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Plenty of fascinating stuff here - well worth exploring
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Geo Blogs: the article in 'Teaching Geography' October 2004
Go to http://www.geography.org.uk to check it out. You can download it for £9.99 GEOEXPLORER site referred to in article is no longer available |
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Not strictly a Geography Blog, but one which all Geography teachers would find a source of interest, amusement and creativity with students. The GENERATOR BLOG lists loads of sites which generate quirky and unusual content. Thanks to Noel Jenkins for the lead here. |
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http://ipodsubwaymaps.com/ A cool idea. Download maps for your iPod Photo of subways of major world cities. Found via |
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A find via GEARTHBLOG is the blog of Kathryn Cramer. She has been very active in the use of Google Earth imagery and overlays to report on the South Asian earthquake, and there are links through to a range of information on this via her blog at KATHRYN CRAMER. |
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Hurricane Charley details at WEATHERBUG courtesy of Ryan Towell. |
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Mentioned on the EduBlog website of
Anne Davies and colleagues at Georgia State University in the USA. In a
posting on her excellent EduBlog Insights weblog (worth checking out
HERE, Anne says:
Ditto Anne. Some great ideas on this blog for all teachers out there. |
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Have you seen 'The Day after Tomorrow' - what did you think ? Why not blog your experiences of extreme weather as we move through what we are told is going to be one of the worst winters of the century.... |
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What are your favourite areas of the UK as featured in the BBC's Natural History with Alan Titchmarsh. |
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Hurricane Charley blog at Check this out ! Contacted Ryan Towell by e-mail. |
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Blogs were also used as a campaigning tool in the 2004 US elections. |
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BAM DIARY: helping people in Iran following the quake... |
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| A book has just been published which lists what it says are the worst 100 jobs you could have. Which jobs would you not want to have and why ? | ||||
| M6 Toll motorway opened in Staffordshire. What are your views on paying extra to avoid traffic jams ? If you were stuck in a traffic jam and someone offered you the chance to get out of it if you paid them £2, what would you do ? | ||||
 This is Matt Rosenberg. He's the Geography Editor at ABOUT.COM He also has a great BLOG which is available by clicking HERE. Check it out... and thanks for the e-mail Matt |
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| 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy of films has concluded. What part does Geography play in the books and how do natural forces shape the storyline ? | ||||
| Tell us about a favourite place near to where you live which gets a lot of tourist visitors. How is it being changed by the tourists. Are the changes good or bad ? | ||||
| In the Lake District, 2 people have a job which involves climbing to the top of a mountain every day. Why do you think they do this ? Would you like a job like this ? | ||||
| Ever seen a film where the Weather has had a big part to play. 'Twister' and 'The Perfect Storm' are obvious ones. Can you suggest any others ? | ||||
| Some great ideas HERE, courtesy of Anne Davis from Georgia State University in the USA, who has been using Blogs for some years... | ||||
| Thanks to Tony Cassidy (& colleagues) for starting a GeoBlog at Kirk Hallam Community Technology college | ||||
| Japanese blogger Hajime Yorozu mentioned in 'The Times' due to his book which started out as a blog which gives tips on how to find a seat on a crowded train. | ||||
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Do you pay that
little extra for Fairtrade produce Why ? Can you name one of the new Fairtrade towns ? What about the Rainforest Alliance ? |
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| Michael Palin has travelled more than most of us put together. He also has a great web presence at his PALIN'S TRAVELS website. Check it out, and sign up for newsletters and other stuff. | ||||
 Check out the GA Gold Award winning RGS site - and tell Jonathan I sent you ! Soon to become a SUBSCRIPTION site for the extra resources, so get in there fast! |
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Earth Log II Regular postings on the weather and hazards by TheGhostPainter |
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| The Guardian has a number of BLOGS, including a NEWSBLOG, and also offers the chance to put extra features onto your blog such as a clock, or a weather bulletin... | ||||
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John Mills'
CHEMBAKOLLI blog Winner of New Statesman New Media award 2004. Congratulations ! |
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Going on a field
trip ? Why not set up a BLOG for your students to post their views on the trip.... Then send the images to http://www.geographyphotos.com |
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| ICELAND EYES: photography and links to all the information you'll need if you are planning a visit. | ||||
| You've heard of Monopoly, now Little Oslo has put together BLOGPOLY. | ||||
| Why not sign up for a FREE teacher pack at J8CHANGETHE WORLD and then let us know how you get on with the project... | ||||
| Do you live in a small village ? Have you lost a local shop or service recently ? Tell us about it - let's start building up a 'map' of where services are disappearing. What about the social structure of the village - is it changing ? | ||||
| If you have a little more technical know-how and want a little more control over how your blog looks, check out | ||||
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Photo blog entry Details of the first SLN FIELD WEEKEND which was held 11th-13th February 2005 - excellent resource swap opportunity. Now seems so long ago... |
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 Mark Lynas, author of 'High Tide' has a blog related to the issue of CLIMATE CHANGE |
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Check out the images at
PHOTOBLOGS.
Explore by country. A great way to see the world. |
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An exciting sounding project which is now in its 2nd year. Musselburgh Grammar School's Virtual trip to Paris & Normandy. Check out the details HERE. They were also involved in a rather interesting UK-Poland project called geoBlog (no relation...)
And are also well up on PODCASTING |
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Going on your travels ? Head on over to the nice people at
to get a free blog.... I have read through some of them, including an excellent account of a ROUND THE WORLD trip lasting nearly 16 months with loads of great photographs! GLOBAL TRIP by ERIK |
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Geo Blogs is now a member of
Check out some great resources for blogging! Check out WEBLOGG-ED too. |
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Want a 3D Website to display your
photos or whatever ?
