Published at November 30, 2006
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Tomorrow is World Aids Day. I produced an introductory video on this topic some time ago, view here (HIV), or download from Radical Geography. Teachers may also be interested in the mini-scheme that the video is from. Some facts to consider…
More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981.
Africa has 12 million AIDS orphans.
At the end of 2006, women accounted for 48% of all adults living with HIV worldwide, and for 59% in sub-Saharan Africa.
Young people (15-24 years old) account for half of all new HIV infections worldwide - around 6,000 become infected with HIV every day.
In developing and transitional countries, 6.8 million people are in immediate need of life-saving AIDS drugs; of these, only 1.65 million are receiving the drugs.
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There are about 40 million people living with HIV worldwide and almost 60,000 people in the UK. HIV is increasing in every region in the world.
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If you wish to look at the distribution of HIV/AIDS cases, Maplecroft Maps have provided a Google Earth overlay.
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Published at November 29, 2006
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Just loved this from Sally, will go up in the classroom tomorrow. This and other subverting Geography examples can be found here on Radical Geography. Just need the music and the Tom Cruise looks and I’m all set. 
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Published at November 28, 2006
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Now we are coming to the end of the first piece of coursework, we would like some feedback, both positive and constructive. Opinions from all Geographers on the course are welcome.
Some questions to consider
Have you enjoyed this piece? Yes or No, why?
Have you felt supported?
Have you had enough time to complete the work?
What would you like to be done different?
Any other comments…
This is our first year of the course as well, and we are keen to improve it, myself and Mrs Marston have already reflected on the process, but we need to hear your views. Remember, that you have other coursework pieces to complete and we want to make the process effective.
Please comment below, you can also vote in the poll on the sidebar.
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Splashr. One via Alan via Ollie via Doug, oh it’s a small world. Some nice ways of displaying your photos via Flickr. View my presentation here, what do you think?
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Just a few pointers for the hand in of your coursework on Monday 4th December 2006. Remember, this piece is worth approximately 17% of your final exam mark and the deadline is a hard one.
Remember the presentation format is up to you, but your work should be ‘Pretty and enlightened, not pretty and dim.’
Please remember to print/email/store your work before the lesson. Make sure your work has your name clearly on it, this includes any electronic versions or storage devices.
If you haven’t got PowerPoint, I suggest using OpenOffice, its free, and compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint, if saved in the right format. To do this, when saving, change the file format in the dialogue box to Microsoft PowerPoint. I have only briefly had a play with this, after I suggested that a year 8 group use it for a Boscastle presentation, it seems to work great! And yes it’s free!
For those of you producing PowerPoints, please remember to include any associated movie files or music in the same folder as your presentation.
If you need assistance or help, please email me before 7.00 p.m. on 3rd December 2006. After this I watch Heartbeat and nothing will disturb me.
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Well, I just managed to survive the day and hopefully will make tomorrow. Just a reminder that you only have two class lessons left, then your coursework needs to be handed in on Monday 4th of December. For those of you that have lost the Wanda Lust post, it is here.
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Favourite blog, Houtlust, recommended by Alan, has some great images for a French environmental campaign. Why might this penguin end up in your office? Answer, switch off your computer? Global warming is coming up soon in our course…
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Published at November 26, 2006
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An interesting little find from Dan Raven Ellison, of the Passion for Geography Campaign. Basically a blue marble NASA map, with a light pollution overlay. But as you zoom in, you can click on a settlement and it links to a Wikipedia description. Sadly Ilkeston and Kirk Hallam aren’t shown on the map, but I learnt much about ‘My Place’ of Nottingham. Ilkeston does have a Wikipedia page, known as ‘the place that land forgot’, I also learnt that Ilkeston uses East Midlands Dialect; I never knew there was a classification for our take on the English Language, definitely not ‘rammel’. I wonder how your place differs from the description in Wikipedia, and the one for Kirk Hallam is waiting to be written. I feel a project coming on…
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For teachers.It seems that Rock Education is now up and running. Lee Elliott, the Director and a serving Head of Geography, has taken a new approach to resources, basically a supermarket-type format. Teachers can purchase resources individually, varying from worksheets to PowerPoints. The free resources that Lee sent me were of very high quality, but I wonder about the likelihood of an individual teacher making a purchase; though of course, resources can be purchased through a department budget. It will be interesting to see how this develops.
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Ok, so I think this is how I look; prove me wrong and send me the reality, and I’ll host them, unless you want to add one of yourself! Generated by a nice little site here.
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