Katie Hall

Katie, a red-headed person wearing a flowery shirt and green framed glasses, is sitting on a train. They are smiling at the camera.

Obligatory 'on the train to GA' selfie :) Looking forward to seeing so many friends and colleagues from the #GeographyTeacher community very soon!

Woman smiling at camera standing in front of a building which is the headquarters of the National Trust. She is wearing a floral shirt and jacket.

Loading new professional adventure 🫡🥳 First day as the new joint Head of Inclusion and Belonging at the @nationaltrust.bsky.social Amazing team of people, fantastic vision to make nature, beauty & history accessible to all. LETS GO! 🙏🏾💪🏾🩷🌸 #DEI #EDI #Inclusion #nature #nationaltrust

Looking for some examples of great animations that make good use of maps.

Any suggestions of things you've seen and loved??

The One Show - 25/02/2025 Award-winning actor Chris O’Dowd and explorer Simon Reeve join Alex Jones and Clara Amfo on the sofa.

#GeographyTeacher If you didn't see it the #OneShow on Monday evening was very #Geographical - two great geospatial stories - creating #DigitalTwins of graveyards ( and using Drones + Machine Learning + GIS to carry out seal surveys in Norfolk.
Plus Simon Reeve...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

A couple of sneaky foxes painted for the River Rea art trail in Longbridge, Birmingham.
This was previously part of the MG Rover factory site, which took 15 yrs to clear of industrial waste. Now it's home to a clean stretch of river that's teeming with wildlife 🌿

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Hello followers - I'm back again looking at spatial variations in the names for common objects! Can you help me out by telling me (anonymously) what you'd call a particular spoon? Click the link to a 5 second survey! arcg.is/1qK1yr1
#Spoon #GeographyTeacher #NorthSouthDivide

Election – GA President 2026–27 - Geographical Association Following the call for nominations for the role of GA President 2026–27, an election is now taking place. Make your voice heard...

If you are a #GeographicalAssociation member please do vote in our Presidential election.

There are two excellent colleagues standing: Fiona Sheriff & Kit Marie Rackley.

Full info on both & how to vote in link below:

❎💚🌍

geography.org.uk/election-ga-...

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Hello followers - I'm back again looking at spatial variations in the names for common objects! Can you help me out by telling me (anonymously) what you'd call a particular spoon? Click the link to a 5 second survey! arcg.is/1qK1yr1
#Spoon #GeographyTeacher #NorthSouthDivide

Katie grinning on the lgfl stand pointing at a screen showing Mapmaker

A pleasure to show MapMaker on the @lgfl-ngfl.bsky.social stand today at #BETT :) Some super primary school students showing off their impressive geography skills too! #TeachWithGIS

I dug up a great Venn diagram by @tomgauld.

👇 ICYMI training in the north of England for teachers wanting to use GIS in their classrooms - with bursaries available to support schools to attend. #TeachWithGIS

An orange background and picture of a globe. Text reads: GIS for STEM. Discover how you can implement a Geospatial approach in your classroom and empower your students to take Geospatial skills into their future careers. 10:00 - 16:00, National Stem Learning Centre, York. 29-30 Jan 2025. For more information www.teachwithGIS.co.uk

Hello #GeographyTeacher! We're pleased to announce our #TeachWithGIS workshops, taking place at the National STEM learning centre in York, are now available to book!

More details and booking information can be found here:
www-new.stem.org.uk/cpd/541869/b...

#STEM colleagues welcome too! ;)

‘When I show people this, they think it’s Mordor’: the architect viewing the West Midlands as a national park Birmingham City University thinktank imagines new approach to urban areas and land use across the region

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On my radar: Fran Healy’s cultural highlights The Travis musician on William Eggleston’s unseen photographs, a superhero show worth watching, and where he likes to eat and drink on the US’s east and west coasts

www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

Esri's GIS for Climate Action MOOC opens Feb! Reg here → ow.ly/qFyg50UprKq
Join the free course to:
🔹Build new skills to tackle climate change
🔹Learn from climate science experts
🔹Get ArcGIS access
Experts include @katharinehayhoe.com @deepseadawn.bsky.social & @globalecoguy.bsky.social

Safe Spaces in Barranco An investigation using Valentine's Geography of Fear

This is what effective StoryMapping looks likes with Year 9 #EAL students and examining the geography of fear. This fieldwork is free! All you need is a device like a phone to collect the data. I am blown away.

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e076...

#geogchat #geographyteacher #GIS

Geography for all our futures - Geographical Association View our Geography for all our futures, an overview of the key challenges and opportunities for our subject...

#geographyteachers see below link to 'Geography for all our futures'. It sets out some of opportunitues & challenges facing geog as the GA develops our new 2025-30 strategy. & feedback & views welcome on chiefexec@geography.org.uk

geography.org.uk/geography-fo...

I guess this is now a tradition from Mr Nelson...geography and Christmas rolled up into one! www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

Sorry to hear this about your Mom, Mike. Thinking of you and your family.

I'd like to nominate myself, @dav1dm0rgan.bsky.social and @gis4schools.bsky.social please! #TeachWithGIS #MapMaker

You're looking at earthquakes from inside the Earth. 🌏 Created by Raluca Nicola with the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript.

🔸Explore the app here: esri.social/BmH650UlkeR

#ArcGIS #JavaScript #geoscience #geography #edusky

A screen shot from Spotify wrapped declaring "September was your Victorian Tavern Soundtrack moment"

A new low, I think, on this year's Wrapped... 🤣🤣🤣

From urban expansion to the shrinking of lakes, the Landsat Explorer app in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World provides an easy way for users to access and interpret #Landsat satellite data. 🛰️

🔹Learn more: esri.social/OzBu50Uc3rv

#ArcGISLivingAtlas

An image of the entrance to the National Archives on a sunny day

The National Archives has been commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to create the Government's new strategic vision for the archives sector.

To support them, please complete this survey: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ArchiveUsers/

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Accessing and using 90 million iNaturalist Crowdsourced Data records Recently, Esri announced that the iNaturalist observations are now available in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World: “As of June 2024, there are over 800,000 naturalists who have recorded ov…

spatialreserves.wordpress.com/2024/10/14/a... Did you know that 90 MILLION iNaturalist crowdsourced data records are now in the ArcGIS Online Living Atlas of the World?

The sea breaking on the sand at Aberdovey beach

Katie in a yellow jacket and shoes and blue hat, posing with two thumbs up on the jetty at Aberdovey

🦀🦀🦀🌊🌊⛱️🐚🐚🐚

Sunset over the sea. The sky is light blue fading to a bright red at the horizon. Dark clouds stream the sky. In the foreground the beach is a dark silhouette, the upright pillars of a ground like a fence across the beach.

Marina car park at St Leonard's, Sussex, late on a winters afternoon. The sea and sky are blue, just starting to shade orange, and some fluffy evening clouds are in the sky.

O what a pleasure to teach at Sussex University today, and a chance for this landlocked midlander to see the sea from the new house of old friends 🥲

Society response to the curriculum and assessment review - RGS Article outlining the Society's response to the government's curriculum and assessment review, November 2024.

The @rgsibg.bsky.social response to the Curriculum and Assessment review is now online www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

This is really great, well done to your students! I particularly liked the swipe tool to compare the graphs - nice use of that for data presentation!