from my geography classroom, life as a freelance Geographer, and Everyday Geographical discoveries.Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.comBlogger12383125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-66171988516538226812024-03-14T10:50:00.003+00:002024-03-14T16:11:45.019+00:00The GA's new Chief Executive: Steve Brace<p><a href="https://gapresidents.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">A cross-posting from my GA Presidents blog.</span></i></a></p><p><a href="https://geography.org.uk/the-geographical-association-appoints-steve-brace-as-its-new-chief-executive/" target="_blank">An important announcement from the GA today.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VflG53aZrQp6vtW0uISfVN9fiBGtjazn_l8Gr6rzVPeaHwD7btiNEWphNFiuMdLb29ZPGYUmLREIaFISFEVnS7evRGLwO_W-oDxwEZVIwt49OaVAE9x8-W9ke8QqF7FSAH-71gO5kttiyp0Qv-fl0JNNFx3V2hP9VmXRqCIQ1p_MeHC5IHiKzHTbNDST/s2080/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%2010.45.06.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="2080" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VflG53aZrQp6vtW0uISfVN9fiBGtjazn_l8Gr6rzVPeaHwD7btiNEWphNFiuMdLb29ZPGYUmLREIaFISFEVnS7evRGLwO_W-oDxwEZVIwt49OaVAE9x8-W9ke8QqF7FSAH-71gO5kttiyp0Qv-fl0JNNFx3V2hP9VmXRqCIQ1p_MeHC5IHiKzHTbNDST/w640-h362/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%2010.45.06.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>Alan Kinder's replacement was announced.</p><p>The full announcement said:</p><b><i>The Geographical Association (GA) is delighted to announce that Steve Brace has been appointed as its new Chief Executive.</i></b><br /><br />Steve is already well known to the geography education community having previously been Head of Education and Outdoor Learning at the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) (RGS (with IBG)). He started his career as a geography teacher at a London comprehensive, moving on to roles at the charity Action Aid and the Commonwealth Institute, before joining the RGS (with IBG). Whether via social media or through regular contributions to the Times Educational Supplement and other newspapers, Steve has become an important and trusted spokesperson for geography.<br /><br />Professor Alastair Owens, the GAâs Chair of Trustees, commented:<br /><br />âSteve Brace is a leading figure in the geography education community, and I am thrilled that he will be joining the GA. He brings deep experience of supporting geography teachers from primary to A level, has been influential in shaping education policy relevant to our discipline, has built many partnerships and raised funds to develop new initiatives, and has played a key role in making geography more diverse and inclusive.<br /><br />Steveâs energy and strategic vision will enable the GA to address the needs of its members in responsive and imaginative ways and ensure that it continues to be a powerful voice in advocating for the relevance and value of a geographical education in a rapidly changing world. The GA and geographical education are in very good hands.â<br /><br />Steve Brace said:<br /><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">âI am delighted to be joining the GA as its Chief Executive and to lead the organisation at such an important time for our subject. My first GA conference was in 1989. Since then, I have worked alongside many GA colleagues, its trustees and members â and long admired its work.<br /><br />The GA, and our subject community as a whole, have much to celebrate. There have been significant improvements in geography teaching across primary and secondary schools. Exam entries have increased and geographers are receiving greater public recognition.<br /><br />However, there is more work needed to strengthen the supply of subject specialist geography teachers, to protect and develop fieldwork, advance equality, diversity and inclusion and better connect geographyâs value to all young peopleâs aspirations. The GA, through its own work and in partnership, has a vital role to play in addressing such challenges. I am pleased to be joining during Denise Freemanâs Presidential year and look forward to working with her, Vice President Hina Robinson, the entire GA community and its collaborators to address these priorities.â</span></i></b><br /><br />Steve will join the GA staff on 25 March 2024.<div><br /></div><div><i><b>I wish him all the best for his new role. A good choice to lead the work of the Association. I've known and worked with Steve for many years, going back to the Action Plan for Geography days and we've met numerous times at events around the country. It's an exciting time ahead for him.</b></i></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Some very important news from <a href="https://twitter.com/The_GA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@The_GA</a>: a very warm welcome to <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveBraceGeog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveBraceGeog</a> our new Chief Executive! <a href="https://t.co/yRGM0SsDkB">https://t.co/yRGM0SsDkB</a></p>â Alastair Owens (@AlastairHackney) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlastairHackney/status/1768224899972136964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-78086143361446356552024-03-12T20:03:00.003+00:002024-03-12T20:03:51.430+00:00Anthropocene or not?<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/07/quest-to-declare-anthropocene-an-epoch-descends-into-epic-row" target="_blank">Are we in the Anthropocene?</a></p><p>This story describes a row between different groups who disagree over whether we are. Given the current state of sea temperatures and ecosystems the world over, I think it's fairly clear that we have profoundly changed earth systems.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_q6YqqEyZbgw_sXiX6_6nn9u1Mpug8fwi_czFilkuHvRdkw6D80K3FqfsI8tIhsVq-WObXUN3fib2tJuT4nN5BlJoeBcL7bOQ5WHUoY-mlTknvEvTfFHgyVvhCvxlfNccw5XIcobRIfiG9iSvTkSs3szQl5aXP286Gj17ezVTdihBUekajlWACYyhFw/s1458/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%2020.34.59.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1458" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_q6YqqEyZbgw_sXiX6_6nn9u1Mpug8fwi_czFilkuHvRdkw6D80K3FqfsI8tIhsVq-WObXUN3fib2tJuT4nN5BlJoeBcL7bOQ5WHUoY-mlTknvEvTfFHgyVvhCvxlfNccw5XIcobRIfiG9iSvTkSs3szQl5aXP286Gj17ezVTdihBUekajlWACYyhFw/w640-h534/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%2020.34.59.