Have been following a few stories recently, and using the idea of 'data mining' the 'Twittersphere' as a resource.
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Twitter and Data Mining
Have been following a few stories recently, and using the idea of 'data mining' the 'Twittersphere' as a resource.
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Gapminder reminder....
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Climate Change Imagery
AK-03 Columbia Glacier from Cliff from Extreme Ice Survey on Vimeo.
Monday, 23 March 2009
Exeter Urban Rebranding
Friday, 20 March 2009
Photosynth: a possible fieldtrip activity
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Google Street View UK launched
Today is the launch of the widely anticipated Google Street View. I had an invitation to attend, and would like to have been there, but had another appointment today pre-booked.
UK cities covered so far
England
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- Coventry
- Derby
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- London
- Manchester
- Newcastle
- Norwich,
- Nottingham,
- Oxford
- Scunthorpe
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- York
Northern Ireland
- Belfast
Scotland
- Aberdeen
- Dundee
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
Wales
- Cardiff
- Swansea
Friday, 13 March 2009
Results are in...
Join THE DISCUSSION on the NING.
BBC Box Update
A recent e-mail from James Woolven, who teaches in one of the GA's CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE reminded me to check on the box, and it has recently arrived in BRAZIL.
The BBC website follows some of the goods that arrived in the USA from China into the stores where they were sold.
The box was then loaded with a cargo of 'household goods'.
The box is now in Santos in Brazil, and there is another very useful BBC ARTICLE describing the changing economic circumstances facing Brazil. This would be very useful for 'A' level GLOBALISATION topics.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Billy Connolly in Canada and Nunavut
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
DFID Consultation - Global Poverty
The Fight Against World Poverty
Where next for the UK?
Your chance to shape the debate...
“The Global community faces enormous challenges. The economic crisis, food security, climate change, energy insecurity, conflict, rising population – these are challenges of unprecedented magnitude which affect us all, and in particular the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. The nature of this interdependence means that it has never been so important to invest in our common future.” Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development (10 Feb 2009)
In response to the challenges currently being faced the Department for International Development (DFID) is working on a new narrative for international development that will culminate in a White Paper that will be published in July 2009.
At these events you’ll hear from a DFID Minister, a speaker from one of the many organisations that work hard to help eliminate global poverty e.g. Oxfam and inspiring stories from volunteers who have worked on an international development project. You’ll have the chance to ask the speakers any questions you have and to take part in debating a particular topic at your table that will be fed back and inform the direction of DFID’s work.