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The impact for learning and teaching of using Digimap for Schools in Scottish classrooms and outdoors
The impact for learning and teaching of using Digimap for Schools in Scottish classrooms and outdoorsCarol BlackwoodEDINA Geoservices SupportEducation Scotland Digital Learning Day 21st March 2015
IntroductionWhy use online mapping in Social StudiesIdeas and examplesAbout Digimap for SchoolsDemonstrationHands on exercisesWrap up and questions
Social studies is about understanding places
Maps:ContextReveal informationPresentation of dataEssential skills
Online mapping adds the bonus of using IT
Explore different places near and far
Identify features
Tourist features and amenitiesLearn about places through maps, mapping skills, symbol recognition, understanding scale
Identify features
Identify landscapes and habitats mountains, forests, sea, coastal, lochsLearn about places through maps, mapping skills, symbol recognition, understanding scale
Plan routes
Health and wellbeing, preparation for outdoor learning trips, mapping skills, data presentation.
Studying wildlife
Explore habitats and wildlife locations. Find an area you visit with your class. Identify different habitats (ponds, river, sea, grass, forest) and talk about what they look like on the map and in reality. Hunt for evidence of wildlife and mark on maps where signs were found (poo, nibbled nuts, scratch marks on trees, animal track) Map skills, understanding maps, spatial analysis, learning about places and their wildlife
Where does our foodcome from?Identifying locations, sense of place, distance, map skills
Historic mapping changingplaces
Understanding places, change over time
Historic mapping changingplaces
Understanding places, change over time
Exploring the past of locations, industrial changes, past societiesExploring the past of locations, industrial changes, past societies
Exploring historic events, telling stories with mapsAdding context to a historic event, map skills, interpretation and presentation
Exploring historic events, telling stories with mapsAdding context to a historic event, map skills, interpretation and presentation
Exploring historic events, telling stories with mapsAdding context to a historic event, map skills, interpretation and presentation
Tourism
Maps to present evidence of tourism, explore features, map skills, data presentation,understanding places and Scottish cultureOnline mapping Ordnance Survey current and historic mappingWhole of GB coverageRange of scalesView, annotate and printPresent your own information, measure distances, add maps to reports, print maps to take outside
Free resourcesComprehensive help pagesVideosHelpdeskTwitter, blog
Whole of school resource - History, Biology, PE, MathsAnnual subscription charge69 Primary86.25 Secondary < 604120.75 Secondary < 1659143.75 Secondary 1660+Easy online registration process with immediate access
www.digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk
Thank you for attending this workshop.
Contact details:Carol [email protected]
Digimap for Schools support:[email protected] 0131 650 3302