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-24160174058793100682024-03-12T19:57:00.000+00:002024-03-12T19:57:00.554+00:00Just in time and just in case...<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/11/the-guardian-view-on-supply-chains-not-only-just-in-time-but-just-in-case" target="_blank">An interesting Guardian article on supply chain resilience.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNOP5_lFDJrbA9f_MXdAabQKp_iv9qf2ymNb7w8L54Hp3jMrfeptEo_nU5artIR07DFqzkrX12ijx6iB4We7jZxbvOq-EXTnolkjvbotmURyX8VP5q5-pkiDL6c114yZzoCXfOXcNyrAO9D-9lEajIw-ye-LT7uPT7BK2wG-vIPjUURcrsDL2momieBE/s1526/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20at%2019.55.27.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1526" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNOP5_lFDJrbA9f_MXdAabQKp_iv9qf2ymNb7w8L54Hp3jMrfeptEo_nU5artIR07DFqzkrX12ijx6iB4We7jZxbvOq-EXTnolkjvbotmURyX8VP5q5-pkiDL6c114yZzoCXfOXcNyrAO9D-9lEajIw-ye-LT7uPT7BK2wG-vIPjUURcrsDL2momieBE/w640-h500/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20at%2019.55.27.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-28545631165989771832024-03-11T21:14:00.002+00:002024-03-11T21:15:14.438+00:00Catastrophizing<p>Some people don't take Eric Idle's advice to <b><i>"always look on the bright side of life".</i></b></p><p><b><i>See previous post.</i></b></p><p><a href="https://theswaddle.com/why-some-people-expect-catastrophes-in-everyday-situations/" target="_blank">This article explains why.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2aeKajl8zrY3IJQR4qcsDrSi1tij3UmjxwL4sm051qvS7uevwgd9crVFFnfIGN8XDxOjwla6qSk9tzqLXEo2A9lTKTtv1n9VyraAlo5XCqRMEEdH0ZtkPwuaSZEgHGrCJzBpvczAXdbRl0Qg4Qrq4V9P0AyW6F-NJ5CWZq6-lYJmurzwhEBdHfxuqNs/s1832/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%2019.30.37.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="1832" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2aeKajl8zrY3IJQR4qcsDrSi1tij3UmjxwL4sm051qvS7uevwgd9crVFFnfIGN8XDxOjwla6qSk9tzqLXEo2A9lTKTtv1n9VyraAlo5XCqRMEEdH0ZtkPwuaSZEgHGrCJzBpvczAXdbRl0Qg4Qrq4V9P0AyW6F-NJ5CWZq6-lYJmurzwhEBdHfxuqNs/w640-h198/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%2019.30.37.png" width="640" /></a></div>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-13998082876255492162024-03-11T21:12:00.001+00:002024-03-11T21:12:18.647+00:00Feeling happy?<p><i>A useful few tweets. Thanks to @CampbellGeog for the tipoff...</i></p><p><b><a href="https://mentalstateoftheworld.report/" target="_blank">It refers to this report here.</a></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ44UGvRaXE1kpobawJk6CwEfC1qpCPHtGW9BsluHsl6W81n9BDC6dEcqwEuILJ3KAZt0t84XGzEmqjE9FCCfnbQzjVZ0xTkvpKS4xnfTRO_4ZS1TjfwHCeD54kdDDhXvYtF395oTv5RHNjLoy99l7wiW3s4IhmmvLaLALJV2uR6yZKerCJVWRzyMS8d4/s2382/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2021.05.22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="2382" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ44UGvRaXE1kpobawJk6CwEfC1qpCPHtGW9BsluHsl6W81n9BDC6dEcqwEuILJ3KAZt0t84XGzEmqjE9FCCfnbQzjVZ0xTkvpKS4xnfTRO_4ZS1TjfwHCeD54kdDDhXvYtF395oTv5RHNjLoy99l7wiW3s4IhmmvLaLALJV2uR6yZKerCJVWRzyMS8d4/w640-h274/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2021.05.22.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">đŹđ§ British people are now the 2nd most miserable people in the world<br /><br />Previous happiness studies are based on income, wealth and healthcare quality, simply putting Western countries on top always, very very biased<br /><br />The new Mental State of the World report is the first happiness⊠<a href="https://t.co/orFVumNLD2">pic.twitter.com/orFVumNLD2</a></p>â @levelsio (@levelsio) <a href="https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1766907622286888967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">And here it is on Nomad List, the countries with the most happy and friendly people in the world<br /><br />Some parts of Europe and South East Asia<a href="https://t.co/28yBGRg1Pv">https://t.co/28yBGRg1Pv</a> <a href="https://t.co/7qIztfEdi8">pic.twitter.com/7qIztfEdi8</a></p>â @levelsio (@levelsio) <a href="https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1766923152624373826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2024</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><i>Some years ago, I was involved in a <b>Geography of Happiness project</b> which was funded by the RGS-IBG partly and coordinated by Daniel Raven Ellison. </i></p><p><i>I ended up in Dublin with Simon Renshaw and a borrowed BBC camera and sound equipment... </i></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-79138208421607792722024-03-10T20:39:00.006+00:002024-03-10T20:39:53.659+00:00Tokyo Bay eSG Project<p><i><b>Tokyo Bay </b>is the home to a plan for a new smart city, which will hopefully be sustainable and actually end up being built. </i></p><p><i>Over the years. there have been quite a lot of these places touted as being the next / first / best 'Smart City' / 'Sustainable City' etc. going back to <b>Masdar</b> (or even earlier if you can think of earlier examples). NEOM is the latest project to gain a lot of interest.</i></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qZI39em_02w?si=abghMSLngZmUut4I" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: red;">Details in the video above...</span></i></div><div><br /></div>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-33663860664763483172024-03-10T20:15:00.002+00:002024-03-10T20:15:37.948+00:00Notes from a PGCE #8: Colin Brock<p><b><i>The eighth in a series of posts which may be of interest to those who are completing their PGCE this year (or completed it in other years). This is a cross posting from my GA Presidents Blog.</i></b></p><p><b><i>We had occasional visitors to the bungalow during the PGCE course.</i></b></p><p><a href="https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/dr-colin-brock/" target="_blank">Colin Brock</a> came to speak to us about the "international dimension" of geography and geography teaching, which I guess back then was an attempt to make us consider how we taught about unfamiliar parts of the world. In the days before the internet.</p><p>Even textbooks had few colour images. I remember<b> John Lyon</b> I think talking about how he used the front cover picture of a textbook when he was first teaching as that was the only one printed in colour.