How do you know what you don’t know? - Issue 51
New online workshops for international geography educators, a more balanced approach to news, moving social media and getting a weather forecast in your calendar.
⚙ Operational notes
I got to 50 issues and then took a break. This coming calendar year, I plan to post once a month, early in the month - so hopefully, I can get to at least 60 issues by this time next year.
🌍 All Geographers
📰 A more balanced approach to news
I use a lot of news articles with my students in my efforts to ensure we are using contemporary examples to give the required content meaningful context. Showing the students that all news sources are not the same is important. Discussing the skew that comes with some reporting helps the students understand the narrative they are reading.
I have been using 🔗 ground.news for about a year now and I think it is great. Watch the video clip (2 minutes 38 seconds) below to get an idea of the service offers.
You can do a lot with free access to the site. I have paid for the premium subscription at around $30 a year. I think it is money well spent. Try the phone app and the Chrome extension to really see what the service offers.
🧑🎓 IB DP Geographers
💻 Online workshops for international geography educators
I am involved with something new. I have joined forces with 🔗 Matt Pods Podbury to offer 🔗 online training opportunities for international geography educators.
We are offering three online workshops during the current academic year. These can be purchased individually or as part of a bundle. There are discounts on the bundle for 🔗 geographyalltheway.com and 🔗 ibgeographypods.org subscribers.
The first workshop is on Saturday, 18th January 2025, from 10h00 to 13h30 CET. Start 2025 with quality professional development; 🔗 get signed up now.
⬆ Updates
📳 Moving social media
I am no longer using the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. I still need to get around to deleting my accounts, etc - it’s on my job list.
I am actively investigating 🔗 Bluesky as a ‘replacement’. I like the 🔗 ‘starter packs’ approach to get people going.
If, like me, you start a bit fast and find yourself following too many people and ‘starter packs’, you may get lost in all the content. If this is the case, try 🔗 sill.social.
🔗 Sill finds the most popular links in your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds to give you a clear picture of what’s happening.
👓 Random
🌦 Weather in your calendar
I think I mentioned before that I live on Google Calendar. 🔗 weather-in-calendar.com displays the weather for a given location in your Google Calendar. I find it helpful when deciding what we will do at the weekend and which day will have the best/driest weather.