Now in its 6th year !
Project supported by a
INNOVATIVE GEOGRAPHY TEACHING GRANT (2003-4)
Last updated July 2008 - this page now ARCHIVED
This project has been a great success (in my opinion) and so I am maintaining this page free of charge for the foreseeable future. The main column is the right hand one, which contains the main GEOGRAPHICAL TEACHERS' BLOGS
BLOGGING is finally being taken on board by lots of GEOGRAPHERS and in particular being used by TEACHERS to communicate with their STUDENTS in an interesting way. It's good to know that I maybe sowed a few seeds in this area. If you've just started a blog, please let me know and I can add the details here and perhaps send a few people your way...
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New and Recent
Geo Blogs TEACHER BLOGS ADDED HERE Newest posts added (in anti-blog) fashion, at the bottom of the page.. |
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GeoBlogs now listed in the BRITBLOG directory. Got a mention in "Geography Review" September 2006 too... |
Why not set up Blogs with your 6th form group at
the start of their course so that they can 'blog' their findings /
references / sources / progress. (this seems to be an idea that others are now using...) |
Melanie Richards from St. Ursula's Convent
School in Greenwich has used a blog format to produce a Geography area for
the school at http://www.gorgeousgeography.co.uk Nice effort ! |
| Hurricanes KATRINA & RITA gained major news coverage in 2005. THIS ARTICLE on the BBC website mentions how the BLOGS have been useful for people to keep up with what is happening. CNN and FOX NEWS also have BLOG entries on their websites. Some people are using them to reunite people who have lost relatives and friends. They also provide a raw testimony as to the situation in areas hit by the hurricanes. |
 Design and create your own images for your blogs. These are found down the toolbar of blogs and offer links, and RSS feeds. You can make your own with LUCAZAPPA.COM and his excellent BUTTON MAKER. |
Nick Langmead http://www.brauntongeography.blogspot.com GoneUnderground's |
| I unearthed a rich seam of sites relating to LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURE and BUILDINGS. These include the wonderfully stylish and eclectic BLDGBLOG, which led me to PRUNED, THINGS MAGAZINE and finally the excellent BRAND AVENUE, all of which contain little geographical gems. |
Where were you when Google Earth launched
? The KILLER APP for GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS. Check out
GOOGLE EARTH HACKS for
some interesting developments and a FORUM. Google Earth featured in Guardian Evaluate supplement in July 2005 - article contributed by GeoBlogs. The GEARTHBLOG is the key blog here, although there are others. |
Ollie Bray, who teaches in Scotland, has a great
blog. As of September 2006 it moved to a new domain:
Also worth checking out some of the other blogs in the Scottish Ex-cel community which are linked to from Ollie's blog. Ollie has an exhausting schedule. |
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GEO BLOGS GA and SAGT CONFERENCE REPORTS CANTERBURY 2004 Derby GA Conference 2005: an illustrated report GEO BLOGS at GA Conference 2006 GEO BLOGS at GA Conference 2007 GEOBLOGS at GA Conference 2008 GeoBlogs will also be at SAGT CONFERENCE 2008 See the details HERE |
http://www.photoblogs.org/countries/ - search these all day and be amazed by what you find |
A whole series of useful blogs have been
produced by Dr. Hutchinson at Chesterton College, Cambridge http://www.drhutchinson.blogspot.com is the key one, and there are also useful links available from other blogs. Check the profile for more details. Also check out Richard Hancock's GEOACTIVE blog (now on Wordpress) http://geoactive.wordpress.com Growing nicely ! |
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TSUNAMI BLOGS section is now in the
ARCHIVE SECTION.
