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Year 2019

2019 GTA NSW Annual Conference presentations

Theme: The place of Geography—Reflecting on the past, assessing the present and shaping the future


April 1, 2019: Morning session

  1. Conference Opening
  2. Keynote 1: Farmers cultivating a bright future :: Video — Anika Molesworth
  3. Keynote 2: Koori country firesticks :: Video — Den Barber
  4. Careers Presentation :: Video — Dr Karen Joyce

Presentations

  1. Stage 5: Changing places — Angela Nevin Lewis
  2. Year 9 Geography Fieldtrip Report Guidelines
  3. Fieldtrip Report — Urban Growth in Albury/Thurgoona — Scaffold
  4. HSC Tough Skills
  5. Marking HSC short answers and extended responses
  6. Collecting and analysing data with a literacy focus — Leah Arthur
  7. Session handout blank planning scaffold
  8. Session handouts
  9. Using google my maps to make a thematic map about liveability
  10. HSC Skills — D. Collins
  11. Full Day Activity Insert — Skye Rodgers
  12. Full Day ESRI Workbook — Skye Rodgers
  13. Monday Full Day The GIS Geography Classroom — Skye Rodgers
  14. Disaster Resilience :: Video— Brigid Little

April 2, 2019: Morning session

  1. Tuesday Conference Opening
  2. Panel: Innovation in Agriculture: What will the future look like? — Prof. Alex McBratney
  3. Panel: Cooling the commons — Dr Louise Crabtree
  4. Creating liveable & sustainable places — Cara Bringham
  5. Panel: Living seawalls — Maria Vozzo
  6. GTA Awards Ceremony

Presentations

  1. Landscapes and Landforms — Dr Paul Batten
  2. Innovative Programming Stage 4 Program
  3. Practical numeracy Resource Links — Cath Donnelly
  4. Numeracy Learning Programs Booklet — Cath Donnelly
  5. Introduction to Geography — Louise Swanson
  6. One topic 3 ways PBL in Geography
  7. Assessment — Susan Caldis
  8. Basic Mapping — Dr Grant Kleeman
  9. Full Day Drones In Geography — Nick Buzza
  10. One topic 3 ways Liveability — Lorraine Chaffer
  11. Zombie Geography Outline, Part 1 :: 2 :: 3 :: 4 — Khya Brooks

Innovation & Sustainability Panel recordings

  1. Inovations in Agriculture — Prof. Alex McBratney
  2. Cooling the Commons — Dr Louise Crabtree
  3. Creating Liveable and sustainable places — Cara Bingham
  4. Environment — Dr Maria Vozzo

Other recorded presentations

  1. AR, VR and mixed reality — Rebecca Nicholas
  2. Regenerating Australia’s Natural Landscape — Luke Peel

Year 2018

2018 Senior Geography Conference presentations


1. Climate Change and the Coral Reefs - Dr Emma Camp
2. Climate Change and the Anthropocene - Dr Jessica McLean
3. Western Sydney - Prof Awais Piracha
4. Global Sydney & Urban Renewal - Dr Grant Kleeman
5. Rural Australia in Change - Prof Bill Pritchard

Year 2017

2017 GTA NSW Annual Conference presentations

Theme: Collaborate, Inspire and Learn


Masterclasses

  1. Landscapes are layers Geography a Primary Source
  2. Masterclass Landscapes and Landforms: Lorraine Chaffer [Note: Very large file requiring a fast download speed]
  3. Interconnections: Dr Susan Bliss
  4. Masterclass Liveability: Dr Grant Kleeman
  5. Sustainable Biomes: Drew Collins
  6. Masterclass Changing Places: Susan Caldis
  7. Environmental Change and Management: Dr Susan Bliss
  8. Masterclass Geography of Human Wellbeing Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Keith Hopkins

Keynotes

  1. Collaborate, Inspire and Learn: Professor Chris Sarra
  2. Inspiration Project Firestorm
  3. UrbanGrowth NSW Overview: Nicloe Campbell
  4. Ed Park Story
  5. Sustainability in Curriculum: Kirsty Costa

