AGTA Roadshow: Brisbane 21 March 2015

Image above: Location of St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School from Nearmap.

AGTA Roadshow PowerPoints

* Thinking Geographically presentation PowerPoint: Malcolm McInerney

* Using the Achievement Standards workshop: Malcolm McInerney

* Introduction to the day: Grant Kleeman

* Inquiry approaches in geography: John Butler

* Fieldwork: Susan Caldis

Sites related to Geogaction  
GeogSpace
Spatialworlds blog
Spatialworlds website
Australian Curriculum Portal
DECD Learning Resources for Australian Curriculum
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website

Scoop.it sites

Geographical thinking Scoop.it  

Spatial literacy Scoop.it  

History and geography Scoop.it 

Spatial Education and technology Scoop.it
Just real interesting Scoop.it

Email contact
manning@chariot.net.au

* Collecting data on attitudes to the geography curriculum and geography professional learning needs using Straw Poll.
Your participation would be greatly appreciated! 

• Click on the URL's below and select your response.  

* Familiarity with the Australian Curriculum: Geography
http://www.strawpoll.me/1736411

* Engagement potential of the Australian Curriculum: Geography
http://www.strawpoll.me/1736435  

* Content amount in the Australian Curriculum: Geography
http://www.strawpoll.me/1736442

* Upskilling required to teach the Australian Curriculum: Geography
http://www.strawpoll.me/1779320

* Geographical concepts in the Australian Curriculum: Geography
 http://www.strawpoll.me/1736458

* Skills to start working on to teach the Australian Curriculum: Geography
http://www.strawpoll.me/1736467 





* GeogSpace: the resource from AGTA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: Geography

* Spatialworlds: 300 posting on everything you wanted to know about geography but .

 
*The Fantastic Scoop.it resource with thousands of Internet sites related to geography in schools
* Geographical thinking Scoop.it
* Spatial literacy Scoop.it
* Spatial Education and technology Scoop.it
* Just real interesting Scoop.it
* GTAV Australian Curriculum Scoop.it on each year level

BBC physical geography site

CK site for physical geography.

GIS Zone: A great site to start using spatial technology.

Map Zone: An excellent basic mapping site

* Achievement Standards Chart and activities for Geography from DECD 

The chart is at:  http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/files/links/AchStnd_Geog_with_concept.docm

Assessment activities at:

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/default.asp?navgrp=Leader

* ACARA Introduction on Australian Curriculum: Geography    

* DECD Implementation guidelines

* DECD Australian Curriculum: Geography resources worth a look! 

DECD in South Australia has recently launched their "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: Geography. The DECD site has a range of geographical bits and pieces referenced in this blog posting. They are certainly worth a look! 

As you can see below the resource includes a creative animation, a Bringing it to Life (BitL tool) and broadsheets on the curriculum. 

The Story of the learning areas animation. An excellent animation on 'What is Geography for'. 

The geography curriculum, year by year, all on one page in the Learning Area Explorer.

Bringing it to life resource (BitL) geography

Workshop at 34.89 S Latitude and 138.61 E on 3 March 2015

* PowerPoint  for the Geography workshop at Walkerville Primary School on 3 March,  2015

* Connecting HASS PowerPoint

Image above: Nearmap: a great sites for looking at place, space and change.

* Links to look at related to this blog
Geography Teachers' Association of South Australia website
ACARA website
ACARA Australian Curriculum portal 
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website
'Towards a National Geography Curriculum' project website
Spatialworlds blog
GeogSpace website
Spatialworlds website

* Collecting data on attitudes to the geography curriculum and geography professional learning needs using Straw Poll.
Your participation would be greatly appreciated! 

• Click on the URL's below and select your response.  

* Did you like geography at school?
http://www.strawpoll.me/1759017

* What did you like about geography?
http://www.strawpoll.me/1736527

* Familiarity with the Australian Curriculum: Geography
http://www.strawpoll.me/1736411

* Engagement potential of the Australian Curriculum: Geography
http://www.strawpoll.me/1736435  

* Content amount in the Australian Curriculum: Geography
http://www.strawpoll.me/1736442

* Upskilling required to teach the Australian Curriculum: Geography
http://www.strawpoll.me/1779320

* Geographical concepts in the Australian Curriculum: Geography
 http://www.strawpoll.me/1736458

* Skills to start working on to teach the Australian Curriculum: Geography
http://www.strawpoll.me/1736467 





* GeogSpace: the resource from AGTA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: Geography

* Spatialworlds: 300 posting on everything you wanted to know about geography but .

 
*The Fantastic Scoop.it resource with thousands of Internet sites related to geography in schools
* Geographical thinking Scoop.it
* Spatial literacy Scoop.it
* Spatial Education and technology Scoop.it
* Just real interesting Scoop.it
* GTAV Australian Curriculum Scoop.it on each year level

BBC physical geography site

CK site for physical geography.

