Used in Sept 12

1. Salzburg Geomedia Course
Alan Parkinson - Resources for creative pedagogy
Useful iOS Apps
* - indicates also available on Android / Google Play
Red means that we will hopefully have the chance to use these to create resources
IMAGES
Splice - excellent video creation app
CamCat - take a photo and it will be pinned to a map along with map, distance and angle
of orientation
FreezePaint - create a photo-collage by capturing sections of several images - also good
for painting people into weird locations
Snapseed - excellent for editing photographs and making an average image look better
Dermandar - rotate your camera and get an instant 360 degree panorama which can be
viewed online
Skitch - annotate images in the field
Sketch+ - turn images from the camera into a range of sketched effects to represent
places differently
TourWrist - create panoramic images and share them with others
WordFoto - overlay text on images to create photo-collages
AUDIO
Audioboo - record a short sound file and upload it for embedding on websites
WideNoise - measure sound levels - where are the quiet places in your city ?
Spotify - ‘soundtrack’ your work (may not be available in your country)
MAPPING
Esri ArcGIS - allows use of a range of map layers, measurement and interaction with web
apps for live mapping
Motion-X GPS - record a walk and export it so that it can be seen in a range of software
FlightRadar24 (Pro) - identify planes and track their movements
GPS Log (Lite) - plot and geotag photos in the field - can be used without 3G
Graffiti Mapper - add examples of graffiti to a global map (only a few weeks old)
INTERACTION
NeoReader - QR code reader
Posterous - instant blogging in the field
STORYTELLING
Storify - create a narrative with items from various social media feeds
FUN
Mission:Explore - lots of ideas for missions to do anywhere, not just London
AR Player - put a model on your desk
See Paul Turner’s poster for further ideas...
GEOMEDIA TOOLKIT
Triptico: http://www.triptico.co.uk - create interactive elements with a free download of the
tools
e.g. Word Magnets, Timers, Find Ten, Name selectors etc.
Also new hexagons: http://www.triptico.co.uk/thinklink.html

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Follow the blog for more updates and new versions of apps coming soon
ArcGIS Explorer Online: http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/ or
Extension to story maps:
http://downloads2.esri.com/EdComm2007/gallery/STEM/index.html
Some apps: http://esriukeducation.maps.arcgis.com/home/
SketchUp - 3D Model grabbing of landscapes: http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/index.html
Mentimeter: https://www.mentimeter.com/ - surveys that students can respond to freely -
also can use Google Forms for this - there is a guide to using Google Drive and Google
Docs here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/92629651/Google-Drive-and-Docs-for-Teachers-
2012
Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com - an alternative to Wordle for word clouds in custom
shapes
Flickr Toys: http://bighugelabs.com/ - manipulate images to create a range of resources
GeoClip GIS: http://www.geoclip.net/an/p24_atlas.php - free GIS / visualisation tool
Comic Creation: e.g. Pixton.com http://www.pixton.com and Comic Life App
Google Earth: http://earth.google.com and the associated blogs with support - resources
from Dublin GeoTeacher Institute which I attended:
https://sites.google.com/site/2012geoteachersinstitute/
National Geographic:
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/collections/geographyawarenessweek/
?ar_a=1
WEBSITES to consider ‘using’
http://www.ifitweremyhome.com - comparisons with inequality / disasters
http://www.flightradar24.com - live updates of location of aircraft
http://www.mapcite.com/posts/2012/september/how-can-looking-at-hurricane-tracks-help-
to-understand-them.aspx - GIS activity
http://mapserver.nrc-handelsblad.com/CBS.html - population data heat maps for the
Netherlands
http://www.earthweek.com - a weekly digest of geographical news