</p><p><i>I tried to find out a little more about him, but discovered he sadly passed away in 2016. He was clearly an expert in the field of multicultural and development education.</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9LnCLvMmCJf27tadKAaDinzdwUvHC7I8zNwqNRdIhlGd1I4-nhUcvejh0vy17aOt3mQ1JEMBDv3Q2DZ1UCvRr1aByrHr_w4bnCMcID8yxaVGh5u1FbtqkCal-aOwcMwW0uoMEB-Ts1ZsTMOOZcNw8oly2T7h7arAmRYl0Q6LN43GJcgJUm5oy67qhHU/s2414/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%2016.26.14.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="2414" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9LnCLvMmCJf27tadKAaDinzdwUvHC7I8zNwqNRdIhlGd1I4-nhUcvejh0vy17aOt3mQ1JEMBDv3Q2DZ1UCvRr1aByrHr_w4bnCMcID8yxaVGh5u1FbtqkCal-aOwcMwW0uoMEB-Ts1ZsTMOOZcNw8oly2T7h7arAmRYl0Q6LN43GJcgJUm5oy67qhHU/w640-h340/Screenshot%202023-09-23%20at%2016.26.14.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">I'd love to see other people sharing some highlights from their own PGCE courses - whether they were last year or even earlier than mine. </span></i></b></p>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-34602716217451680492024-03-10T13:22:00.003+00:002024-03-10T13:22:54.668+00:00The Big Plastic Count <p><b><i>This starts tomorrow. </i></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9Vxt1jECyQvlVQW_P4rXJFEjrd94slBmvGJehsXA7jK4vheGLx8MtaLcVxp5GEOCAesKCJUutTtBjRWAcFP6wo5zyPC0Kx3xVN8rVRAluz9Q2Dz6uBJiemPieOQKi0rU2zUV3Lqo-E5ZP4DchGB41E5tmSYKw9xWQG8My-OwAIR4zNL4WiVpZG3uxho/s1712/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%2013.20.46.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="1712" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9Vxt1jECyQvlVQW_P4rXJFEjrd94slBmvGJehsXA7jK4vheGLx8MtaLcVxp5GEOCAesKCJUutTtBjRWAcFP6wo5zyPC0Kx3xVN8rVRAluz9Q2Dz6uBJiemPieOQKi0rU2zUV3Lqo-E5ZP4DchGB41E5tmSYKw9xWQG8My-OwAIR4zNL4WiVpZG3uxho/w640-h212/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%2013.20.46.png" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><i><br /></i></b><p></p><p><b><i>Sign up and get your survey recording form to stick by the bin.</i></b></p><p><a href="https://thebigplasticcount.com/" target="_blank">It's the counting that counts.</a></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aJqqZ8dDtGQ?si=8Hb-MwyC5_IEETIR" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-41328562344768345772024-03-09T12:34:00.000+00:002024-03-09T12:34:14.629+00:00Landscapes on packaging<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFk2FwkgmENfdRXtZh0FAOZxFnYvPGA704kzAXeGG2zPA4w97G10S_yZL14UYknTNQqnvp1XKkeXqw2gVCrMYIPVBBExSCJsMGJ4yIT_MJ_Qv7tNor1kiSRooM9Iz9joVx5gJDqgsZsNe7-Hc2idIKYUDRc0KjqvukkaEdUTgWrj6GZ70WF3dPEqiwy4o/s2048/53493785795_a0782a4e1b_k.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFk2FwkgmENfdRXtZh0FAOZxFnYvPGA704kzAXeGG2zPA4w97G10S_yZL14UYknTNQqnvp1XKkeXqw2gVCrMYIPVBBExSCJsMGJ4yIT_MJ_Qv7tNor1kiSRooM9Iz9joVx5gJDqgsZsNe7-Hc2idIKYUDRc0KjqvukkaEdUTgWrj6GZ70WF3dPEqiwy4o/w640-h480/53493785795_a0782a4e1b_k.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I posted a few images on my Twitter feed last week of landscapes which form part of food packaging, leaving off the product and asking whether people could identify the product from the image. I had a few sent back to me in reply, some of which were drinks and other types of products.<div><p><b><i>Do you have some others suggestions?</i></b></p><p><b><i>What product does the image above feature on the box for?</i></b></p></div>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-11208062521530271142024-03-09T11:15:00.001+00:002024-03-09T11:15:36.058+00:00New stretch of coastal path in NW Norfolk<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyFwu77_Y1kGMtrZCyegfb6KT1caVENLOfg8IpWBOnjXgfTDdEOvUANln_tlo4VDoO9azf9ek2Ws5Yx1OL8xF22tsd8thRqqRB9icn7mb1E7jLLMkMbeTjDUj4oWJ2P6-qnqCNNe8JOBzTuqUNiUhg0-BF_MbFH2MVJOuWO0o0m8SfEj2D0BoD_ETW1E/s856/53573896219_065564dce5_o.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="642" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKyFwu77_Y1kGMtrZCyegfb6KT1caVENLOfg8IpWBOnjXgfTDdEOvUANln_tlo4VDoO9azf9ek2Ws5Yx1OL8xF22tsd8thRqqRB9icn7mb1E7jLLMkMbeTjDUj4oWJ2P6-qnqCNNe8JOBzTuqUNiUhg0-BF_MbFH2MVJOuWO0o0m8SfEj2D0BoD_ETW1E/w480-h640/53573896219_065564dce5_o.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><i>There was good news for walkers this week with the opening of a new stretch of a proposed path which will run right around the coast of Britain. </i><p></p><p>This is an area that has been out of bounds for years, as it runs through the Sandringham Estate. I lived in Snettisham for twelve years, and was often frustrated that at Wolferton the path petered out and came well inland away from the coast.</p><p><i><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-68489102" target="_blank">It was featured in the local paper, the EDP, and also on BBC News. </a> I look forward to following the path this coming summer to give it a go.</i></p><p><i>I've been down to Peter Scott's lighthouse many times and followed the path for part of the way, but it was always incomplete between King's Lynn and Heacham.</i></p><p><i>The trail is rather remote as it leaves King's Lynn... all the way to Snettisham. You'll want the wind behind you as well... </i></p><p><i><a href="https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/england-coast-path/" target="_blank">The trail website is here.</a></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvHJhfk8Ns4-lfN3gs31ViKO4OqamWzBqutF57415kNgYYGxZa5Ay4Or0h5EVCquzmCjOIWaWARLo1VQCuRQ9uIvtOrddZuGKjTAme-Set0JMGxOUtaZ-Y_0rYMrNZHXdmWpOeUAyJH_coqErZOEpaZFvMik1HiWW5oFf8nMsRdqQkhGRslKQJ-takOY/s2486/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%2011.06.47.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="2486" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvHJhfk8Ns4-lfN3gs31ViKO4OqamWzBqutF57415kNgYYGxZa5Ay4Or0h5EVCquzmCjOIWaWARLo1VQCuRQ9uIvtOrddZuGKjTAme-Set0JMGxOUtaZ-Y_0rYMrNZHXdmWpOeUAyJH_coqErZOEpaZFvMik1HiWW5oFf8nMsRdqQkhGRslKQJ-takOY/w640-h232/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%2011.06.47.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-71279049322475522132024-03-06T20:06:00.002+00:002024-03-06T20:06:50.229+00:00Do you have zombies in your classroom?