emma.morley @winchester.ac.uk semester 2 2012

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PR1914 THE FOUNDATION CURRICULUM Learning Through Practice GEOGRAPHY Geography and mobile technology. Emma.Morley @winchester.ac.uk Semester 2 2012. Technology is changing!. http:// www.geography.org.uk/eyprimary. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Technology is changing!

‘advances in technology – particularly digital recording - (sounds and images) – can greatly enhance what is possible in fieldwork, including how this is followed up back in the classroom’ (Martin, 2008 )

Digital cameras / Dictaphones and handheld

microphones

Mobile Phones ….and i-phones / smart phones / flip cams

GIS / GPS(Geographic information system, Global positioning

system)

Computer software packages / Google earth

The world wide web!

But……

‘The children and nature movement is fueled by this fundamental idea: the child in nature is an endangered species and the health of children and the health of the Earth are inseparable’ ( Louv, 2005)

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