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26 March
Recent additions from members include:

• SESC questionnaire: The State of Geography in Secondary Schools
• Information from the Register of Research in Primary Geography
• An occasional paper from GAIN: 'Raising Expectations in Geography - Achieving more'

Good practice in the use of ICT (March 2001)

Twelve teachers describe simple, innovative ways to use technology in geography, science and maths in a new report supported by the GA and other subject associations.
Good Practice in the Use of ICT in Mathematics, Science and Geography at Key Stage 3 includes the following examples for
geographers:

John Harris of Radley College, Abingdon, invites teachers and their pupils to join his MetLink project, in which children round the world cooperate in a web-based weather observation project. MetLink is sponored by the Royal Meteorological Society.

David Gardner of Raincliffe School, Scarborough explains how he uses role play in a scheme of work on Amazonia to teach children to question what they read on websites.

Gwil Williams and Julia Harper of Horndean Community School in Hampshire describe use of digital maps to teach sustainable transport. Their pupils' journey-to-school patterns change dramatically asthe scheme of work proceeds.

Two of these case studies also support the new citizenship curriculum.
In a preface to the report, Michael Wills MP says, The contributors to this report ... use technology in ways which make a genuine difference to their subjects. Their approaches could be taken up by many schools now.
The report is based on a two-year research project part-sponsored by the DfEE.

It is may be downloaded free of charge from RMplc who have published the report.