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOlOPJiypFqW-oVdFNdanKovR579nUjCEgDMlAE8_HxfA9VYB3odJ46bdrgBCR2Q-JravY8dSmLFmSiQAA5hyphenhyphenGirRFBkJnAG19h7wJgvyxjeFQq0nYbyOSes_xACEwMK6AnVQa6lXaS0TCJ6RJjMIBSH7CRrTtK5jxrRcrezCdw9rAjHmihsZxsbtPig/s916/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20at%2019.16.05.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="896" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOlOPJiypFqW-oVdFNdanKovR579nUjCEgDMlAE8_HxfA9VYB3odJ46bdrgBCR2Q-JravY8dSmLFmSiQAA5hyphenhyphenGirRFBkJnAG19h7wJgvyxjeFQq0nYbyOSes_xACEwMK6AnVQa6lXaS0TCJ6RJjMIBSH7CRrTtK5jxrRcrezCdw9rAjHmihsZxsbtPig/w391-h400/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20at%2019.16.05.png" width="391" /></a></div><a href="https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/the-problem-of-outdated-teaching-resources-schools-geography" target="_blank">A new article in the TES</a> from <b>Steve Brace. </b>It explores the persistence of some topics in the school curriculum, instead of exploring some of the newer curriculum thinking and relevant topics for an age of climate breakdown.<p></p><p>I first heard the term being used by <b>John Morgan </b>at a seminar at the Institute of Education, although I had explored this idea in 2007-8 when I worked as one of the <b>CfBT Regional advisors</b> at the time of a new curriculum, and put together a presentation of such case studies (which included <b>Mt. St. Helens and Kobe</b> as it happens) put to the <b>Rick Astley</b> song 'Never gonna give you up' (before his own current resurgence)... as a reminder of the need to update resources and as David Lambert said on the first page of the GA's manifesto 'a different view'</p><i><span style="font-size: medium;">âwe may need to throw out crusty old favourites ⊠in favour of⊠lessons that challenge students to make geographical sense of their own lives and experiencesâ</span></i><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">âTeachers should question whether presenting 30-year-old images of people's lives and circumstances is appropriateâ: <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveBraceGeog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveBraceGeog</a> on the problem of âzombieâ teaching resources in geography classrooms<a href="https://t.co/U3ETNb6bFg">https://t.co/U3ETNb6bFg</a></p>â Tes (@tes) <a href="https://twitter.com/tes/status/1765392896641896807?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-30432961236580077592024-03-03T16:27:00.004+00:002024-03-03T16:27:57.902+00:00Dune Part Two<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92rnBWFzdWLR1cymwUMUGCliRv9ul4lyMfFxipXG1ktEOLOpEB8AWefFGOKMoFqzr3hw9HyNY68UGhnfLsI6q1vHJ8EbCTooGIN5ODu18QsbEICFEJVj36yA_ecjsJwV8wPPzmUaxIxIAJdn-w_Wz5QCWrp0lEwgp585wdwcczH9AkGzAUhJdCtlhqIcu/s1064/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2016.23.06.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="842" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92rnBWFzdWLR1cymwUMUGCliRv9ul4lyMfFxipXG1ktEOLOpEB8AWefFGOKMoFqzr3hw9HyNY68UGhnfLsI6q1vHJ8EbCTooGIN5ODu18QsbEICFEJVj36yA_ecjsJwV8wPPzmUaxIxIAJdn-w_Wz5QCWrp0lEwgp585wdwcczH9AkGzAUhJdCtlhqIcu/w506-h640/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2016.23.06.png" width="506" /></a></div>This weekend, I managed to make it to London despite the best efforts of the train companies, and headed down through the city to the <b>BFI IMAX to see Dune Part Two.</b><p></p><p><b>This is the largest screen in the UK, and also the only place to see a 15: 70mm film projection in true aspect ratio.</b></p><p><i>I've been waiting for this book for almost fifty years. Denis Villeneuve has done a wonderful job, although there are quite a few changes, which purists don't like of course.</i></p><p><i>The venue was epic as always, and the image was even 'bigger' than when we saw 'Oppenheimer' - you frequently had to look down at the image as well as up. The screening was sold out. There was a nice introduction from a staff member, and the film was excellent.</i></p><p><i>As always, the landscape of Arrakis (Dune) was one of the most important elements. </i></p><p><i><b><a href="https://geography24timesasecond.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">More on my Geography on Film blog.</a></b></i></p>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-25531664360275262432024-03-03T15:51:00.003+00:002024-03-03T15:51:43.876+00:00Practical Pedagogies 2024 - Early Bird tickets available<p><b><a href="https://www.pracped.net/" target="_blank">The third running of the Practical Pedagogies conference</a></b> will take place in <b>November 2024. The first two events were rather great - one in Toulouse and one in Cologne.</b></p><p><b>This event will take place in Cologne once again.</b></p><p><i>The keynote speaker who will bookend the event is <b>Hywel Roberts.</b> He was awesome. His book 'Bothereredness' has been published since the last event, when he was sharing some of the ideas behind it, and comes highly recommended.</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtw-iWn1fKEPgwOYjjYQm3nL4OdlocjBRvz2XJP3EbYs87KzbhDYtqMjXzE04sWpeGMtwBOt1ixlc9Ly8CaGQJKo537qiVg7KbFwE-ojLQsa76n1wfuzPEIdI08ZxTHdD3msKU2sT33xPaYJZtt0MrBDq3KO8y3KpdezSg_QkPM82k9VO-xCaHPPTtMxU/s2022/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2015.20.37.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="2022" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtw-iWn1fKEPgwOYjjYQm3nL4OdlocjBRvz2XJP3EbYs87KzbhDYtqMjXzE04sWpeGMtwBOt1ixlc9Ly8CaGQJKo537qiVg7KbFwE-ojLQsa76n1wfuzPEIdI08ZxTHdD3msKU2sT33xPaYJZtt0MrBDq3KO8y3KpdezSg_QkPM82k9VO-xCaHPPTtMxU/w640-h372/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2015.20.37.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><i>You can find out how to get your Early Bird ticket and also <b><a href="https://www.pracped.net/" target="_blank">see the full programme </a></b>(subject to the addition of other sessions) on the link above as well. There are over 120 sessions. They are all presented by teachers / educators, sharing what they do with colleagues. You will see session from Richard Allaway and Matt Podbury and quite a few other familiar names here.</i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My session is here, as described. It will take place on the 1st day of the conference.