[Image from the 2010 Geographical Association Conference - Geographical Association Flickr Photostream]

There will be two IB Geography themed sessions at the Geographical Association Annual Conference - University of Surrey, Guildford, 14-16 April 2011. One session will happen on Friday 15th April and the other on Saturday 16th April 2011.

The session outlines are:

Geography’s place in the IB

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is growing in popularity. Does your school teach the IB? Is your school considering teaching the IB? Simon Oakes will outline what the IBDP is and Geography’s place within it. Richard Allaway will facilitate discussion upon what this all means for classroom Geography teachers.

Resourcing IB Geography

There is no one perfect solution to resourcing the IB Geography course. This is a hands-on opportunities to ‘cloud-source’ a set of resources. Bring a contribution to share, look through printed resources, and hear my top ten online resources. You will leave with more than you arrived with!

I hope these IB Geography focused sessions will help encourage IB Geography teachers to attend this very useful CPD opportunity.  Get your bids in to your school's management now!

I will post more about these sessions as the year develops.  I'm sure there will be a social meet on the Friday evening as well!

[Dan and Dave from The Geography Collective in action at the 2010 Geographical Association Conference - Geographical Association Flickr Photostream]