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Mobile geospatial

technologiesEnhancing fieldwork in geography

October2012

BrisbaneCatholicEducation ContourEducation

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Preparation

Importanceofgoodgeography

YouarentusingICTsforthesakeofusingICTs,youareusingICTstoassistyouin

teachinggeography;tohelpyourstudentsidentifypatterns,makeconnectionsanddraw

conclusions.Goodgeographyisthedesiredoutcomeandmakesurethatisyouroverarching

goal.

Wi-fiaccess

Somedevicesarenot3Gor4Genabledandaportablewi-fihotspotmaybenecessary

tousethesedevicesinthefield.Someapplicationsallowyoutopre-cacheinformationso

thatitisstoredonyourdevicewhileyouareconnectedtowi-fi.Checkthedetailsofeach

application.

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Inthefield

Mobilegeospatialapplicationsallowstudentstoseetheirlocationwhiletheyareon-

the-go.Differentappshavedifferentfeatures;someareexclusivelyforgeocaching,some

replicatethefunctionsofatraditionalGPSreceiverwhileotherssimplydisplayalready

existingmaps.Thesetechnologiescanbeusedbystudentstoviewtheirlocationandnearby

features,findhiddenobjectssuchasgeocaches,recordtheirlocationoratrackwhileinthe

fieldanddisplayinformationrelevanttotheirlocation.

Classroomapplications

GoogleMaps:

App:GoogleMaps(free) Savelocationseasilyforlateruse;ifthelocationismatched

withmeaningfuldataitcouldbeusedtodisplaythatinformationlater

eitheronlineorinthefieldviaGoogleEarthorMaps(e.g.water

qualityorsurveydata).

Geocaching:

Apps:Geocaching(freeandpaid)andLooking4cache(freeandpaid)

ConductatreasurehuntaroundtheschoolgroundsCreatechallengingand/ortopicalpuzzlestorevealeachlocationUsepreloadedgeocachestomoveyourstudentsaroundthefieldViewthisgreatresourceforusinggeocachingintheclassroom,makesureyouview

thepresentation

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GPS

Apps:Viewranger(freeandpaid)orMotionXGPS(paid)

Collectlocationaldataasapoint(POI)ortrack

Integrateyourlocationswithdatacollectedinthefield

Recordhikingorwalkingtracksfordisplayinotherapplications,suchas

GoogleEarth

ShareyourdataforuseinothertoolssuchasGoogleEarth

ArcGIS

App:ArcGIS(free-requiresfreeregistration)Displaypreviouslycreatedmapswhileinthefield.

Resources

GoogleMaps

Geocaching

Viewranger

Looking4cache

ArcGIS

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Managingfielddata

Oncefielddatahasbeencollected,thereareotherspecialtyapplicationsthatareusedto

managethatdata.Theseappsallowyourstudentstomanagetheirgeocachesand

geocachingprofile,managetheirGPSdatacollectedinthefield,exportandaddto

locationaldataanddisplayhighqualitymapsforanalysisintheclassroom.Herewecantake

thepointsandtracksthatwerecollectedinthefieldandaddotherdatatothem,for

instancewaterqualitydata.

ClassroomapplicationsStudentscan:

LoggeocachesoncetheyhavebeencollectedinthefieldManagesavedgeocachesManagesavedGPSdataincludingwaypoints(orPOIs),tracksandroutesExportandimportdatafromoneapplicationtoanotherJoindatatoyourlocationaldataforanalysisCreatemapsforuseinreports,infographicsorpresentations.

Resources

Geocaching.com

Viewranger.com

ArcGISExplorerOnline

AGXOclassroomresourcefromDepartmentofNaturalResourcesandMines

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Staticgeospatialapplications

Thereareawiderangeofgeography-relatedapplicationsthatarenotgeospatial.

Theseconsistmainlyofgeographythemedgames,quizzes,atlasesandspecialist

applicationssuchasthePacificDisasterCentresDisasteralert.

Classroomapplications

Theseapplicationsmaybeusedasarewardforstudents,togatherrelevant

informationormedia,ortoexploreaparticulartopicsuchasnaturalhazards.

ResourcesDisasteralert

iEarthquakeslite

Geophotoexplorer

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QRCodes

QRcodes,right,areessentiallybarcodesonsteroids.Theyneed

tobereadwithaspecialistapplicationandonceread,willdo

something.Theycandirectthedevicetoawebsite,openalocationin

amap,pointtoaYouTubevideo,callatelephonenumber,sendan

email,generateacalendarevent,opentext,evenlogintoawi-fi

network,andmore.Intheclassroom,theycanbeusedastoolsto

movestudentsaroundanareaorpointthemtoparticularresources.

QRcodescanbegeneratedonanynumberofwebsitesandare

veryeasytodo.QRStuffisasimple,freestart.

Classroomapplications

UseYouTubeoranaudiorecordingsitetoputyourselfinthefieldwithyourstudents.Askthemquestions,informthemandgetthemthinkingabouttheissuesina

moreengagingwaythanviayourfieldworkbooklet.

CreateaQRcodebasedquizwherestudentsareaskedaquestionandgiventwoanswers,bothwithQRcodes.Onlyoneleadstothenextlocation,theothertoadeadend!

ResourcesQRStufffreeQRcodegenerator

Recordmp3freeaudiorecorderURL