http://digitalexplorer.co.uk Bringing the world to the classroom Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:16:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The video of Digital Explorer's 'Virtual Fieldwork Using Google Earth' course is now on YouTube. Thank you to everyone who made the recent teacher training UK Roadshow possible: Kate Hammond and Ed Parsons at Google, Shane Winser and Lucy Bruzzone at the Royal Geographical Society, Will Evans at Just So ... http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/2008/04/29/digital-explorers-google-earth-training-video-on-youtube/ Just received a very nice note from the Geographical Association. I ran two sessions at their conference at the end of March and managed to pack in 55 geography teachers. We managed to make good progress especially given I had condensed the normal 6-7 hour course into 2 hours. Anyway, they ... http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/2008/04/27/google-earth-at-the-geographical-association-conference/ Earthwatch are offering the chance for science and geography educators to get out into the field and work alongside scientists to create educational resources. From the Earthwatch website... This year we are pleased to be able to offer 24 fully-funded educator places on a variety of different Earthwatch projects. Working alongside leading ... http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/2008/04/22/exciting-opportunities-for-educators/ I was lucky enough to be invited to a Health Education Event in Salfit, West Bank yesterday. It made me think about the Digital Explorer model and how the expeditions so far have been short-lived in terms of actual time in the field, although the digital legacy lives on. Would it ... http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/2008/04/09/being-in-the-field/ Ben Saunders sets off tomorrow to attempt to be the fastest person to set a new world speed record from Ward Hunt Island to the Geographic North Pole. The current record was set in 2005 by a guided team using dog sleds and numerous re-supplies in a time of 36 ... http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/2008/03/22/ben-saunders-north-pole-speed-record/ Honda seem to have cornered the market in my thoughts this week... What if we invested in young people and gave them a truly global education? http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/2008/03/18/what-if/ On Tuesday, I was with a small group of Year 10 geography pupils sitting in our new multimedia room. We were clustered round a laptop waiting for a video call using skype. The call was coming in from Antarctica from Robert Swan, who is currently living at the 2041 E-Base ... http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/2008/03/14/skype-from-antarctica/ Just watched this Honda advertisement again and it hit home... Hate something Change something Make something better I think that's what drives Digital Explorer. Hate something? Yes, I hate the fact that we are lurching towards massive, global environmental and cultural issues and not providing our children with the education they need to deal with ... http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/2008/03/14/hate-something-change-something/ For two weeks, renowned polar explorer, Robert Swan will be relying solely on renewable energy as part of the E-Base Goes Live project. The team are now in place posting daily video and images. Next week they will be conducting a series of live video chats with pupils globally. As ... http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/2008/03/04/live-from-antarctica/ I have just spent a week working on the next Offscreen Expedition in Beirut and Saida in Lebanon. It's been truly inspiring - such wonderful energy and passion. One of the things that I hate is having to chose. I interviewed twelve pupils for a place on the expedition to ... http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/2008/02/25/please-help-young-voices-from-lebanon-be-heard/