Impact of the Ordinary - GA Conference 2015
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Little minds are interested in the extraordinary, great minds in the commonplace
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The impact of the ordinary: the
story of a Geography
department
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Claire Kyndt, Head of
Geography
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Alan Parkinson, an ordinary teacher….
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Professor David SpiegelhalterRisk in daily lives (including
teaching)
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Debate and discussion –not just for G&T
Authenticity –‘real world’ learning
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An ordinary school
Internal Exams
Reports Writing
Parents evenings
Sep
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Oct
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Dec
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Mar
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Ap
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May
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Open Days
Open Evenings
External Exams
Option DaysCareer Days
Period Grades
Moderation
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GLP Centre of Excellence Status
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Working with ESRI to develop GIS materials
Goad Plan of Ely visualised in ArcGIS Online
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Teaching Geography – April 2015
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Twitter feed @KingsElyGeog
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Story of what we do from day to day…
“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.”
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King’s Ely Junior(so far)
@KingsElyGeog
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Big Outdoors DayOver 300 students outside
In February….Extension of normal site-based fieldwork on a regular basis…
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Jamie Buchanan Dunlop
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Passports – Mission:Explore
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King’s Post & School magazine….
• Let parents know what you’re doing…
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iPhone Apps – Tony Cassidy
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Map Faces
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Superheroes – Captain
Geography
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GlobalisationRevision Walk‘GlobElyConnected’
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Pole of Cold
http://www.poleofcold.com
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Reading Festival – all subjects reading…
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Food Homework booklets…
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Building VLE pages
collaboratively
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Twin your toilet…
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King’s Ely Senior
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I A M A F A C I L I T A T O R
Encouraging students’ ideas to flourish
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Pupil voice
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New Schemes of Work – updated…
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Discussion
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D I R T
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Giving over a space
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Using the geography of the classroom
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxEAlLl5ldI
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Homework menus
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Gaming
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Revision Time
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Leave space for ‘messiness’…
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The Boscastle Flood (can you not tell ;) )
GCSE Geographer’s contribution to Charity Action Day
Getting our hands into drought
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Film Appreciation
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Photo group
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Counterurbanisation task
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‘Virtual’
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We have an impact on the ‘ordinary’
whole school events
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Reading week
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Big Thinking Club
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Getting parents involved
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Using topical events “floating topicality” and planned…
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WW1 Centenary
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Mark Beaumont
Starts today…10th April
From Egypt the adventurer will proceed to Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana and then to his final destination – South Africa. 50 days of cycling – 6000+ miles
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Teacher time
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Have fun…
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Don’t neglect yourself…
#teacher5aday
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Next year…
EU projectsBYOD
New GCSEsNew ‘A’ levels
Further ‘tweaking’Geography
AmbassadorsWeather station
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Iceland 2015
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Next year…
• Lucy Oxley and colleagues will start to finalisesessions for the 2016 Conference by the end of May.
• If you want to be stood here (in Derby) next year, get in touch as soon as possible after you get home…
• We’re all ordinary and we’re all extraordinary…
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Thanks for listening…
Questions?
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Claire Kyndt
http://cloudlovinggeographer.weebly.com
Twitter: @Asperatus07
Alan Parkinson
@GeoBlogs
Follow the day to day happenings in the department on Twitter @KingsElyGeog