Annual Conference 2009 - Full Programme
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| Full programme information is now available for our 2009 Annual Conference to be held in Manchester 16-18 April. Take advantage of early bird booking rates and save £10 - GA members also get a free copy of Discovering Cities: Manchester. And as always, students get in free! |
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| Young People's Geographies |
| The highly anticipated YPG website is now live! The site features background information about the project, videos and resources from participants, and a range of ideas for introducing a YPG approach into your school. You can also create a free account to interact with other members via Forums and Blogs. |
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| Teachers TV Geography Listings |
| Teachers TV has more than a thousand programmes available online so we've created a new area of GTIP containing listings of those of potential interest to Geography PGCE tutors. They may also be of interest to Primary and Secondary teachers and PGCE students. |
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| Worldwise Quizzes |
| New questions for both the primary and secondary online quizzes are now available. All of our Worldwise student activities are completely free and open to all schools. If your school has not yet registered on the Worldwise area of the GA website simply follow the 'teacher' link from either the Online Quizzes or the My Places box on the Worldwise homepage. |
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| Free GIS Training |
| Wednesday 19 November is ESRI's international GIS day. To mark this, three innovative geography departments are offering free training in their schools, suitable for teachers with any level of experience with GIS. |
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| Using ICT in KS4 Geography |
| Looking for GCSE lesson ideas that make the most of ICT? This exciting new area of the GA website seeks to share ideas regarding the use of digital learning resources in supporting subject learning and teaching at Key Stage 4. |
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| Autumn Journals Online |
| Geography, Teaching Geography, Primary Geographer, GA Magazine and GeogEd are all online and can be accessed via the Journals area. |
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| Thinking About GCSE |
| A new Think Piece on GCSEs is now available in the Teacher Educators' area. It will be of particular interest to anyone thinking about the forthcoming specification changes. |
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| Living Geography Conferences |
| Full details and online booking are now available for our new series of Conferences for KS3-4 geography teachers. |
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| ICT in secondary schools: a short guide for teachers |
| Our new ICT guide was recently sent to all secondary schools and has proved so popular that we've run out of hard copies! A PDF of the booklet is available to download free from the Resources page. |
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| What's New |
| Can't find something we recently removed from this list? Have a look here... |
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Encouraging students to investigate their own communities is a key element of the new geography curriculum. This DVD package has been produced with the GA and Academy for Sustainable Communities to serve an enquiry approach to 'My community' by showing everyday people in unexceptional circumstances.