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This features free movies to download and use in the classroom. I suggest you head over there and load up on movie starters, made by geography teachers for geography teachers. |
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Val Vannet has set up blogs to prepare students for a forthcoming ICELAND fieldtrip, and to communicate links with her syllabus. Check out the MY PLACE and YOURS blog, and she now has a new HIGHER GEOG BLOG. All of these are top quality resources for Geographers everywhere... |
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Andrew Boardman has started his new blog at http://geogboardy.blogspot.com (Thanks to NJ for tip-off) which has some useful weblinks and resources to download. |
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Thanks to Paul Williams for identifying a
large number of blogs which are on the theme of
CLIMATE CHANGE. Remember that there will be a range of different
viewpoints here: http://www.climateark.org/blog/ http://climateprogress.org/ http://www.climatecrisis.net/blog/ http://sustainablog.blogspot.com/ http://climatechangeaction.blogspot.com/ http://www.climatedenial.org/ http://www.agroblogger.com/ http://www.carbonplanet.com/blog/ http://www.desmogblog.com/ http://www.realclimate.org/ http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/ http://wp.honan.net/ http://www.warmplanet.org/ http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/ |
http://googlearthusersguide.blogspot.com/ the new blog for the Google Earth Users Guide project.... |
Tony Cassidy from Kirk Hallam school is blogging his progress in delivering the GCSE pilot at http://www.pilotgcseradicalgeography.co.uk Tony recently launched a new Wordpress blog for KS3 and KS4 pupils: |
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Geo Blogs project mentioned in 'The Guardian's Evaluate supplement on 16th November 2004 Also featured in Blog section of Geography Review Magazine September 2006 |
http://www.geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/ - Rob Chambers has started this
excellent weblog to support his GCSE students. There are some excellent
materials suitable for all GCSE pupils: check out the rivers and tectonics materials
which are there so far, and keep an eye on this as the year progresses... He has also started 2 new blogs as of Easter 2007
www.geobytesadvancedextension www.geoblogbytes.wordpress.com Another new blog launched in June 2007 at looking at teaching and learning... |
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| Want to know HOW TO GET INVOLVED in blogging ? | BLOGS featured in TES Online magazine on 6th May 2005 & various other articles since. Why not join the blogosphere. It's easy! | Another new blog for January 2007 was that of John Barlow at Archbishop Blanch School, who has started a weblog for students with case study information. Check out the ABBLANCH BLOG. |
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Spent a day in November 2006 in Norwich
and had a session from Peter Ford on the value of Blogging in Education. See the report HERE. |
There was a special Webwatch feature on BLOGGING in the GA Magazine in April 2007, to follow the GA conference on "Geography Futures" Many of the blogs to the right were featured in the article. Blogging was also featured in various Webwatch articles since 2006. |
www.geographypcs.blogspot.com The blog of Portchester Community School (the PCS of the title) - thanks to David Rogers for mentioning it on SLN - well done ! |
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Marc Beaumont has been spending the second
half of 2007, and will spend the first month or so of 2008, completing a
round the world cycle ride. Val Vannet has been following the journey and making regular blog posts/ GEOBLOGGING WITH MARK now runs to hundreds of pages of global information. Check out Mark's progress ! Also check out the special New Zealand section with guest blogger. |
I have my own GCSE Pilot Geography blog at http://kespilotgeography.blogspot.com and a new KS3 blog at |
http://geogblogbushloe.blogspot.com/ Mark Batchelor over at SLN posted about the Bushloe Blog. Some interesting projects underway, and here is the link to the main school Geography site: http://www.bushloe.com/geography/index.html also the new http://ecoclubatbushloe.wordpress.com/ A nice idea just added for World Book Day |
| A new blog in association with the Campaign for Rural England (CPRE) is being produced by an organic farmer in Devon who farms LOCKS PARK FARM |
Kenny O Donnell's wonderful ODBLOG at |
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Thanks to 'mountainman' for telling me about a
blog tracking the progress on the new developments to replace the cafe and
visitor centre on the summit of SNOWDON. http://blog.snowdonia-active.com/ is a blog following the progress of the developments - going to be using some of these resources over the summer ! |
Matt Burdett now has a blog too: | |
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A great blog on the Culture, Politics and
Geography of WATER WATER WORLDS http://waterworlds.wordpress.com/ Has 20 articles at the moment on a whole range of themes... Looks at issues such as
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A few Geography blogs recently added by Helen Gosnell at
GEOGRAPHY SONGS and Miss Lowe's GeographyResources Online blog |
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If you have a blog, don't forget to add an RSS
feed, using Feedburner. It's easy, and will save your browsers time...
