How do you know what you don’t know? - Issue #31

Aït Benhaddou at sunset, December 2022.

⚙ Operational notes

✨ The first change for 2023. This newsletter is now being distributed using a platform called Substack. This is due to the closure of Revue - thank Elon Musk for that!

🌍 All Geographers

🔗 Pixels of Progress: A granular look at human development around the world from the McKinsey Global Institute. Instead of looking at development at regional or country scale - how about using 40,000 microregions?

This pixelated version of the world, compiled with cutting-edge statistical techniques like the use of night-time satellite imagery, provides a much more nuanced view of development than previous research, enhancing our understanding of global progress in ways that can help business and governments make better, more targeted decisions.

🧑‍🎓 IB DP Geographers

📊 Visualized: The World’s Population at 8 Billion from Visual Capitalist. Not the first thing I have featured something from Visual Capitalist but certainly a recent favourite. If you scroll beyond the initial global infographic they have produced this style of infographic for each continent. These are really interesting when looking at preconceptions (not one of the 4 Ps; power, possibilities, etc).

⬆ Updates

🔗 IB Approved Online Category 2 workshop - 17 to 19 February 2023 - I will be leading this online workshop. Category 2 workshops are intended for teachers who have done at least one ‘exam’ cycle.

🔗 Calling all Qatar based geography teachers - there is a free CPD workshop being offered by Discover the World Education at Doha British School. More details can be found here.

👓 Random

📊 Mentioned before in issue #5 but here is the 2022 version → Most Beautiful News of the Year 2022 from information is beautiful. 20 of the most positive trends and amazing global achievements from 2022.