</span></b></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6UIVPj3I9eBQ97TjtB8THI5TCsybH2puMORyUdKH6CJk1NqNy6mm_P4sX84XjoJ6TQRKTlljKoFaitqhMzE2FuPniE9dTAWJb-NxsmESTw24WswPzgIHrlW_Hb5F5zP_F7DstHZZtZGfpYya72mBk1w5eL_9IJ-Fpc84KDMjRolyGlFEu8xcyn_mjQc/s2376/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2015.45.07.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="2376" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6UIVPj3I9eBQ97TjtB8THI5TCsybH2puMORyUdKH6CJk1NqNy6mm_P4sX84XjoJ6TQRKTlljKoFaitqhMzE2FuPniE9dTAWJb-NxsmESTw24WswPzgIHrlW_Hb5F5zP_F7DstHZZtZGfpYya72mBk1w5eL_9IJ-Fpc84KDMjRolyGlFEu8xcyn_mjQc/w640-h284/Screenshot%202024-03-03%20at%2015.45.07.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b><a href="https://www.pracped.net/" target="_blank">Early Bird tickets available in limited quantities which are 100 Euros cheaper than the normal price.</a></b></p>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-22526534835692061082024-02-29T19:50:00.001+00:002024-02-29T19:50:05.557+00:00The Britannias<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVuHix7UvDgnEBF2l_rqXVIvAiyjut6d-vSvVNPHWkEotqTYpWUCg4D_migZvVqcZhOBSgID6tkN9Ydm_ji0h0-EI9cyk8OcojfL_-VvZ-2fDFqAE9LcOBKlIM7cnJBhjyL3rWQJS6niSTQH0tIQTAOTeTihGTj3wMtjOEMy26aPMwEjsn40mjKe-fvo/s1436/Britannias.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1436" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVuHix7UvDgnEBF2l_rqXVIvAiyjut6d-vSvVNPHWkEotqTYpWUCg4D_migZvVqcZhOBSgID6tkN9Ydm_ji0h0-EI9cyk8OcojfL_-VvZ-2fDFqAE9LcOBKlIM7cnJBhjyL3rWQJS6niSTQH0tIQTAOTeTihGTj3wMtjOEMy26aPMwEjsn40mjKe-fvo/w640-h254/Britannias.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just another one of the many books which have been made available free of charge for Spotify Premium, which has a <b>15 hour a month limit for members.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Britannnias explors our islands and their past...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">What free Spotify audiobook have you been listening to recently?</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-31671034302334891402024-02-29T19:48:00.000+00:002024-02-29T19:48:49.431+00:00Teaching Primary Geography - 2nd edition<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Delighted that <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenScoffham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StephenScoffham</a> & I have a release date from <a href="https://twitter.com/BloomsburyEd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BloomsburyEd</a> for the second revised and updated edition of 'Teaching Primary Geography'. đAvailable August 1st 2024. <br />Discount code here for those who may be interested. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/primarygeography?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#primarygeography</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GeographyTeacher?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GeographyTeacher</a> <a href="https://t.co/Mlz3kpcAGw">pic.twitter.com/Mlz3kpcAGw</a></p>â Dr Paula Owens FRGS (@Primageographer) <a href="https://twitter.com/Primageographer/status/1760285501938905217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-25808988260579668482024-02-29T19:34:00.001+00:002024-02-29T19:34:40.276+00:00Recognition for D3<p><i>One of the final ERASMUS+ projects I took part in before Brexit ended this wonderful opportunity for personal and professional development for all UK teachers, was the D3 (Developing Digital Data Literacy) </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhytXMK3lJAMOHtUSeN2wbBxqyBoa3fgra23ljKrq-sWW4bYp-cca9DqcNn_Rq69R6CheL0ZJy_svYrJOjHli6inbciyIHJvptsYp2_774vcH_3w6qQmLELIe-f-D_xNLwFnVTNlonjccWS3KMpUmi1GV8TaikHE-evgPDfPUg51oqAEDoWAc3G_7DPH4/s1980/430018478_10168709280370068_7431119723362572083_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="1980" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhytXMK3lJAMOHtUSeN2wbBxqyBoa3fgra23ljKrq-sWW4bYp-cca9DqcNn_Rq69R6CheL0ZJy_svYrJOjHli6inbciyIHJvptsYp2_774vcH_3w6qQmLELIe-f-D_xNLwFnVTNlonjccWS3KMpUmi1GV8TaikHE-evgPDfPUg51oqAEDoWAc3G_7DPH4/w640-h454/430018478_10168709280370068_7431119723362572083_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Earlier today, Karl Donert posted that EUROGEO is proud to have been awarded the <b>Erasmus Plus quality label by the Flemish National Agency </b>for the work undertaken in the D3 Project (Developing Digital Data literacy) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/eposvzw?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUz6n6H_5K_9Kd3Yzd9X_YUmFpfUxXx2TxXZMAjjvYcSdiHprr4fZ9-LKeOKhWSyRpyif5fvCwHSjAMQZwmDkgjS94qlLQF1Pd_7MpWbBn7gvNAx0GaGqHvcGurkebwhTWEkxzwSXKuze26_w4z_TMn&__tn__=*NK*F">#Eposvzw</a> </p><p>Find out more <a href="https://d3.youthmetre.eu/?fbclid=IwAR05B9pcXYkqEEQWeb8rocQuA7ZkIYE66-mHtkF1hNVml3LcomgYpPB3iEM">https://d3.youthmetre.eu/</a></p>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-64155850409309626772024-02-27T20:49:00.002+00:002024-02-27T20:49:31.440+00:00Fenlandia<p><b><a href="https://fenlandia.org/" target="_blank">This project came my way via Facebook.</a></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYszmToVLgf1fSLbeYPK5D8kk48NfsAC1HwgKXcP216SGi2ywThm4JeObD5uMhsUDMvTC01O2U01NQHrwaKu7C04gua6k67AJsupsB7invis8hGWt7CwLqXUzsitnb_BBPia4FKdVizU4AwlYtrkEdCm1BsY6OHZCSUvjETBnmf745rXsAl1t2YvyYSzxt/s2600/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%2020.41.00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="2600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYszmToVLgf1fSLbeYPK5D8kk48NfsAC1HwgKXcP216SGi2ywThm4JeObD5uMhsUDMvTC01O2U01NQHrwaKu7C04gua6k67AJsupsB7invis8hGWt7CwLqXUzsitnb_BBPia4FKdVizU4AwlYtrkEdCm1BsY6OHZCSUvjETBnmf745rXsAl1t2YvyYSzxt/w640-h266/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%2020.41.00.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Fenlandia is a visionary interdisciplinary initiative, committed to celebrating, preserving, and interpreting the rich cultural and environmental heritage of the Fenland basin in the United Kingdomâs East Anglia region.<div><br />This initiative integrates diverse artistic platforms â including visual arts, music and heritage projects â in both conventional and unexpected locations. Unlike district-specific initiatives, Fenlandia seeks to draw upon the entire Fenland basin, representing its rich heritage and ecological significance in a holistic and all-encompassing manner.</div><div><br /></div><div><i><b>Looking forward to seeing how it develops.