Website
of the month archive pre 2002
December 2001 - New Internationalist
Fans and subscribers of New Internationalist know how valuable it can
be for the teaching of geography. There is an archive for specific
articles as well as cartoons, sources of world data as well as links to
teaching about development issues.
www.newint.org
November 2001 - Enhancing Geography with ICT
 As
part of the VTC, BECTA and QCA have jointly produced three case studies
embracing the use of ICT in KS3 geography. These are Data
data everywhere, National
Parks, and Analysing
Population data. All contain details of the activity, including
objectives and expectations, prior learning and resources required for the
activity.
October 2001- FreeFoto
Primary teachers on a recent Geography and Internet course nominated
and "voted" for October's site.
 They
looked at a range of sites but were particularly impressed with the
range of images from the UK in this site - which just happen to cover
many of the contrasting localities they study - Barmouth, Llandudno,
Lake District localities, The Midlands, etc.
Please visit www.freefoto.com
July 2001 - best
mapping site
 Multimap.com
This is the best mapping website because:
- the maps are easily accessed by a variety of locators: maps,
postcodes, place names and grid references.
- the maps come back in one piece and therefore are easily transferred
into other software.
- there is a scale bar on every map so that when you resize it, the
scale is adjusted.
- there are good quality aerial photographs which you can overlay
street maps. [Not all areas but some good urban coverage]
The web address is http://www.multimap.com/
Other mapping sites with useful geographical education:
www.ordnancesurvey.gov.uk
 March
2001 - Are you saying 'Pants to Poverty' with Comic Relief?
The new website of the month has
2001 lessons available for all sorts of subjects and age groups, some
assemblies and some images to investigate as well as a few jokes
to make lessons go smoother. There is a link to www.dubble.co.uk
a fair trade chocolate with some great activities for learning.
Can you help pupils understand how to change the world?
Explore issues around race and racism with your pupils but don't know
where to start? Check out www.britkid.org,
the online-soap where you learn all about race, identity and growing up
in the UK today.
Good luck
January and February 2001 - BBC World Service News
We think that this site well constructed - so that you can
differentiate. There are picture based stories for all the pupils.
There are in depth stories making links to other events or explaining
the phenomena. The images are always thought provoking. News that
doesn't make UK news is available too.
Links BBC
World Service The
Times of India Global
Earthquake
December 2000 - Floods and much much more
Our new website of the month is www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
But it has hidden depths! Explore this profound
website some more!
We promise you, no more flood puns!
This delightful site for young map makers is from Ordnance Survey.
Pupils can explore the different zones - Action Zone, Competition Zone,
Info Zone, Get into Maps and Behind the Scenes. In each one there are
interesting facts and activities for them to try.
September 2000 - GeoResources
This an excellent site for web links
for geographers, but David Rayner's piece de la resistance is his virtual
fieldwork, especially as a model for how students could create one
themselves on their own river, their own section of coastline and their
own town or city.
http://www.georesources.co.uk/indexvf.htm
This a great pupil's web site where you can investigate contemporary development issues.
From the development education organisation, Worldaware, whose main website is under
construction, nevertheless they have created an excellent site for pupils. This is
up to the high standard of the magazine too! New web edition (Summer 2000)
should go on line in June. ...It features Sri Lanka and sustainable
devlopment. The Spring 2000 version will continue to be available with it
which has issues on refugees, and world population. The West Indies are
here this
summer and Guyana is featured. Expand your pupils' awareness of places not usually
covered. It is great to see pupils' own geography being encouraged too.. with 'On camera!'
You will never guess where the picture on the right is.......
Thanks to Olly Phillipson for all her hard work.
Geography departments are
starting to consider setting up their own websites. This one, from Hampstead School
in London, is one of the most comprehensive we have seen.
OCTOBER 99 
This site is a vital addition to curriculum
development for Geography teachers. Phillip Scott, Professor of Geography, is concerned
about how environmental organisations are using and abusing scientific information to
determine the beliefs of people.
www.ecotrop.org
JUNE 99 - Teachers in Development Education
Geo Visions Project
Birmingham Development Education Centre is the home of
innovative geography teaching. The purpose of the GeoVisions project is to do some
creative thinking about the discipline within school geography.Roger Carter was part of
the team that brought this national body together and it included Steve Thomas from
Cardinal Griffin School, Cannock and myself.
http://www.tidec.org/index.html
Let me know your GeoVision, from wherever you come from, in
the UK or abroad.
chris.durbin@staffordshire.gov.uk
MAY 99
Why not use epals to search for classroom round the world so that
you can get opinions and perspectives from other students studying geographical topics
www.epals.com
Please let us know if you have any successes - we would be
interested in putting up any interesting emails on our website
chris.durbin@staffordshire.gov.uk
APRIL 99 - Italia on-line
Where is this place?
This months site is
Italia on-line. Do you
recognise a new Italy or is your view of this country still in the 1970s!
This link was recommended to us by John Austin, the Channel 4 Education Officer. He
would like to know more about what you think about this site.
March 99 - British Geological Survey
Guess where the most Earthquakes in
the UK happen?
Founded in 1835, the British Geological Survey was the
world's first national geological survey. It is a world leader in many areas of geoscience
and is the UK's national centre for earth science information.
This link was recommended to us by Stuart Hitch of the Stoke Sixth Form Centre.
http://www.bgs.ac.uk
  
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