Sign in to school AI https://schoolai.com/ Select discover and select Video Explorer. I have chosen a video on pro-poor tourism for the lesson.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1bizZaKMac Enter the YouTube video url. You can also show the video to the class first and allow the students to explore the content of the video by asking questions or getting feedback from the AI. It is all personalised! On the student's device. The AI will provide questions to check on the student's understanding based on the video.  The student's can also ask the AI questions such as ..read more

The storymaps arcgis is similar to the Google Earth gallery (replacing Voyagers in Google Earth) learning package I shared earlier. Can think about using them too for inquiry-based learning For Lower sec https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a11964883fd64fdeb58f5c7d32d6ecac For Upper sec https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7175e4dcc87c40f0b4af958be6463bc7 For Pre- University https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e782c728b6e5447b9554e6580e423a0b Map Library by MOE CCPD (all) https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/33111195ba324433beafd3883a7d0c60?fbclid=IwAR2jXlBjqNhbfH15SfYcC08SW0Xskq9bK8upQ ..read more

 A very creative project for Earth Day 22 April  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pirjada Arif I Tlm creativity (@pirjada_arif_creativity ..read more

Gotten my students to share their ideal holiday. To make it more immersive, I gotten them to take a picture of themselves and then superimposed their picture over a holiday destination of their choice using remove.bg Instruction for the photo. a. Download the background of a tourist destination you dream to be at. b. Take a picture of yourself and goto https://www.remove.bg/ and remove the background of your picture. c. Add the background of the picture you have downloaded.  Instruction for the description of the ideal holiday on Padlet with the photo a)state the country/city  b)Reas ..read more

Voyager in Google Earth has moved. It's no longer available in the main app but showcased on the website. Explore the stories on the gallery here. https://www.google.com/earth/about/gallery/ https://www.google.com/earth/education/ Guide to learning longitude and latitude with Carmen Sandiego game on Google Earth.  https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-earth/education/pdf/ClassroomActivity_CarmenSandiego1_en.pdf Carman Sandiego detective game which used to be accessible from voyager Carmen Sandiego https://g.co/carmensandiego Crown Jewels of England https://www.blog.google/products/earth ..read more

Gotten my students to create the sorting game. Purpose is for them to apply what they have learned under the roles of different stakeholders and the different approaches in sustainable development.  The game Vortex from classtool is easy to use and free with no need for login.  Click on create game @ https://www.classtools.net/vortex/ Create the first game on how effective are stakeholders in sustainable tourism development. Input the title of the game e.g. How effective are Stakeholders in sustainable tourism development? Category title: Government, International Organisations ..read more

Access the historical maps of Singapore on https://libmaps.nus.edu.sg/ Get the students to zoom into a section of the Singapore Map.  Enable the view of the selected historical map. Use the slider to control the level of transparency of the historical map over the present map.  Students can observe the changes in their neighbourhood - observing the spatial association, distribution and interconnection ..read more

Do check out Master Teacher Kah Mun's post on facilitating the use of dynamic geographical knowledge for 21CC learning in Geography: https://geoconnectors.blogspot.com/2024/03/to-unlock-21cc-we-need-powerful.html?m=1 Maude's typology is a useful tool for identifying specifically how the disciplinary knowledge of geography is powerful.  A lot of emphasis had been placed in 1 and 2 in our curriculum. For 3, I have always reminded the students they already have some geography knowledge in them and with the lessons in geography they will be able to awaken the dormant knowledg ..read more

 Interesting interactive for housing and GEL  https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2023/12/hdb-flat-design-evolution/index.html The interactive traced the development of HDB flats In the 1980s and 1990s, there were greater emphasis placed on strengthening town identity. Refer to the interactive on how place identity is developed and how it created the sense of place for the people ..read more

Play-based Learning provides opportunities for students to develop a sense of the world around them through inquiry, exploration, interaction and problem solving. As they explore their environment and connect what they already know with new knowledge, perspectives and skills. In my earlier post on inquiry-based learning, there was element of play-based learning. I did not dictate the learning, but to sparkle their curiosity to ask questions. They learned through exploration, in the process collecting data to answer their questions, they generated even more questions. They learned, not only con ..read more