What better way to engage students than to have them listen to the philosophical and pragmatic man, Steve Jobs! This is going to be a year of great discovery in our building. There are several more classrooms receiving chrome books for each student to use during class time. The opportunities that these tech devices will provide are limitless, like Jobs vision.
arcgis
Once we've thought about the limitless power to create, students will start to create their own maps. These maps will contain the TODALS that they will use often during their school years. They will be using arcgis to create their maps. They will use the "add features" menu and add points around Minnesota that are of interest to them. They will then label the map and include the categories they chose to label in their legend. This program is amazing and could be of use to students into their careers.
http://video.arcgis.com/watch/916/arcgis-online-overview
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ReplyDeleteI haven't tried anything on the Chromebooks that have to do with mapping. I am curious how this works in the classroom setting. Please keep me posted :)
ReplyDeleteWill do. It's amazing what you can do on this program. You should go to arcGIS and sign in. It's neat just to play with, there is also training for "free' at the U of M this summer and other places.
DeleteLove the Steve Jobs and ARCGIS resources! Are you still planning to create a product though? Activity 2 requires a Pear Deck, Powtoon, Movenote, or Explee presentation, link, and reflection.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a great idea to have the kids make their own maps online. Maybe you could put some presentation together that illustrates what TODALS is for the kids?
ReplyDeleteI am also very curious how to have the kids make their own maps online. I will check in this year!
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