Workflow and connections

The video above is my short talk given at the start of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Virtual TeachMeet.

A short watch, containing some tips based upon workflow and ensuring we keep connections with young people.

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RGS TeachMeet: Getting the NEA right.

Here is a slightly extended version of my talk given during this morning's TeachMeet. You can also view the slides .

In the Covid-19 landscape, belonging is more important than learning.

“You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place...like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way ever again.” Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books As a geographer, I can speak with confidence about belonging to a place. Belonging is entwined with the places that we visit and interact with. Every one of us views every place in a slightly different way. Belonging to a place; belonging to a community is an essential human feature. In the current situation, we ignore nurturing bonds of belonging as we lurch and strive toward online learning at our peril. During the Covid-19 craziness, take 10 minutes. Pause. Reflect on where you feel belonging. What did you come up with? For me, I belong to: my family, spread all around the country. (For clarity this includes Leah Moo as she's bound to ask and the Dog Tryfan). I am separ

What makes a learning experience profound? Personal reflections and possible implications for classroom practice.

I have recently begun a Leadership Pathways journey. As part of the first core day, we were asked to reflect on a profound learning experience. This got me thinking about how many profound learning experiences I have both been involved in, and how many I have been able to give to others. Our group came up with a huge long list, but these are my five. Emotional Connected Demanding Reflective Collaborative As always, these are personal thoughts and quite mixed up. I put them here so that I can look back on them (plus they’d get lost inside my world-cup-free brain) 1. Emotional I can’t think of a time where deep learning hasn’t engaged my emotions. From being awe inspired to that tingle feeling when a student gets a light bulb moment. From this-is-the-happiest-day-ever, to I-think-I’m-about-to die. How often do we engage the emotions of those we teach? Here, I would argue that having a safe learning environment is not always conducive to profound

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