https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3 Ideas for Geography teachers in lesson planning , resources, mapping and other classroom activities en-us 2021-05-22 06:39:40 UTC 2026-03-01 13:31:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1206802525/8ecaa2511e530bb1845fb0eb6cc03f34/cultural.png dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549778073 This brief video reminds us Geography teaching practitioners that really effective spatial technologies do not have to cost your school an arm and a leg! Sometimes simple gets the message across. ]]> 2021-05-22 06:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549778073 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549779641 Quiz and exit ticket digital tool. 

I have used Socrative in the classroom before and rate it! Younger students however I've found definitely try and fly through the answers to get to lunchtime. What is everyone else's experience with this app? ]]> 2021-05-22 06:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549779641 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549785770 Great to see national data that clearly shows bushfire hazard trend start to become available for wider and educational use. I can see applications for State wide comparative analysis. This is the type of data that as a Town Planner five years ago I would not have been able to readily access.]]> 2021-05-22 07:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549785770 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549786693  Fantastic cloud-based tool for students to create presentations, video presentations and infographics with copyright free media.]]> 2021-05-22 07:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549786693 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549792709 A powerful but simple tool that has been rapidly adopted acroos QUeensland schools by my observations. I find it gives transparency and accountability with things like homework tasks (student work and teacher feedback), as well as a great ability for students to have wider access to asking the teacher questions outside of the classroom and to resources if absent from the classroom.]]> 2021-05-22 07:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549792709 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549797639 A great way to check for understanding and also to perform the function of teacher as researcher. Given that survey answers are submitted anonymously it keeps ethics clearance for collecting information at a lower level.]]> 2021-05-22 07:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549797639 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549798431 I still can't get over the power of ArcGIS, being able to tell storyies about our society, our built and natural environments through collating visualisations, centred on mapping. It is the cutting edge of where Geography teaching should be - it is simple enough to learn the basics and I don't see nearly enough of it in the classroom!

It is cloud based software that basically allows students and teachers to produce interactive maps that show, interpret and communicate data through digital storytelling. ]]> 2021-05-22 07:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549798431 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549870161 This is one of my favourite examples of student work using StoryMaps to communicate a problem spatially and come up with a design based solution. Comparative slide bar mapping, temperature analysis, drone video footage, you name it - it is in this Year 10 assignment! ]]> 2021-05-22 09:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549870161 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549871866 Great to see powerhouses of knowledge like National Geographic get so heavily involved in creating educational resources. This collection definitely has some gems in it and Kahoot in my classrooms is always something that students get engaged with and something that gives me the pulse of whether students have been understanding the curriculum content. ]]> 2021-05-22 09:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549871866 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549880100 This TED talk centres around Internet and equal access to technologies as a right to ensure that a digital divide does not alienate people from job markets of the future. Challenges of just trying to bridge this divide by giving children a computer/laptop, thereby transferring the high costs of setting up supporting infrastructures upon households who can't afford it i.e. internet connections, maintenance, increased electricity costs and software. The video rather identifies a model of community centres providing centralised points to provide technology and infrastructure. This reminds me of the type of infrastructure provision we tried to roll out in Australian cities in the 2000's where our libraries tried to perform that function. I find this an interesting and timely reminder that we cannot assume as teachers that our emphasis on technology use doesn't have implications on our wider school communities and families. ]]> 2021-05-22 09:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549880100 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549894487 This blog entry was a great reminder for me about using the SAMR model in our post COVID 19 environment, where students are absolutely getting used to blended learning. It also gave me a light bulb moment to use more resources like Click View - so as not to reinvent the wheel and always create brand new online learning content!]]> 2021-05-22 09:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549894487 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549897557 A timely pedagogical approach that I have used successfully in the classroom, whereby learning introductory content or lower order comprehension exercises are done through online learning set as homework BEFORE coming to class. The idea is that it then frees up class time for higher order thinking activities that increase student engagement and apply their learning through more collaborative peer to peer and student to teacher group activities. I have delivered this model trhough the use of setting homework tasks with submission features through Microsoft Teams, with links to online learning materials that I've created in Canva, with associated Microsoft word worksheets also attached to the task.

This one could easily be categorised in the Pedagogy column also.]]> 2021-05-22 09:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549897557 dylankbrown https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549926624 Along with Katrina, I really resonated with the notion of 'Tech Equity' a question which visually addresses how our students process and relate with technology to learn effectively or not.  Being sensitive to individuals learning preferences and providing choice in what technology best suits them to achieve set tasks is a key tenet to the UDL framework which I believe goes some way in answering the Tech equity question. ]]> 2021-05-22 10:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dylankbrown/ts08wxe0xlztnbt3/wish/1549926624