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.