• Geog HoD • SLT (T&L) • Shared Ed • GIS enthusiast • Plate Tectonics Geek • Mainstage presenter Esri UC '19 • GA Excellence in Geog Leadership 24' • Edtech50 UK '21 Award • RGS OS Award '22 • PQH • ResearchED presenter • Author • Landscape Photographer •https://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lvxrtl6dsc2xAnyone have any views on or experiences of the age verification process on here? I guess it's inevitable now, but should I be concerned about the storage of my personal data?09 Aug 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvxrtl6dsc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lr6udh7ntk2bGCSE Fieldwork day! It may have been a bit rainy, but the spirits of my Y11s were anything but dampened! Great to get out exploring geography in the real world!09 Jun 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6udh7ntk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lqxg4n5dck2r#HowIUsedGISToday Prep for GCSE fieldwork on Monday meant using the Chromebooks to allow the pupils to explore the area we'll be visiting to familiarise themselves with the geology. Embedding GIS as the norm involves little moments like this when I choose GIS over paper.06 Jun 2025 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqxg4n5dck2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3logzj7fnjc2bSeagull Island at the Giant's Causeway, with some gorgeous painterly light.05 May 2025 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3logzj7fnjc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3logz6ozjek2bThe glorious Lacada Point at the Giant's Causeway. It's quite the scramble to get here, but the views are always worth it!05 May 2025 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3logz6ozjek2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3logz37wcrc2bThis is the aurora you've been looking for. Star Wars Day aurora around 23.35 on May 4 2025, beating both the twilight and the bright moonlight.05 May 2025 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3logz37wcrc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lo4wlanafk2kExcellent day yesterday on 6th form fieldwork around Belfast. We started collecting river data along the Colin River. It was great to see the pupils enjoying geography in the real world on the warmest day of the year so far!01 May 2025 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4wlanafk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3ln72n5wxk22zAs I continue to write my book, Teacher Hacks: Geography, I'm drafting something on the role of Big Ideas in creating geographical meaning, exploring the metaphor that knowledge had a topography. Thoughts and feedback welcome!19 Apr 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln72n5wxk22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3ln4f77zijs2cCheck out my video showing how Tectoglob3D can help you take fieldtrips to the mantle. This is the presentation I made as part of the @gasigict.bsky.social session at the GA Conference this week. https://docs.google.com/videos/d/1kLMLMpmvwhaM5Dfd7DZIfdQK3aCXp979ymkLCrcFuEg/play18 Apr 2025 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln4f77zijs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmz5qdvink2pI was delighted to be able to share the story of my Climate Change Citizen Science project as part of @geogramblings.com's #GAConf25 session. It's a powerful story of agency in action, inspiring hope. Here's the video https://youtu.be/tTWvYb4tJlA?si=iE_9NFX8p5Na2gIu17 Apr 2025 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmz5qdvink2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmujxy7lcs2gThrilled to have been awarded the GA Teaching Geography Journal Award for the second year running! This is for my second article on plate tectonics, Taking Fieldtrips to the Mantle. This award is voted for by my geography colleagues, so I'm happy the articles are proving helpful.15 Apr 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmujxy7lcs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmseblquus27Not long now to @doctorpreece.bsky.social & my presentation at the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social Conference where we'll discuss how to support ECTs & non-specialist teachers of geography in developing geographical meaning through the content they are teaching.14 Apr 2025 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmseblquus27https://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmpl4szugs27Moonlit aurora at the Giant's Causeway last weekend. I love the detail in the stones picked out by the moonlight.13 Apr 2025 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmpl4szugs27https://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmopyahoqk2mA delightful moonlit aurora display from last weekend, at the glorious Wishing Arch near Portrush.13 Apr 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmopyahoqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmojcdxn7k2tI loved meeting up with the folks from the Google Educators Group NI last week to hatch future plans for GEG NI. They are such an inspiring group of educators to chat with. I always leave fired up and enthused.13 Apr 2025 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmojcdxn7k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmoixd3y7c2tI enjoyed recording a bespoke CPD video for the Two Counties Trust, East Midlands of a knowledge update on Tectonics. I tailored the content to their specific training needs. If any other school/MAT in England would like to explore such training from me, please get in touch.13 Apr 2025 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmoixd3y7c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmoimfwek22tExcellent day at the launch of the Ulster University report into the c2k Microsoft Copilot Proof of Concept presented by Sammy Taggart. 86 teachers & school leaders from every school sector in NI spent last term trialling out Copilot GenAI in our schools, logging 629 use cases to inform this report.13 Apr 2025 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmoimfwek22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmoienelzs2tPowerful outcomes from my 6th Form AI Pupil Pilot, exploring together how AI can be used to help them revise more effectively. More details here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alistair-hamill-4aa60b99_over-the-past-4-weeks-ive-been-running-a-activity-7316144584470745088--_OC?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABTp5QIBdS8UEc_26b9bjOaBHJ1fmPUKRF413 Apr 2025 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmoienelzs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmoi4762lc2tIt was excellent to be in Dublin last Thursday for the Esri Ireland Customer Success Awards. Ive loved partnering with the Esri Ireland guys in our various Shared Ed GIS adventures. And it was great to hatch plans for some future adventures!13 Apr 2025 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmoi4762lc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lmohpm2pbs2tLooking forward to presenting with David Preece at the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social Conference next week about our books for geography teachers on how we can support ECTs & non-specialists in teaching geographical meaning not just content. More details here: https://gaconf25.sched.com/event/1snGX/telling-geographys-stories-to-non-specialist-audiences13 Apr 2025 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmohpm2pbs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3llrumq4xis27An excellent update on today's eruption at the Reykjanes Peninsula from lavashowiceland.01 Apr 2025 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrumq4xis27https://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3llmcjglkz22dA question for #geographyteacher to ponder. Given how many folks from the UK travel to places where earthquakes may strike, should we teach "drop, cover, hold on" when teaching earthquakes? The tourist videos from Bangkok show lots of Brits uncertain as to what to do. https://youtu.be/6ufYXJBIhuY?si=f30N0Rfo5nzZIW9a30 Mar 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3llmcjglkz22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ahamill.bsky.social/post/3lllzdnqtwk2pArcGIS map for teaching about the Myanmar Earthquake with your classes this week. #Geographyteacher @stevebracegeog.bsky.social https://lurgancollege.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=f1446e15f13949849e815eda840656c430 Mar 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:eir7anicf5zbat3ryuec4qvc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllzdnqtwk2p