GIS Zone: A great site to start using spatial technology.

Map Zone: An excellent basic mapping site

* Achievement Standards Chart and activities for Geography from DECD 

The chart is at:  http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/files/links/AchStnd_Geog_with_concept.docm

Assessment activities at:

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/default.asp?navgrp=Leader

* ACARA Introduction on Australian Curriculum: Geography    

* DECD Implementation guidelines

* DECD Australian Curriculum: Geography resources worth a look! 

DECD in South Australia has recently launched their "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: Geography. The DECD site has a range of geographical bits and pieces referenced in this blog posting. They are certainly worth a look! 

As you can see below the resource includes a creative animation, a Bringing it to Life (BitL tool) and broadsheets on the curriculum. 

The Story of the learning areas animation. An excellent animation on 'What is Geography for'. 

The geography curriculum, year by year, all on one page in the Learning Area Explorer.

Bringing it to life resource (BitL) geography

EduTech workshop on 12 February 2015 at 34.9310° S, 138.5570° E

Image above:  The Geospatial Revolution from PENNSTATE.

* Links to look at related to this blog
Geography Teachers' Association of South Australia website
ACARA website
ACARA Australian Curriculum portal 
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website
'Towards a National Geography Curriculum' project website
Spatialworlds blog
GeogSpace website
Spatialworlds website

Image above: Cowandilla Primary School from the Nearmap site

* PowerPoint presentation for 12 February workshop

* A collection of spatial technology sites to explore


* DECD Implementation guidelines

* GeogSpace: the resource from AGTA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: Geography

* Spatialworlds: 300 posting on everything you wanted to know about geography but .

 
*The Fantastic Scoop.it resource with thousands of Internet sites related to geography in schools
* Geographical thinking Scoop.it
* Spatial literacy Scoop.it
* Spatial Education and technology Scoop.it
* Just real interesting Scoop.it
* GTAV Australian Curriculum Scoop.it on each year level

GIS Zone: A great site to start using spatial technology.

Map Zone: An excellent basic mapping site

* Achievement Standards Chart and activities for Geography from DECD 

The chart is at:  http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/files/links/AchStnd_Geog_with_concept.docm

Assessment activities at:

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/default.asp?navgrp=Leader

* ACARA Introduction on Australian Curriculum: Geography    

* DECD Australian Curriculum: Geography resources worth a look! 

DECD in South Australia has recently launched their "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: Geography. The DECD site has a range of geographical bits and pieces referenced in this blog posting. They are certainly worth a look! 

As you can see below the resource includes a creative animation, a Bringing it to Life (BitL tool) and broadsheets on the curriculum. 

The Story of the learning areas animation. An excellent animation on 'What is Geography for'. 

The geography curriculum, year by year, all on one page in the Learning Area Explorer.

Bringing it to life resource (BitL) geography

Flinders University Geography Intensive on 12 February 2015

* Links to look at related to this blog
Geography Teachers' Association of South Australia website
ACARA website
ACARA Australian Curriculum portal 
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website
'Towards a National Geography Curriculum' project website
Spatialworlds blog
GeogSpace website
Spatialworlds website


Flinders presentations

* Presentation for the Geography Intensive workshop
* Curriculum Frameworks presentation
* Assessment presentation



* GeogSpace: the resource from AGTA and Education Services Australia (ESA) to support the Australian Curriculum: Geography

* Spatialworlds: 300 posting on everything you wanted to know about geography but .

 
*The Fantastic Scoop.it resource with thousands of Internet sites related to geography in schools
* Geographical thinking Scoop.it
* Spatial literacy Scoop.it
* Spatial Education and technology Scoop.it
* Just real interesting Scoop.it
* GTAV Australian Curriculum Scoop.it on each year level

BBC physical geography site

CK site for physical geography.

GIS Zone: A great site to start using spatial technology.

Map Zone: An excellent basic mapping site

* Achievement Standards Chart and activities for Geography from DECD 

The chart is at:  http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/files/links/AchStnd_Geog_with_concept.docm

Assessment activities at:

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/default.asp?navgrp=Leader

* ACARA Introduction on Australian Curriculum: Geography    

* DECD Implementation guidelines

* DECD Australian Curriculum: Geography resources worth a look! 

DECD in South Australia has recently launched their "Making the Australian Curriculum work for us' resource to support the teaching and learning of the Australian Curriculum: Geography. The DECD site has a range of geographical bits and pieces referenced in this blog posting. They are certainly worth a look! 

As you can see below the resource includes a creative animation, a Bringing it to Life (BitL tool) and broadsheets on the curriculum. 

The Story of the learning areas animation. An excellent animation on 'What is Geography for'. 

The geography curriculum, year by year, all on one page in the Learning Area Explorer.

Bringing it to life resource (BitL) geography