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Mr Beever's blog The new home of the blog is: |
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LittleMiss from SLN Forum has finally launched
a blog on the world: GEOGTASTIC http://www.geogtastic.blogspot.com Expect lots of posts ! |
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Richard Allaway has a blog which has
some very useful materials on it already: http://geographyalltheway.com/WordPress/ Keep an eye out for a new Geo project too: the GEOGALOT forum project. Also check out the new TALKING HEADS... |
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Two blogs from Boston Spa School in
Yorkshire: a GCSE based blog
by Sue Jackson http://www.geographylost.blogspot.com/
and a blog for Edexcel B 'A' level |
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| Pete Flaxman at Barking Abbey School launched SUPERHOOPS, the name being an analogy to the football team QPR... It's based around the Pilot GCSE Specification: http://geoghoops.blogspot.com/ | ||
| Danny O' Callaghan from Kingdown Community School in Wiltshire started an aggregator-style blog of useful geographical websites at the KGB blog | ||
Geography and Blogging A new resources has just appeared (September 2007) on the Geographical Association website. It's a new online journal called GeogEd. The first item is an article by Phil Wood called Advances in E-Learning: The Case of Blogging in School Geography. This looks at blogging in geography, and name-checks the article I wrote for Teaching Geography in 2004, and then mentions some current Geog Blogs, though sadly not the 'original' GeoBlogs... Fame (ish) at last... Also another article recently for BECTa |
I've long been aware of the resources produced
by SLEMISH COLLEGE, but there's now a rather good BLOG style site... http://www.thinkgeography.org.uk/ Has some PODCASTS http://www.thinkgeography.org.uk/Geogpodcasts.html Nice work Mr. Manson ! |
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Helen Nurton has started adding useful 'A' level
resources to her new blog http://thegeographydepartment.blogspot.com/ and has a new GCSE revision blog |
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Simon R, SPC colleague has jumped in with his
Soar Valley blog
http://soarvalleygeography.wordpress.com Wordpress eh ? |
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Got a blog that's not on the list ?
Get in touch and I'll add you to these pages ! |
Sally Sumner has also entered the fray with her | |
| Paul Christmas is exploring Interactive Worlds | ||
| Luke Sparkes has set up a Humanities blog with resources for Geography, RE and History | ||
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Andrew Lee has a BLOG as part of his new
THINKINGEOGRAPHY site. http://web.mac.com/draklee/iWeb/thinkingeography/thinkingeography.html |
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Birley Community College blog has teacher notes,
powerpoints and podcast(s) http://birleycc.wordpress.com/posts/ Looking forward to seeing how this develops. Some good powerpoints on different housing areas already there... |
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Mark Cowan of Egglescliffe School has now
launched a GEOG ON THE
SPOT blog for his GCSE students - some interesting content to help
with coursework there already - will adapt this for my present school.
Also, just as I was typing in the name I realised the meaning... nice! Mark has also created an alter ego Geography Geek called BRIAN STACK. |
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| Mr White does Geography: some good resources for Years 12 and 13 | ||
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http://kingsgrovegeogblog.blogspot.com/ Mr. Benbow's new blog at a new location... |
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| Adam Lewis has added a new blog in late 2007 at | ||
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Katharine Hutchinson has started a rather
wonderful new blog to support the teaching of the
ECOSYSTEMS WORK at GCSE level http://worldlywise.blogspot.com/ Like the content, the images, the shiny glossary words! Lots to admire (and steal...) Some good use of GIZMOZ animations.... |
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Humanities at Birley Community College http://birleycc.wordpress.com/posts/ Plenty of word documents to download at this blog too... |
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A new WJEC A Level World Development blog has
been launched to support those teachers
http://wjecworlddev.blogspot.com
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Thanks to Philip Cranston from KatiKati College
in New Zealand for getting in touch, and telling me about his CReAtive
Minds blog from the Bay of Plenty area of the country Already some useful content there at: |
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| There is also an interesting blog started by Dan Ellison which would be of interest to Philip | ||
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A new Guardian project for October 2007 is
following a village in NE Uganda. It is called KATINE. The project website contains a wide range of interactive resources, but also features videos and other resources for teachers. Some good personal stories and plenty of information. One for higher level students to use for research. The KATINE CHRONICLES BLOG is part of the suite of resources. One to follow for the next few years. Over £500 000 has been raised by Guardian readers. |
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| New word press Blog by Dr Laurie launched in Feb 2008 | ||
| Thanks to David Petley from the University of Durham for letting me know about his LANDSLIDES blog. Would be useful for those exploring MASS MOVEMENTS. | ||
