I am (very) slowly researching this topic. I have questions in with a couple of teachers in Birmingham. I am also trying to get a feel for th IT in use in Birmingham local education authority schools. Which should be easier seeing as I work in the city council IT dept!!<br>
<br>Also I am looking at the curriculum and online resources. the RGS seem to just point teachers to some online videos. the Geographical Association seems to be the major body. I don't know if they interact with the AGI or not? However they offer teachers GIS courses. <a href="http://www.geography.org.uk/cpdevents/gacpdcourses/web-basedgis/">http://www.geography.org.uk/cpdevents/gacpdcourses/web-basedgis/</a> this course looks at google and Quik maps, which I have not come across. I shall try to drop the guy a line to find out if he is aware of OS Geo or not. <br>
<br>In terms of the curriculum at Key Stage 3. Understanding of scale is defined purely through OS maps. Which is limited but I can't knock them as it is where I started. <br><br>I also need to learn a bit more about Edina and how they work with LEAs. <br>
<br>Anyway update/brain dump over. Apologies I never get onto the IRC. I keep forgetting. Plus often busy at work. <br><br>Stuart