PDF’s of other presentations

  1. GTA Conference opening
  2. Follow the Frog: Rainforest Alliance
  3. Global Tourism: Dr. Grant Kleeman
  4. Project Firestorm
  5. Energy Australia Workshop: Emma Richardson
  6. Cocoa Value Chains: Geoff Neilson
  7. The big plan for the Bays Precinct Urban Growrg NSW: Belinda Thompson and Elle Davidson
  8. Big Plan for the Bay
  9. Augmented Reality Sandbox STEM in Geography K-8: Diane Twomey
  10. Formative Assessment: Rebecca Nicholas
  11. Friday Conference opening
  12. 2017 GTANSW Awards Ceremony
  13. Arthur Phillip program 2016 ceremony program
  14. The World’s First Baker: Bruce Pascoe
  15. Urban Growth Edmondson Park Program: Belinda Thompson and Sharyn Lindtner
  16. BYOD in the Geography Classroom: Rebecca Nicholas
  17. PlickersCards 2up
  18. Riverine environments Special report: NZ Rivers
  19. Natural Stream: USGS
  20. Urban Stream: USGS
  21. River flows poster: MDBA
  22. Riverine environments Workshop Part 1: Part 2: Lorraine Chaffer
  23. PIEFA Hungry and Naked: Kelly Spence
  24. School site fieldwork: Alexandria Lucas
  25. Dfferentiation: Kate Hilyard
  26. Differentiation ideas: Kate Hilyard
  27. Adjustments for Differrentiation: Kate Hilyard

2017 Senior Geography Conference presentations

The following conference presentations are available for viewing.

  1. Introduction — Lorraine Chaffer
  2. Busting the bands in HSC Geography — Matt Carroll
  3. Bowerbirds — Stolen goods for HSC Geography — Matt Carroll
  4. Senior Geography Project — Grace Larobina
  5. Extended Response Writing — Grace Larobina
  6. Conference presentation — Dr Grant Kleeman
  7. Tough Skills — David Latimer
  8. People and economic activity — Alexandria Lucas
  9. Unleash your inner geographer — Martin Pluss

Regional Conference presentations - Wagga Wagga


Regional Conference presentations - Tamworth


Regional Conference presentations - Batemans Bay


Regional Conference presentations - Newcastle/Sydney


Year 2013

2013 GTA NSW Annual Conference presentations


Theme: Geography – making a difference for Australia
Date: Friday, 30 August 2013, 8.30am – 3.30pm
Venue: Rydges World Square Hotel


>> 2013 Presenter Summary
>> Geographies of interconnections
>> Global Education Resources
>> It smells disgusting personal geographies
>> Personal Geographies
>> SurfAid
>> The Curriculum has landed and the AGTA resources
>> Water in the world
>> Food Security

Year 2012

2012 GTA NSW Annual Conference presentations


Theme: Geography - making a difference for Australia
Venue: University of Western Sydney (Werrington Campus)
Date: Friday, 27 July 2012


>> Stephen Galilee: Developments and challenges for the NSW minerals industry
>> Kate Hillyard: Differentiation in the classroom
>> Nicolette Mesiti: Indigenous perspectives in geography

Year 2011

2011 GTA NSW Annual Conference presentations


Theme: People and Hazards
Venue: NSW Parliament House, Macquarie Street Sydney
Date: Friday 26 August 2011


>> Kerryn Vine-Camp, Assistant Secretary, Crisis Coordination Branch, Emergency Management Australia: The Role of EMA with Natural Hazards
>> The Weather Channel: Forecast for Disaster: The Weather behind Black Saturday
>> Dick Whitaker, Chief Meteorologist, The Weather Channel: 2010 – a remarkable year
>> Mick Law, Contour Education: Hazards and spatial technologies
>> Pat Beeson, Education Services, Australian Bureau of Statistics: Spotlight on Population Resources for Geography Teachers

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