Check out the rather wonderful GOGOFROG, who allow you to produce a great 3D site for free. Take a look at the samples to see what I mean... A rather interesting way to get your photos online.
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| LIVE 8 was a major event in music history. A rather good BBC article looks at how AFRICAN BLOGGERS reacted to the events of July 2005 | ||||
 Create your own mini Geo- masterpiece and send it to us ! Click the logo to head off to the gallery.. |
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A blog of sorts...
Photo project to get an image for each Grid Square in the UK - once you look at the map you realise just how many that is.... |
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An
excellent TRANSPORT BLOG. This
was started by people who were a little fed up with public transport. It
has a wide range of resources and links to other blogs. Another transport related blog here: related to the LONDON UNDERGROUND. This leads on to other similar blogs with some great images of the underground. Also been blogging the London bombings of 7th of July. |
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"Why bother seeing the world for real " |
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A blog of sorts...
Photo project to get an image for each Grid Square in the UK - once you look at the map you realise just how many that is - over 50 000 done already and a long way to go. |
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using GOOGLE Maps and Flickr in a rather sexy way... to add Geo Tags to your pictures, which then appear on a map. Some instructions available HERE, along with other developments in this area. You'll need a FLICKR account. |
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LONDON is a city which has a large numbers of active bloggers such as:
Watch them BLOG THE OLYMPICS ! |
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WORLD AIDS DAY - 1st December 2006 Tom Cosgrave's excellent images while accompanying an Aids outreach team in Uganda can be seen at his PHOTOBLOG. |
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| Chris Gunson contacted me to tell me about a selection of interesting cartographical ideas at | ||||
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Check out Noel Jenkins' JUICY blog |
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| Just back from France, so thought I'd seek out some French bloggers with a Geography theme. http://bigorneau133.blogspot.com/ - has Google Earth images and commentary. | ||||
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DIGITALLY DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/ 'Virtual cities'.... |
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 From http://www.cyborgname.com What's yours ? |
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BLOG picked as 'word of the year' for 2005 - join the blogosphere... |
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 Daily images, many of which are related to Geography, or could be used as starters in the classroom. Gives a flavour of what is available on the site. A nice daily visit.. |
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This is new: a 2Mb download BLOGGER FOR WORD http://buzz.blogger.com/bloggerforword.html Download and install and it adds a button to WORD, which allows you to post what you've just written to your blog. This is going to make it very easy to publish material... and it has already been used. Get a blog and you can then upload your word documents quickly.... |
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| http://www.ictworkshops.blogspot.com/ is the work of Martin Pluss over in Australia. Some interesting links from here. | ||||
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Where do all those toys come from ? Well, China in most cases... |
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| Add some useful tools for your BLOG called BLOX from HERE. These include the chance to see PHOTO slide shows, WEATHER and a CLOCK. | ||||
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One of the subjects we love to talk about is the
weather. For some time now it has had a worthy blog in the excellent
Check it out! Some great postings and leads to follow, and regular updates. Developing very nicely! This would set you off on some interesting explorations. BLOG DISAPPEARED.... |
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| Got a blog ? Get HELLO from PICASA. You can then add images to your blog that you've shared with your online chums. You can also chat with them and see what's on their desktop. | ||||
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http://alt-e.blogspot.com/ Alternative energy blog from the USA |
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http://73bus.typepad.com/ Marks the passing of the London Routemaster: the classic red 'London bus' - I remember catching the night bus from Trafalgar Square a few times as a student... |
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Blogging is one of the 'so called' WEB 2.0 technologies featured in this free PDF download (which runs to just under 2Mb and 92 pages...) It is a recommended download, and guaranteed to provide stimulating ideas to engage your pupils. Click the front page of the document below to download it - thanks to Peter Ford for acting as the conduit .... Congratulations on the Edublogs award for this publication !
Coming soon: the 2nd edition... |
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S.E. ASIAN TSUNAMI BLOG RESOURCES |
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Check out the SEA-EAT Blog. There are lots of eye-witness accounts and links to data here. |
A report from The Times of INDIA here on bloggers and the tsunami. | The Guardian's G2 supplement on 30/12/04 featured extracts from blogs about the tsunami. | Some of these feature strong language in the content, or the comments sections. There are also blogs with remarkable and harrowing images and video of the tsunami, including before and after images. |
| The BBC news site also has an article HERE. | Some bloggers have been donating bandwidth for hosting of information. | MISSING PEOPLE blog.
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The Guardian's Newsblog is a great resource. Has links to other News and UK blogs. |
JEFF OOI, who I mentioned here was featured in 'The Guardian' |
http://jlgolson.blogspot.com/2004/12/tsunami-video.html Jared Golson's CHEESE AND CRACKERS BLOG Has apparently got through over 764 Terabytes of data ! Also trying to find lost people via WIZBANG. |
CENEUS a growing resource. Some fascinating analysis. |
What should you do a BLOG about ?
Here were some ideas that were in the original proposal to the RGS:
A recent posting by Chris Durbin on SLN Forum (November 2004) led me to THIS PAGE, which suggests a whole range of areas where blogs might usefully be used in education.
From there were links to other BLOGS, and this is one of the joys of the Internet: this is what is meant by 'surfing': visiting a site, and seeing a link to something that looks intriguing, so moving on from there to see whether it's of interest. The site above then links in to lots of other locations.
