Daily

Lauren Dowell
Daily Assignment
Where/when would I use GPS?
C’mon. This has got to be a joke question! I use GPS every single day for all kinds of things. I use it when I walk my dogs (how far do we go each night, what kind of paths can we take, how fast can I haul myself up the hill). I use it on school field trips so the kids can make decisions about where we’re going.
I use it when I’m out on the water to make sure that I don’t get lost (it’s easy to get disoriented and I’d hate to have to go all feral).
Students’ Geocaching Adventures:
We didn’t get to do this this year as much as I wanted to. I believe that the best place would be the school yard to start with. We know it’s relatively safe and we know that the kids know theboundaries. I think it’d be best to set up a couple with some cool prizes (free coke token, free homework passes) around the school to get the concept and then you could take them to some state parks.
Earthcaching:
I see, have the students find a place of interest and then provide a lesson about what they are seeing. Like what we did on Saturday where he showed us that amazing sight and then explained it. Unreal cool.
Google Earth:
We could use this in the classroom to describe the scale of human habitation. We could also use it to figure the area of cropland as compared with cities. We could also use it to show that no matter where you go, someone is watching (good for kids with behavioral difficulties).
We could also use the NASA blue marble to show the progression of seasons.
Cool Tools:
OK, this is cool. The stuff that’s available makes making the area that we live in more educational.
I would use this if we had the coordinates of a site and we needed to know how to drive there (geocaching). I’d also use it so they could mark their houses. How much easier would it be to do home visits if I had the coordinates?

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/
I chose this online map for class use. I’ve used it in class before to describe scale and to help the students search into different parts of the world.
In the future I could use it to clearly show the topography of an area. I can also use it within web-quests on countries and culture.
v http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/exploremaps.htm
This site would provide me with lesson plans! I can use it in my room immediately to start ensuring that my students are map savvy.

v http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Front/OverviewActivity.html#Ex-1
I read over this (could be why I was not done when the others were) and I believe that I could take it, condense it and then use it for my students, but I don’t think that they could work through it. However, the quiz I will steal ideas from.