Alan Parkinson, CGeog (Teacher)Head of Geography

King Edward VII SchoolKing’s Lynn

Blogs, Casting and Nings – the new Study Skills…

Who is this bloke ?

• I’m Head of Geography at a school in Norfolk• I serve on the Geographical Association’s Secondary Committee, and have acted as a consultant with people such as the BBC, Teachers TV, Dorling Kindersley, BECTa etc.• I run the GeographyPages website, which some of you may be familiar with• I’m a Chartered Geographer, which means the nice people here at the RGS like me !• I’ve just written my first book – I’ll sign your copy if you buy one…

http://www.geographypages.co.uk

Who is this bloke ?

• I’m Head of Geography at a school in Norfolk• I serve on the Geographical Association’s Secondary Committee, and have acted as a consultant with people such as the BBC, Teachers TV, Dorling Kindersley, BECTa etc.• I run the GeographyPages website, which some of you may be familiar with• I’m a Chartered Geographer, which means the nice people here at the RGS like me !• I’ve just written my first book – I’ll sign your copy if you buy one…

AIMS

To suggest some ways of helping you study for your

AS / A2 exams that you may not have considered

before……so that you do better in

your final exams !

STUDY SKILLSHow to make the most

of the time between lessons, and prepare yourself for exams, to get the best possible

grade…

1967

2007

X

Let’s go back to 1980

No 1 in the charts ?

Mash: Suicide is Painless

Popular TV ?Ask the Family

Dallas

Jim’ll Fix It

Study Aid No. 1

Study Aid No. 2

What do you use ?

“Condensing work, then learning it in quiet surroundings..”

“Wikipedia is great.. and search engines, usually Google”

“Teachers should make study notes and activities available over the internet for

use at home..”

“Writing things out several times help me remember it for revision.”

All details in your delegate pack..

MY FAVOURITE PRICE

The Internet

“the Internet.....is a vast research library full of facts and information,

some of which is correct. but the idea that grazing it in your

spare time could be 'fun' is laughable...

Jeremy Clarkson

BLOGGINGBeen around for about

10 yearsAn online ‘diary’ where

the newest entry is shown at the top of the

‘page’

my day

BlogsA collection of

‘highlights’, from the internet or texts that are being used, so that others can also see them…

Use them to store:• website details• results of Google book searches• page references• links to homeworks• images that have been used• BBC news stories• deadlines

Examples….

“tagging is the new filing…”