As part of our Victorian project we took our iPads for a local walk and took pictures of Victorian architectural features around our town. Please note that Victorian style housing is helpful here. The children took pictures using the camera app and labelled them with the road name.
Google Earth
In class the children added these things to their map:
- An interest pin to show their places of interest, house, football club etc.
- A description telling the viewer what it is, and why it is important to them
- An image overlay showing the Victorian architectural features and their location
- Web links-school website
- Pictures from the internet with labels
Children recorded a tour using the tour icon and moved the map around their interest markers, there is also the option to record commentary of their tours.
Outcomes:
- Google Earth enabled the children to take ownership of their content and be proud of their own world in digital form.
- Enhanced our Victorian work particularly architecture. The discussions on our walk were fantastic with children spotting William Morris style tiles and decorative stonework
- Peer learning as children discovered new skills
- Self learning, student guided
- Children became experts and could share ideas and skills
Evidence:
The children exported their maps to a picture file format and we printed these. It is possible to save the map using the My Maps function but I decided against this as this would be another log in for the children to remember.
In all, a great way to get mapping into the curriculum
For more information and some great tutorials follow this link.
http://www.google.co.uk/earth/outreach/index.html
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