</b></i></div>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-80550185202430419232024-02-27T20:36:00.000+00:002024-02-27T20:36:10.753+00:00Prepping for what?<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/11/people-are-worried-the-prepper-shops-serving-britons-who-fear-doomsday-is-coming?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco" target="_blank">A story in a weekend's Guardian newspaper</a> explores the world of the <b>"preppers". </b></p><p>These are people who have started to prepare for some future scenario where society may break down, I've blogged about this previously, due to the book <b>'Bunker' by Bradley Garrett. </b></p><p><b>Wired reported on the $100 million retreat <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-compound/" target="_blank">being built by Mark Zuckerberg in Hawaii.</a></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvekUOJK5KgvE84ZuhRR9R83MzSs4Tq1qSnYRJzu_Iur9HKELRi2vgV-IqsBlLrHbe_DLcH3dqVAWW9gt_FpcjPYpshih53t6hezKtKddHQVSByRRR3qJVFOY-MbqfGFyh34IfdbXt9buIU54Qu7rbwS1UIuMxjTY7Flea_4F8O8tBoZn8QmXreEN9fE8/s1748/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%2020.30.52.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1748" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvekUOJK5KgvE84ZuhRR9R83MzSs4Tq1qSnYRJzu_Iur9HKELRi2vgV-IqsBlLrHbe_DLcH3dqVAWW9gt_FpcjPYpshih53t6hezKtKddHQVSByRRR3qJVFOY-MbqfGFyh34IfdbXt9buIU54Qu7rbwS1UIuMxjTY7Flea_4F8O8tBoZn8QmXreEN9fE8/w640-h316/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%2020.30.52.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><i><span style="color: red;">Image from:</span></i> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-compound/">https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-compound/</a></p><p>This focusses on the preparations made by wealthy individuals as well. Land is being bought in remote locations, such as <b>New Zealand</b>, where structures are being created ready for any forthcoming break down in society caused by what is now a fairly long list of possibilities.</p><p><i>The pandemic and global financial issues have increased the interest in having plenty of food and other resources available should the power go off, or shortages lead to panic buying. A cupboard lined with tins provides some sort of certaintly; bottled water or a large water butt guarantees drinking water and toilet flushes if the mains water stop; a camping stove allows tins to be heated up - make sure you pack a tin opener as well though.</i></p><p><i>This recent Tweet was also relevant, and sent me to another article in this area of impending doom...</i></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The latest billionaire trend? Doomsday bunkers with a flammable moat | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian <a href="https://t.co/XSSPazMKAe">https://t.co/XSSPazMKAe</a></p>â GeoBlogs (@GeoBlogs) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeoBlogs/status/1761792257118666994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-31070218573648595512024-02-26T20:53:00.003+00:002024-02-26T20:53:14.734+00:00School Book Week: Fantasy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJJ5YQI1BNqcvPaHObaJk-MjGCAGZHshkt9XJUhow9lVuNq43x-YN8ntAHmjpp6LC7IU44f2qXR1Sx5Gn9MOY1O_9G2bNsWX1JzHtvVSgjdM8571GJuNdRlOO7iob3rvpFI8FMOArYiOsV-ab7-lCpOB_nkp89q1Lln5qelCyHsXy-OuEjCDoMb4kQto/s764/Screenshot%202024-01-31%20at%2016.41.25.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="210" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJJ5YQI1BNqcvPaHObaJk-MjGCAGZHshkt9XJUhow9lVuNq43x-YN8ntAHmjpp6LC7IU44f2qXR1Sx5Gn9MOY1O_9G2bNsWX1JzHtvVSgjdM8571GJuNdRlOO7iob3rvpFI8FMOArYiOsV-ab7-lCpOB_nkp89q1Lln5qelCyHsXy-OuEjCDoMb4kQto/w176-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-31%20at%2016.41.25.png" width="176" /></a></div>In March, my school is having a BookWeek as always. There is usually a theme, and this year, the theme is <b><span style="font-size: large;">FANTASY</span></b>. <div>A lot of effort has gone into this from the English team, and the geography team will be offering their support.<br />We will be having a visit from two authors.<div><br /></div><div>In the Geography department, we are going to be running two <b>Fantasy Mapping workshops.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>We will also be supporting the department with identifying some fantasy fiction for possible reading materials.</div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>What's your favourite map in a fantasy book? </i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>- Narnia</i></b></div><div><b><i>- Middle Earth</i></b></div><div><b><i>- The Hundred Acre Wood</i></b></div><div><b><i>- Nogland</i></b></div><div><b><i>- The Wild Wood</i></b></div><div><b><i>- the land 'where the wild things are'</i></b></div><div><b><i>- Westeros</i></b></div><div><b><i>- Earthsea</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div>I particularly like Hugh Cook's <b><i>'Chronicles of an Age of Darkness'</i></b> - check out the series of books that he wrote before his untimely passing - there were many more planned. These are almost anti-fantasy books.</div><div><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">What are your favourites? </span></i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>Please let me know in comments, or add them to my tweet on my @GeoBlogs account.</i></b></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSeZ02i_49bSmwNYHj1zpMLjU0HVvPztBHhQTwWkhZTL3o6URoSm9ISDBe3O-ojh369vdH36s9LLWQqIwthPMYAMUM9jM6JsRQ7pmNL_MrtBhcZS1XEbVraW7QSb9sNka_tK_8Lx08bY2L5UqmBkHdwNpplrJJPvOeBIgFUxyCsS9f6AyteoVBvp-abQ/s1384/Screenshot%202024-01-31%20at%2016.45.29.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1384" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSeZ02i_49bSmwNYHj1zpMLjU0HVvPztBHhQTwWkhZTL3o6URoSm9ISDBe3O-ojh369vdH36s9LLWQqIwthPMYAMUM9jM6JsRQ7pmNL_MrtBhcZS1XEbVraW7QSb9sNka_tK_8Lx08bY2L5UqmBkHdwNpplrJJPvOeBIgFUxyCsS9f6AyteoVBvp-abQ/w640-h360/Screenshot%202024-01-31%20at%2016.45.29.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">This is a free web app.</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZFuSZHqma3JKGxZ1hTWBjqIxHXTXM8c0iqreSlwqiVzdbJe-HZh9xW1wd0V7GtzUWjuCqz6JPRH2vX3agrKezQ8-zrW6_4mQWI1_G6lV2BpFJ51yeIye2yH01gY207t9swDe9OVhjJYbn0Ql47yd8-pLaZKqhFr1eR3eLbUEX9NW1hCQO3xtlTZkYIE/s2514/Screenshot%202024-01-31%20at%2020.34.18.