Staff perceptions of Derby

Looking at my Year 10 group's perceptions of Derby, I wondered whether their responses said more about them than about Derby, and thought it would be interesting to compare with the views of people who were still relatively local, but a bit older, so I emailed staff and asked them to send me the first three words they think of when they think of Derby. Here are the results:

Perceptions of Derby

Year 10 started this morning's lesson writing down the first words that come into their heads when they think of Derby. This word cloud shows the results - the bigger a word in the word cloud, the more times it appeared in the students' lists.
I also enlisted the help of my Twitter network yesterday... these are the words that they came up with:
Clicking on the images will take you to the original Wordles in the Wordle gallery, where they will be easier to read.

Staff version coming soon!

What would your three words be?

Yr10 - Derby...

Some interesting ideas from my Yr10 group today when we started talking about Derby. I will post the Wordle of your Derby words soon, and I'm in the process of gathering some words from staff too, to see whether their perceptions are similar to yours.

In the meantime, remember that your mind map needs to be completed for next Tuesday, and I'd also like you to have a think about some enquiry questions that link into the big question of "How and why is land use in Derby changing?". The videos and weblinks that we looked at today, together with a selection of other news stories are listed here. If you find any other particularly good sites, let me know so that I can add them to the list.

I've also just been sent a link to this very good video which looks at Derby and globalisation:

Year 10 HW - BedZED/Facebook

One or two people commented today that they had had problems downloading the ppt with the Facebook profile template.

If you are one of those people, try this:

What if they had a Facebook profile?

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Well done to those of you who have completed this work already - although there's a bit of tree-hugger stereotyping, and the wind turbine obsession seems to be continuing, some of them were excellent. When I've put a ppt together with all of your work, I will post it here so you can all have a look.

Year 11... Coursework

I have mentioned before about Noel Jenkins' "Google Up Your Coursework" resource, and some of you will have used it already, but now that you are in the computer room, I suggest that you make the most of your time and get using at least one or two of Noel's ideas. Remember, ICT use and a range of maps, graphs, etc. will all help to improve your skills marks - so these ideas will tick lots of boxes marks-wise, as well - obviously - as making your work look much more professional.

Juicy Geography: Google Up Your Coursework

Yr11

Thank you to those of you who had drafts of your Aims and Location sections ready for today. I will have a look at them and get them back to you for Monday. Those of you who didn't have them with you today need to get them to me as soon as possible... It is for your benefit, not mine!!

Drafts of your Method need to be completed ready for Monday - make sure that you have your folders with you please!

Yr10 VEl Homework

A reminder that your homework for this week is to watch one of the Urban Earth videos from an LEDC city (and perhaps re-watch the London one), and to write a comparison between the city you choose and London, as seen in the videos.... What are the similarities? What are the differences? Make a note of anything particularly interesting you notice too. That's to be done in your books for Tuesday p1.