Teacher. Loves geography. He/him.

Joined August 2013
FinTech (Financial Technology) seems to be everywhere. Here's some of an article I wrote for WideWord. #GCSEGeography @HodderGeography @HodderSchools @HodderMagazines
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Michael Stevens retweeted
Excellent #openaccess resource for radical teaching on land, extraction, place, power, more: 'This Is Not an Atlas. A Global Collection of Counter-Cartographies' we-make-money-not-art.com/th…
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D @UCLGeogSoc I'm on the Education Geography Masters programme at the @IOE_London, an I come and listen to Tim Marshall?
Thanks @SarahGeography, what a great tool.
Ooooh, just found this brilliant website that lets you see the real size of all the countries in comparison to one another when you take away the Mercator Projection!!! #mapskills #mercatorprojection #geographyteacher #geography thetruesize.com/#?borders=1~…
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Michael Stevens retweeted
I have just spent 30 mins 'playing' with this resource - could get wrapped up in it for hours. Urban scientists at UChicago release global map of slums millionneighborhoods.org
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Chinese city Yiwu know it's Christmas time, making 60% of the world's Christmas decorations burl.cc/AOPYW bbc.com/future/story/2014121…
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Purchase of New Era estate in London confirmed by charity, stopping proposed tripling of rent. #durectaction at work? gu.com/p/44bjy
Interesting discussion esp in context of #ukfloods "@Urbanicity why more green isn't always greener for cities urbanicity.org/urbanicityale…"
Redefining the home and contrasting #revanchism "@UrbanSubversion: Flat-pack homes for the homeless: ht.ly/tCLxX"
#starter "@USGS: What looks like snow...is actually salt accumulated in Badwater Basin, Death Valley. #funfact http://t.co/tsyKEsOmR7"
Resolution & the importance of scale in #GIS. "@NASA_EO: Coverage vs resolution: Landsat & IKONOS Via @nature_brains bit.ly/1ewf107"
Michael Stevens retweeted
Replying to @Amazing_Maps
@Amazing_Maps: area of London which would've flooded last week if not for the Thames flood barrier Via @EnvAgency
Mapped… Every Recorded Earthquake of Magnitude 4.0 or Higher since 1898…
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The core growing at the expense of the periphery? "@Urbanicity: Is London a drain on other UK cities? urbanicity.org/urbanicityale…"
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When groundwater becomes floodwater... ow.ly/tvEus
When is a country not a country? If it doesn't have a seat at #UN? China/Taiwan historic talks bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-ch… nyti.ms/rEbbxJ
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Vertical farming explained: how cities could be food producers of the future gu.com/p/3m9qz