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)