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2514" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZFuSZHqma3JKGxZ1hTWBjqIxHXTXM8c0iqreSlwqiVzdbJe-HZh9xW1wd0V7GtzUWjuCqz6JPRH2vX3agrKezQ8-zrW6_4mQWI1_G6lV2BpFJ51yeIye2yH01gY207t9swDe9OVhjJYbn0Ql47yd8-pLaZKqhFr1eR3eLbUEX9NW1hCQO3xtlTZkYIE/w640-h308/Screenshot%202024-01-31%20at%2020.34.18.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">NEW BLOG<br /><br />I have written something! It is mostly about history, the mind, and the curriculum - but it is also a little bit about dragons.<a href="https://t.co/38bPZkXVcn">https://t.co/38bPZkXVcn</a></p>â Mike Hill (@michaeldoron) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeldoron/status/1255149992840359937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-37252261892388595622024-02-24T10:47:00.000+00:002024-02-24T10:47:05.396+00:00Congratulations to Rafael<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCVLKhGmJ8iKHMNGYZQo2BGjPLmFAjC3FL90am8ilLBXghsofZKmGfdpMn43O50k14O1wdoDkA2fKW5KptDuNndEExSXjGw2FEaUtQKEwIFcN9EsiZfz5Prdp-7xIRfOFvGFf_um82-jLDxKDo9BCIwIZinBR948hVTAn7L3boaqdBKjMxqytTuyP7dU/s850/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20at%2010.16.58.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="818" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCVLKhGmJ8iKHMNGYZQo2BGjPLmFAjC3FL90am8ilLBXghsofZKmGfdpMn43O50k14O1wdoDkA2fKW5KptDuNndEExSXjGw2FEaUtQKEwIFcN9EsiZfz5Prdp-7xIRfOFvGFf_um82-jLDxKDo9BCIwIZinBR948hVTAn7L3boaqdBKjMxqytTuyP7dU/w385-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20at%2010.16.58.png" width="385" /></a></div><p><i><b><a href="https://iuca.unizar.es/noticia/rafael-de-miguel-si-nunca-hubiese-sacado-mi-trabajo-de-zaragoza-no-habria-tenido-el-reconocimiento-que-ha-tenido/?fbclid=IwAR1QqkeBVVeON__2V_2U6rgFueM-dmzpZPh_0lJsdJAxqraL5djs7nC2bH8" target="_blank">An excellent interview </a></b>with Rafael de Miguel Gonzalez Lazaro published in Spanish, but can be viewed in a translation from the link above.</i></p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Rafael was recently awarded the highest geographical honours of the <a href="https://www.aag.org/2024-aag-awards-recognition/" target="_blank">Gilbert Grosvenor Honours</a> from the American Association of Geographers (AAG). This was well deserved.</span></i></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto;"><i>It means entering the âOlympusâ of the greats of geography, which includes Walter Christaller, Yi-Fu Tuan, David Harvey and others.</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto;">I've been fortunate to work with Miguel on a whole range of ERASMUS projects over the years, and I hope to be working on something with him later in the year.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto;">A final quote from the interview:</span></p><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">"I want to make a call, above all, to understand geography as a bridge science between the natural sciences and the social sciences, and a fundamental science to understand the current world."</span></i></b><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto;">Image source: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Roboto;"><a href="https://iuca.unizar.es/noticia/rafael-de-miguel-si-nunca-hubiese-sacado-mi-trabajo-de-zaragoza-no-habria-tenido-el-reconocimiento-que-ha-tenido/?fbclid=IwAR1QqkeBVVeON__2V_2U6rgFueM-dmzpZPh_0lJsdJAxqraL5djs7nC2bH8" target="_blank">https://iuca.unizar.es/noticia/rafael-de-miguel-si-nunca-hubiese-sacado-mi-trabajo-de-zaragoza-no-habria-tenido-el-reconocimiento-que-ha-tenido/?fbclid=IwAR1QqkeBVVeON__2V_2U6rgFueM-dmzpZPh_0lJsdJAxqraL5djs7nC2bH8 </a></span></p><p><br /></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="es">Tenemos el enorme placer de informaros de la concesiĂłn del prestigioso premio «AAG Gilbert Grosvenor Honors for Geographic Education» a nuestro compañero, Rafael de Miguel de la <a href="https://twitter.com/unizar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@unizar</a><br />Enhorabuena y nuestro agradecimiento por su excelente contribuciĂłn a la GeografĂa <a href="https://t.co/RLJNatGLW1">pic.twitter.com/RLJNatGLW1</a></p>â AGE (@AGE_Oficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGE_Oficial/status/1745356477534011432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-7039617748575848242024-02-22T21:10:00.000+00:002024-02-22T21:10:39.278+00:00Scampi <p><b>Scampi is not the most environmentally friendly of food products due to the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7150834.stm" target="_blank">high number of food miles involved in its production,</a> and the nature of its production.</b></p><p>It is a popular choice for a pub meal, or to keep frozen at home. <a href="https://www.openseas.org.uk/news/what-is-scampi/" target="_blank">However, most people don't know what Scampi is made from.</a></p><p>The production of scampi involves catching large prawns / langoustines, whose tails then need to be shelled. This is a fiddly process which has to be done manually. This can mean that the langoustines are sent thousands of miles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7hKGTgQb88JxWPivOtHrcMYlPqW4Re8HDQFc6CIjlvqeUDaLHAo6RGkfse-ZF90sam3Nl6aWKDes7OJgoL49Fy3rlZ7565mD7CNmt8ifW3nwhjMY0NRPuISaPjScCOHj8xHC6WFVukiG8uCmz_iyuRwCc9sHoQAqj5owq6thlbuK7y0Y97m2MpWm4Vc/s1024/LANGOUSTINE-1024x576.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7hKGTgQb88JxWPivOtHrcMYlPqW4Re8HDQFc6CIjlvqeUDaLHAo6RGkfse-ZF90sam3Nl6aWKDes7OJgoL49Fy3rlZ7565mD7CNmt8ifW3nwhjMY0NRPuISaPjScCOHj8xHC6WFVukiG8uCmz_iyuRwCc9sHoQAqj5owq6thlbuK7y0Y97m2MpWm4Vc/w640-h360/LANGOUSTINE-1024x576.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>The langoustines are also caught by bottom-trawling, which results in a great deal of by-catch.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlFZdI9pR53XXg5SgO_h8rvmldNZ5_LKi6JwifHBbQQYnd6PMVeExLHBozQ4pZqvVwj8iJLn3kT6kktYkSKktVkJc4YAr6g6q5fiAMI1BzmRG2bTZtHTxaAVFbL9b0gKmhhiXG52Pp5FwS6h6OgPi0reonWVhFkmW-tsKQNyPMBQBuEj6yUAtb0Su9Gk/s2662/Screenshot%202023-11-12%20at%2011.51.06.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="2662" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlFZdI9pR53XXg5SgO_h8rvmldNZ5_LKi6JwifHBbQQYnd6PMVeExLHBozQ4pZqvVwj8iJLn3kT6kktYkSKktVkJc4YAr6g6q5fiAMI1BzmRG2bTZtHTxaAVFbL9b0gKmhhiXG52Pp5FwS6h6OgPi0reonWVhFkmW-tsKQNyPMBQBuEj6yUAtb0Su9Gk/w640-h258/Screenshot%202023-11-12%20at%2011.51.06.