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http://www.cosmeo.com/braingames/virutal_volcano/index.cfm?title=Virtual+Volcano -
build your own virtual volcano
http://www.slideshare.net - my presentations can be found with the user name GeoBlogs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page - try the ‘Create a Book’ option which has now been
added - make your own book...
http://globalcloset.education.nationalgeographic.com/ - National Geographic site exploring
Interdependence - what’s in your closet ?
http://openwhatevermap.org/ - map mashup...
http://dexautomation.com/googlechartgenerator.php - create charts with embed codes for
Google Earth placemarks
http://hypercities.ats.ucla.edu/ - Hypercities - cities through time
http://pinterest.com/geoblogs/geomedia-salzburg/ - you may wish to begin to curate your
own PINTEREST boards on topics that are relevant to your personal and professional
interests....
http://missionexplore.net/ - our website for the Geography Collective - our blog is here:
http://thegeographycollective.wordpress.com
We are leading Guerrilla Geography Day on the 7th of November 2012 - website launching
soon
ALAN PARKINSON’s 2011 Projects for further exploration
1. Google World Wonders: http://www.google.com/intl/en/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/ -
relates to UNESCO World Heritage Sites
2. Multimedia Book activities by Paul Cornish and Bob Lang (see hard copies on the
Moodle)
3. RGS-IBG From the Field project: KS5 -
http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Schools/Teaching+resources/Key+Stage+5+resources/Key
+Stage+5+-+From+the+field+resources/Key+Stage+5+-+From+the+field+resources.htm
and KS4 -
http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Schools/Teaching+resources/Key+Stage+4+resources/Key
+Stage+4+-+From+the+field+resources/Key+Stage+4++From+the+field+resources.htm
4. Geography all the Way
You will have a free account for the duration of the course so that you can see
how Richard Allaway has used a range of geomedia to create engaging activities for IB
Geography, MYP and other qualifications in Geography
Also check the book on the eBookstore if you have an iPad - Free book on Extreme
Environments
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/extreme-environments/id552753230?mt=11

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Also the mini-sites and mysteries, such as this Piracy site:
http://www.geographyalltheway.com/myp/myp-pirates/james-fuse-main.htm
5. TeachIt Geography: http://www.teachitgeography.co.uk - ask me to log you in to this site
if you want to explore further - resources for geography teachers
6. Frozen Oceans teaching pack - produced by Digital Explorer - some copies of this will
be given to you to take away, and explore at your leisure
http://oceans.digitalexplorer.com/resources/
Free registration needed to download - also working on some resources related to Catlin
Seafloor Survey
A digital copy of the pack is included in the Dropbox to which you have been invited
7. BBC Primary Geography website: still to be launched, but I rewrote this with a colleague
in early 2012
8. Geographical Association - written book, also created some resources on Food security
and Geographies of food: http://www.geography.org.uk
9. National Geographic Awareness Week 2011 and 2012
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/collections/geographyawarenessweek/
?ar_a=1
Daniel Raven Ellison talking at the National Geographic: you need to watch this :)
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/daniel-raven-ellison-
guerrilla-geography/?ar_a=1
10. Mission:Explore Food - free CC versions of chapters can be obtained from TES
Resources - http:/www.tes.co.uk - free registration needed, or ask me for my login...
11. Fieldwork through Enquiry book with John Widdowson - to be published in 2013 - we
will have the chance to try some of the ideas in Salzburg Old Town
12. Blogposts on geography education, including the idea of a Landscape in a Box...
13. Digital Explorer: http://digitalexplorer.com/ - Frozen Oceans pack:
http://oceans.digitalexplorer.com/ and new project on corals
14. Follow the Things
A project aimed at identifying the place where goods come from, and the connections that
are created whenever we buy something. Will be creating some teaching resources on this
project shortly.
http://followthethings.com/
15. Discovering the Arctic - also Discovering Antarctica - from the RGS-IBG
http://www.discoveringthearctic.org.uk/
http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/
Other activities
Missions - see separate Mission:Explore Salzburg sheet
StoryCubes: http://www.storycubes.com - also available as an app as well as the three
physical sets of cubes
Geographical narratives: geography literally means ‘writing the earth’
My stuff
Blogs
See my Blogger profile for links to them:
http://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163
Photos (over 8000 of them)

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/geographypages/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/geoblogs but I also run several other fictional accounts as
well as @VitalGeography for my work with the OU...
My old website
http://www.geographypages.co.uk - still popular if a little out of date now
Pinterest boards
http://pinterest.com/geoblogs/