What lies below is a system I am using to give feedback on Paper 1, 2, and 3 essays. I have found over time that I am constantly writing the same feedback over and over again across different students. I think that this approach has cut down grading and feedback time on my end, while giving them the same (and in some cases more) feedback than previously. Not only that, it engages students to actually make connections and take a bit more control of their feedback. I still write personalised feedback, but I do find this system is working and appreciated so far!
Supply Chain Points – Global Risks and Resilience – HL
This is for the HL class, (Urban Environments is on the post below). Here are the political, economic, and environmental points discussed as promised.
‘I Have Nothing To Hide’ – Why We Should Care About Privacy – Fábio Esteves
This article on medium.com and written by Fábio Esteves does a good job of summarising the importance of privacy in the modern age. I am using this to form a discussion with my HL students in the hacking, identity theft and surveillance section of the Global Interactions part of the syllabus. Click the link below to check it out.
Padlet Revision Activity – Urban Environments and Global Interactions Revision Questions
Last year, my grade 12s really enjoyed this activity for their revision and it ended up being quite straight forward to run. If you don’t have one, make an account at www.padlet.com. As a teacher, on a Smartboard, projector, Prowise; whatever you use, you can copy and paste one of the questions into a padlet. Share the link to your padlet with your students, who can then via any device access it and respond to the question. I did it in groups, so in teams of 3 students could come up with their answer. Then, as a class, when all groups had answered, we looked at the responses on the big screen to analyse who did the best and compare/contrast responses.
Padlet: www.padlet.com
Hazards and Disasters Revision Questions: Hazards and Disasters Questions
Urban Environments Revision Questions: Urban Environments Questions
Global Interactions Revision Questions: Global Interactions Questions
Mind you, these questions were based on the old syllabus, but there are still many relevant and useful questions that have ties to the new syllabus. Also, some questions are quite specific to what I taught in class, so be aware that they will be of no used to you.
GIS Online Introduction Course (Free) – ESRI
GIS is no longer the ‘future’ of geography, it is the now. Browsing through Linkedin jobs, it is clear that any single job related to geography makes it a baseline requirement that the applicant have experience with GIS.
Click the link for an online, free training with the world-renowned GIS company, ESRI. It is a great introduction to the mechanics and usefulness of GIS. It is a course that is helpful for students and teachers alike, and at the end you get a certificate (PD hours!). You will need to make a (free) account.
Vocabulary/Terminology List – Collins, UK
Below is the PDF download to a Collins revision list/glossary of foundation level geographic terms. Using this can really beef up terminology usage and thereby improve essay writing as well as understanding of short answer questions. The pictures and diagrams throughout can be very helpful to understanding the definitions.
Collins Glossary of Geographical Terminology
(Image taken from link)
Landslide Features Definitions – Professor Jan Novotný, Charles University
Jan Novotny’s presentation on mass movements includes many useful diagrams, definitions, annotations, and more.
Link to entire university lecture slides below:
http://www.geology.cz/projekt681900/vyukove-materialy/4_Lanslide_glossary.pdf
Taken from Jan Novotnýs lecture in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, October/November 2013.
USGS Mass Movement Revision
Click the link for an all encompassing revision page on mass movements/wasting, published by the USGS.
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3072/fs-2004-3072.html
Fargo North Dakota Mass Wasting Case Study
It isn’t the most visually appealing, but there is some great data as well as some fantastic pictures which illustrate the issues Fargo, ND, has gone through with regards to slower mass movements (Creep and earthflow). Click the link below for North Dakota State University’s full published case study.
https://www.ndsu.edu/fargo_geology/mass_wasting/