Published at December 31, 2006
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Just a couple of points before the celebrations begin, or not as the case may be, many parties in the U.K. have been cancelled due to the weather. The populations of Romania and Bulgaria will celebrating as they join the European Union, making the number of countries twenty-seven, nearly half a billion people. Nice little video from the Bulgarian government celebrating their entry, nice to meet you Bulgaria! 
Noticed Channel 4 News using Google Earth to show the location of the final resting place of a recently departed leader.
Also spotted on Google Videos a selection of nice videos marking the Cousteau-Caml expedition to Antarctica.
Wishing you all a happy evening and a fruitful new year, remember the Passion4Geography team on Radio 4 tomorrow.
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Published at December 30, 2006
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Apart from the news from Iraq, which I can’t even bear to watch or discuss, and again no New Year’s honour from Her Majesty, just a couple of brief points to discuss.
I’ve started to archive student related work posts in a new page, this will come in useful when teaching the course the second time around, it also means that I can update posts without students struggling to find them, though there is always the search facility. 
Watched ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ again this afternoon, check out the update section on the DVD. There is an educator user guide and blog on ‘AIT in the Classroom’, sadly no British alternative at the moment.
A nice alternative film trailer from the makers of Futurama on YouTube.
On the theme of Global Warming, scientists have revealed a break in the Arctic ice sheet, something which will be of particular interest to Alan’s students.
Make sure you set your alarm on New Year’s Day for 7.00 a.m., the B.B.C. ‘Today’ programme on Radio 4, will be brought to you by the Passion4Geography campaign. If you miss it, you can always listen again on the Internet, I’ve not my MP3 player already on preset. Further details can be found on the G.A. website. Good luck Hannah, Dan and David. Just a thought, I’d love the G.A. to get RSS feed on the website!
One part of the programme will be the results of the Geography Cup, the U.S.A. has taken a significant lead and the closing date of the competition is tomorrow, make sure you get a last few plays in before the end.
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Published at December 28, 2006
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Maps of War, a find via the Houtlust site, obviously developing, but I liked this interactive map of religious development, shown above, which will come in useful for the spatial aspect of my Religious Studies teaching. Of course, it’s difficult to produce such an accurate map and it is somewhat simplified, where is Sikhism, but it’s an interesting attempt at a spatial representation. I’m not sure it fulfils the secondary title of ‘Faith and its Wars across History’. I personally don’t believe religions cause war, it’s just mans’ interpretation of scripture that is the root of conflict. Remember all religions subscribe to the golden rule.Oops, slightly political there.
The site has a U.S. perspective, as shown by the map of Republican and Democrat ‘wars’, which I imagine could promote some interesting debate, check out the feedback! Just goes to show that perspective in cartography continues to exist in the web age, and that we should be challenging students to unpick these perspectives. Maps with perspectives, now there’s an idea.
I really like that the author has allowed people to download the maps, this makes them much easier to use in the classroom, for those of us that have interesting blocking policies. 
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Also got my copy of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ through the post, I’ll be developing some work around the DVD for use with Key Stage 3 and the Pilot course. Will watch it again later, first I need to find out if Benny Hill is still funny, courtesy of Channel 4.
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Amazon has a sale on! ‘March of the Penguins’ at a very cheap price, well worth the purchase if you are looking at Antarctica in the Pilot or just for end of term viewing.
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Alan on the Geographypages update page has asked people what their geo-resolutions are for the New Year, so I thought I would start off…
- Google Earth. I’ve been using Google Earth more in the classroom, but want to make its use inherent within my practice, particularly to enable a sense of ‘place’.
- Webcams. I’m currently working on a project for the G.A.. about the use of webcams within the classroom, I’ve started on my blog, but again I need plan their use into my teaching and develop some content!
- Visit a new country. No explanation needed there.
- Pilot. I need to start updating radical geography with our resources and start preparing some revision materials.
- Read more Geography. I want to keep my subject knowledge ‘fresh’, the pilot is doing a great job of this at the moment, but I’m interested in reading contemporary geographical theory, especially as we consider the redevelopment of our Key Stage 3. Any tips welcome…
I’ll be interested to know what geo-resolutions, Alan, Ollie, Noel, David and Kenny are making.
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Alan sent me a link to a flash game about the Stern report, something to keep your fingers occupied.
Alan has also put this celebrity look-a-likes on his blog. Also noticed this video about Geography on You Tube, are Norfolk Geographers really like this?
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My brother told me about the site My Heritage, it allows you to scan a photograph of your face and then compares it to celebrities, well, I say celebrities!
I’d be interested to know who other people look like!
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Well it is truly over and done, and now we can all relax for at least one week! :) Favourite present was a stainless steel 3D jigsaw globe!
There is some nice ’stuff’ on the B.B.C Science and Nature page at the moment, including a video review of ‘Cimate change in 2006′. It was shown on Breakfast, Christmas morning, and seems to be a compilation of several previous reports, good for extreme environments, it focuses on the Antarctic, Arctic and Amazon. If you can’t find this, search ‘Climate Change 2006′ on the BBC website. Also a set of interesting pictures about the life at Antarctica.
It seems a small earthquake occurred in Dumfries in Scotland today. Any Scottish colleagues out there feel it?
The talkr website is apparently down at the moment, so no computer podcasts, I wonder whether it has passed into cyberspace history, I’ll give it a week or two before I remove it.
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