Jo Coles
@jlcoles.bsky.social
Wife, Mummy. Previously AHT #Geographyteacher now working freelance as an author & consultant. Interested in #primary and whether compassion still exists in #secondary.
CGeog, FRGS, Cambridge grad, OS award. Kent.Just grateful for everything. X @geodebs
CGeog, FRGS, Cambridge grad, OS award. Kent.Just grateful for everything. X @geodebs
Driving in the car and the 7 year old just presented me with her labelled structure of the Earth diagram…just because. Bless her.
February 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Driving in the car and the 7 year old just presented me with her labelled structure of the Earth diagram…just because. Bless her.
What are your favourite ‘go to’ diagrams for teaching the structure of the Earth? Do you have favourite colours for sections?! Also which diagrams do you love to destroy?! Cc @ahamill.bsky.social @jennnnnn.bsky.social @geogmum.bsky.social @geogsteel.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What are your favourite ‘go to’ diagrams for teaching the structure of the Earth? Do you have favourite colours for sections?! Also which diagrams do you love to destroy?! Cc @ahamill.bsky.social @jennnnnn.bsky.social @geogmum.bsky.social @geogsteel.bsky.social
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There's lots in the press today about potential of AI to the UK, including to schools & for some eg's of use of AI in the #geography classroom see #geographyteacher Lara Buchanan's blog for #GeographicalAssociation on how she uses AI in her lessons
ga-blog.org/2024/12/03/f...
ga-blog.org/2024/12/03/f...
Four ways to use Artificial Intelligence in the geography classroom - The GA Blog
Lara Buchanan provides four ways that artificial intelligence can be used to enhance your geography lessons...
ga-blog.org
January 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
There's lots in the press today about potential of AI to the UK, including to schools & for some eg's of use of AI in the #geography classroom see #geographyteacher Lara Buchanan's blog for #GeographicalAssociation on how she uses AI in her lessons
ga-blog.org/2024/12/03/f...
ga-blog.org/2024/12/03/f...
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The world has passed "peak child".
This was a term coined by the late Hans Rosling, and the most recent data suggests that the world has reached it: the number of children has stopped growing.
My data insight on @ourworldindata.org today: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
This was a term coined by the late Hans Rosling, and the most recent data suggests that the world has reached it: the number of children has stopped growing.
My data insight on @ourworldindata.org today: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
January 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The world has passed "peak child".
This was a term coined by the late Hans Rosling, and the most recent data suggests that the world has reached it: the number of children has stopped growing.
My data insight on @ourworldindata.org today: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
This was a term coined by the late Hans Rosling, and the most recent data suggests that the world has reached it: the number of children has stopped growing.
My data insight on @ourworldindata.org today: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
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China's Fast fashion: Shein report on illegal hours, low wages and suppliers using forced labour #Shein #whomademyclothes #everystitchhasastory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shein: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling the company's success
Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
China's Fast fashion: Shein report on illegal hours, low wages and suppliers using forced labour #Shein #whomademyclothes #everystitchhasastory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This week we start off our Spring/Summer schedule of live revision blasts for AQA A-Level Geography, kicking off with the Water Cycle with @geogmum.bsky.social and @mildthing99.bsky.social - see you at 5.30 on Wednesday!
www.tutor2u.net/live/aqa-a-l...
www.tutor2u.net/live/aqa-a-l...
AQA A-Level Geography Live Revision | Water Cycle (Paper 1 - Core Topic)
Join Vicki and the team for 30 minutes of fast-paced interactive revision on the water cycle - a core topic for Paper 1 on the AQA A-Level Geography spec.
www.tutor2u.net
January 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This week we start off our Spring/Summer schedule of live revision blasts for AQA A-Level Geography, kicking off with the Water Cycle with @geogmum.bsky.social and @mildthing99.bsky.social - see you at 5.30 on Wednesday!
www.tutor2u.net/live/aqa-a-l...
www.tutor2u.net/live/aqa-a-l...
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It's the Xmas dilemma ... whether to have a real or fake Xmas tree 🎄
& delighted to chat all things Christmas, carbon & choice of real & plastic trees (& how to best dispose of them) with @KatherineCowan @BBCSheffield
Listen in from 2.13 onwards on
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
& delighted to chat all things Christmas, carbon & choice of real & plastic trees (& how to best dispose of them) with @KatherineCowan @BBCSheffield
Listen in from 2.13 onwards on
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
December 10, 2024 at 1:53 PM
It's the Xmas dilemma ... whether to have a real or fake Xmas tree 🎄
& delighted to chat all things Christmas, carbon & choice of real & plastic trees (& how to best dispose of them) with @KatherineCowan @BBCSheffield
Listen in from 2.13 onwards on
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
& delighted to chat all things Christmas, carbon & choice of real & plastic trees (& how to best dispose of them) with @KatherineCowan @BBCSheffield
Listen in from 2.13 onwards on
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Ok #geographyteachers - hit me with your ‘favourite’ preferred LIDC case study for teaching GCSE development. Where do you focus on & why did you choose it? How do you avoid children picking up stereotypes & assumptions of place?
Thanks! #geography #GCSE
Thanks! #geography #GCSE
December 10, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Ok #geographyteachers - hit me with your ‘favourite’ preferred LIDC case study for teaching GCSE development. Where do you focus on & why did you choose it? How do you avoid children picking up stereotypes & assumptions of place?
Thanks! #geography #GCSE
Thanks! #geography #GCSE
Out of interest, do any #education #teachertraining organisations include content on child physiological development at different ages? Please share, I would love to connect. Cc @teachertapp.bsky.social @ruthswailes.bsky.social @suecowley.bsky.social #pgce #ECT @collegeofteaching.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Out of interest, do any #education #teachertraining organisations include content on child physiological development at different ages? Please share, I would love to connect. Cc @teachertapp.bsky.social @ruthswailes.bsky.social @suecowley.bsky.social #pgce #ECT @collegeofteaching.bsky.social
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Hi Everyone! 👋🏾 I am an award winning Earth Scientist, writer & presenter. The #WhispersOfRock is my debut book abt how rocks have shaped our world & our lives. Out 4.9.25 in US & UK. Thanks for all the follows! Pre-Order links in Bio 🤗 #naturewriting #geology #geography #science #nature
November 17, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Hi Everyone! 👋🏾 I am an award winning Earth Scientist, writer & presenter. The #WhispersOfRock is my debut book abt how rocks have shaped our world & our lives. Out 4.9.25 in US & UK. Thanks for all the follows! Pre-Order links in Bio 🤗 #naturewriting #geology #geography #science #nature
Well here I am, making the gradual move from X and hoping to just get back to a community like we used to know in the good old days 🤣☺️ Looking forward to finding all the lovely #geographyteacher #educators on here.
November 15, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Well here I am, making the gradual move from X and hoping to just get back to a community like we used to know in the good old days 🤣☺️ Looking forward to finding all the lovely #geographyteacher #educators on here.