How do you know what you don’t know? - Issue #20

All Geographers

Our excrement is a natural, renewable and sustainable resource – if only we can overcome our visceral disgust of it

A lovely article to leave you with for the summer! Enjoy.

IB DP Geographers

New feature added this week → playlists! Check out the button on the bottom toolbar to access the first two playlists

I realise that podcasts.geographyalltheway.com was also in last week's newsletter - but I have been doing some focused work on the 'app' so I thought is was worth an extra share!

I have added two playlists; one on Wicked Problems and the other is titled 'Road trip'. The Wicked Problems playlist focuses on the 'big issues' that the IB DP Geography course touches. The 'Road Trip' playlist includes some of the most fun and engaging podcasts, ideal to listen to when travelling.

I intend to add another two playlists before the end of the year. Any suggestions for their focus?

Updates

When not in the Geography classroom I spend my time collaborating with and supporting my colleagues with the effective and efficient use of digital technologies. Enjoy this video that we released last week to show (potential) students and parents what we do.

Random

Trello is the ultimate project management tool. Start up a board in seconds, automate tedious tasks, and collaborate anywhere, even on mobile.

I use a range of apps to organise and store the things I do. Pocket (for initially storing things I want to read), Todoist (for what I need to do and when), and Roam Research (for making, storing and organising notes) have all been mentioned in previous newsletters.

I also use Trello on a near daily basis. I use it to store and sequence big projects. If I find something useful (a YouTube clip or article) it will probably get thrown into Pocket until I have time to sit down and think about it. I might use it in my teaching or resource development. If the resource is deemed worthy of being added to my teaching resources - it gets inserted in to a massive Trello board that has all my DP Geography lessons from geographyalltheway.com on. When I come to reteach a topic, I review geographyalltheway.com in combination with resources and ideas stored in the Trello board.