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><b><a href="https://www.openseas.org.uk/say-no-to-scampi/" target="_blank">Open Seas </a></b>is a Scottish organisation that is campaigning for people to say no to scampi as a result. <a href="https://www.openseas.org.uk/what-we-do/media/" target="_blank">It is an environmental charity with several campaigns.</a></p><p><b>According to Open Seas:</b></p><i>Scampi is produced from langoustine caught by bottom-trawling, causing extensive damage to our marine environment and fish stocks.</i><br /><b><br />Bottom-trawl vessels have free access to trawl 95% of our inshore seas. </b><div>There is no effective monitoring in place. Not only do the heavy nets disturb fragile seabed habitats, the small mesh used catches and kills huge volumes of other marine life.<div><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">For every 1kg of langoustine caught at least another 1kg of other marine life is also caught in bottom-trawl nets.</span></i></b><br /><br />This is known as âbycatchâ â and the wildlife in bycatch often ends up being killed and discarded.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><i><b><span style="color: red;">Images: Open Seas</span></b></i></div>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-46086156498558480372024-02-22T17:10:00.005+00:002024-02-22T17:10:57.526+00:00The Coal Authority maps<p><b><a href="https://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/coalauthority/home.html" target="_blank">The Coal Authority has a GIS site</a></b> where you can identify the locations of previous activity to mine for coal.</p><p>This was a big part of my life growing up in South Yorkshire. My grandfather and other family members were coal miners and we knew there were coal seams running under our village and surrounding areas - I remember a house collapsing from subsidence once. Now you can find these signs of the past on this map from the Coal Authority.</p><p><i>The miners' strike was something else I remember well. Several friends spent a lot of time marching and fund raising. Our minibus was occasionally stopped when carrying out undergraduate fieldwork as the police thought we might be flying pickets.</i></p><p>The village where I lived was only a few miles from the Maltby Colliery, and there was a lot of ill feeling between those who stayed out and those who went back. Orgreave was only about four miles from home too and the TV coverage of the time was all over the local news in the evening. This was a desperate time for many. There has been a number of recent TV dramas and documentaries as it is now coming up to 40 years on from the strike - amazingly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsNADVqNCQLl_xeLQdaA94M4YUxyvJagRUarlT20a9jJmL0o_5ghcM9vLyu-3Xfuq5hO8NqEINZs8u6NJeppffdKjd3-L2Sp0E8TfxyAAkkXc7Wc9bO7DFStCne3l0pzGuMNZv1GVHUZB96Jst3OC4umkzcPdaps43vOfc-10CXSb6viBlaNMDdwcB_U/s2668/Screenshot%202024-01-18%20at%2011.03.05.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="2668" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsNADVqNCQLl_xeLQdaA94M4YUxyvJagRUarlT20a9jJmL0o_5ghcM9vLyu-3Xfuq5hO8NqEINZs8u6NJeppffdKjd3-L2Sp0E8TfxyAAkkXc7Wc9bO7DFStCne3l0pzGuMNZv1GVHUZB96Jst3OC4umkzcPdaps43vOfc-10CXSb6viBlaNMDdwcB_U/w640-h308/Screenshot%202024-01-18%20at%2011.03.05.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-1021614836378786282024-02-21T20:35:00.002+00:002024-02-21T20:35:34.376+00:00Ashdown Forest - Winnie the Pooh<p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w9yp" target="_blank">Catch up with <b>Countryfile </b></a>from last Sunday to see the close links between the <b>Ashdown Forest</b> and its fictional connections with Winnie the Pooh and the <a href="https://www.ashdownforest.com/members/pooh-corner/" target="_blank">Hundred Acre Wood.</a></p><p><a href="https://ashdownforest.org/" target="_blank">Check out the website here.</a> The walk on the episode shows the link between Shepherd's illustrations, the story and specific locations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I was a <b>Fawcett Fellow</b> there during last academic year - see the blog for lots of posts about that experience. </p><p><i>I've been going to UCL quite regularly for around 20 year since the era when we had our GA Secondary Phase Committee and Education Group meetings there, to meetings with David Lambert when he worked there, and previous sessions for the PGCE cohorts over the years, as well as GA project meetings. We used to have our lunch in the nearby cafe in Russell Square.</i></p><p><i>Was interested to see that several years on, building work is still taking place in the buildings. </i></p><p><b><i>My session was on the use of technology to assist curriculum making, which I explained is what teachers do in the classroom... and what I researched for my Fawcett Fellowship.</i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdnOrqZeyq0hFJALWZmaYl_C3Y8zPz2mCTFtJvuHcG1B7KwtKkHH70cINFcIOcJNGC67qzPsF8xyyogImGyF-oZpJ18cdF05OnV8YU_ZYOgVFzZPCuTpKAPeLnrfYVcswtOie08xIDIVIwsjwvHmSFOJiZWLLOazoDHfn3GA3VWlvNT6_qiS0LWMGeXT8/s1026/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2011.42.25.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1026" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdnOrqZeyq0hFJALWZmaYl_C3Y8zPz2mCTFtJvuHcG1B7KwtKkHH70cINFcIOcJNGC67qzPsF8xyyogImGyF-oZpJ18cdF05OnV8YU_ZYOgVFzZPCuTpKAPeLnrfYVcswtOie08xIDIVIwsjwvHmSFOJiZWLLOazoDHfn3GA3VWlvNT6_qiS0LWMGeXT8/w640-h506/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2011.42.25.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><i>It's an updated version of a talk I've done quite a few times before over the years.</i></p><p>There were a few new emphases which I quite liked relating to teaching with (or without) technology. One of them was to cultivate your idiosyncracies based on a quote from Dylan Wiliam on the value of listening to research. I'm not a major fan of the cherry-picked research on cognitive science that some schools use to dictate how teachers teach. I talked a bit about my encounters with previous fads in education too. </p><p><i>I wish these new arrivals into the profession good luck, and hope they have a long and fulfilling career.</i></p>Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.com0