The 2018 Geographical Investigation

Peter Lydon will present on the 2018 physical investigation at Waterford teachers centre at 7.30 on March 22nd. This will be followed up in May with a coastal workshop with Kieran McCarthy (pictures below from 2014)

Branch meeting

A long overdue SE branch meeting will take place on November 30th in the Waterford Teachers Centre at 7.15 p.m

Peter Lydon, President of the AGTI will bring his box of tricks that he presented to the annual conference. He will discuss AfL and assessment approaches that can be used at both JC and LC



Michael Organ author of the new LC textbook Earth will focus on a combination of active methods and some revision/study skills that he presented at the annual conference.

Orienteering workshop

Pacing distance

For those who would like a copy of the handout in colour from the Orienteering workshop at the recent AGTI annual conference in Waterford, click here for a pdf version. For any questions about orienteering in schools contact Andrew Cox development at orienteering dot ie.
You can download a copy of the schools brochure here.

Andrew giving instructions

Computer whizz, Jana

around the bandstand

Good teamwork

Thanks to our photographer Julien

Striding it out

Almost there

Ms. competitive!

Do I put in the map or   ?

At last the Finish

Subject co-ordinators meeting

Geography Subject Coordinators Network Meeting

Dublin, Ireland | Dublin West Education Centre

Wednesday, September 23, 2015
from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM (IST)

Free-to-attend,  Book here

Annual AGTI AGM

41st Annual Conference 

of the Association of Geography Teachers of Ireland

at the Tower Hotel, Waterford

(organised by Central Branch)

on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th September 2015

 

‘Kickstart Geography’ 

This year’s conference is a little earlier this year and contains a number of changes to our usual program style. We’d like you see this year’s conference as a kickstart to the year. We have chosen presentation ideas that we think will help you get the year off to a great start; we have to mind ourselves as we go about teaching geography; the geographical investigation and changes to the OS Discovery Series maps challenge us to be on top of our game from the get-go; our conference is in Waterford, a region rich in geography and this is a great chance to look at tourism and geology through the lens of Waterford.

We are confident you will find this year’s conference rewarding.

Friday 18th September 2015 

7.30pm: Registration

8.00pm: Geographical Investigation 2016 - Plenary Session 

In a change from our usual programme…….this plenary session will be an opportunity for geography teachers to discuss and share ideas for Geographical Investigation., Chaired by Peter Lydon  

Wine and finger food reception follows

Saturday 19th September 2015

8.30 – 9.00         Registration 

                         Teacher Wellbeing 

9.00 – 10.00      TBC         

9.30 – 10.00       

Thirty Mindful Moments   with Máire O’Higgins, Larkin Community College

10.00 – 10.30        Digital Literacies

Using online media for Geography  with Siobhan O’Sullivan, PDST                            

10.30 – 10.45                   Tea & Coffee 

10.45 – 11.30         Ordnance Survey Maps

Ireland’s National Mapping Agency – Ordnance Survey Ireland. A products and key developments update with Tony Murphy & Eugene McMorrow, OSi                    

11.30 – 12.20           Regional Geography

Active Approaches for Teaching Regional Geography at Leaving Certificate with Charles Hayes

12.20 – 12.30             AGTI AGM.....How do we spend your membership fee?

12.30pm - 2.30pm                Lunch and/or Tour
12.30 – 1.30       1^st Tour – Walking Tour of Waterford with Jack Burtcheall
1.30 – 2.30         2^nd Tour - Practical Orienteering and Map Work with Andrew Cox & Jana Cox 

2.30pm - 3.30 pm        Tourism Region in Ireland

                      Details to follow with Eimear Whittle

3.30 – 3.45      Tea & Coffee

3.45pm - 4.45pm              Irish Geology 

Waterford, 460 Million Years in the Making: "A brief geological history of Waterford & the Copper Coast" with Tina Keating, Geologist, Copper Coast GeoPark

4.45pm – 5.15pm             Plenary Session & Closing

Post Marking Review; Continuous Professional Development (CPD);AOB.

To register, click here to bring you to eventbrite.

Investigation topics for 2015-16

1. Traffic patterns in a local area
2. Population in a local area
3. A local environmental issue
4. Changing land-use in a local area
5. Local weather patterns

 Take your pick?

6. The impact of geomorphic process/processes and/or human activity on the development of landform(s) in a glaciated or fluvial or karst environment

SE Branch Meeting

 Geography in the South East

Monday March 2nd at 7 p.m. in the Waterford Teacher's centre

• The Geography Department and Inspection.                                                                        Presenter: Domnall Fleming Senior Inspector                                                                                            

• Soils in the curriculum: (Some resource ideas and development in the Soils and Biomes option) Presenter: Rachel Creamer, Soil Quality and Classification,Teagasc . Editor of the new Soils map of Ireland.                                                                                   

• Waterford City celebrates 10 years of being a Fair Trade City...how can you can introduce Fair trade concepts into your Geography programme? Global Interdependence option? Presenter: Jennifer Harris, Waterford One World Centre      

• Education packages at Castlecomer Discovery Park.  Presenter: Nichola Salamon