Part 1
Students interact with geography on a daily basis in a school setting without probably considering its geography content. Where things are located in the building, how to navigate to these certain places, examples provided in the humanity courses of History and English, and even in their discussion of Mathematics and Science. However, students do not often feel that this is an interactive use of geographic information. For this reason, I will often hear students describing places on a map as left, right, up, and down. This grant proposal endeavors to search for ways in which the students can see geography as interactive. Interaction is an important part of the puzzle as most research introducing the Universal Design for Learning states that students remember more about a particular lesson when they enjoy the material and feel engaged.[i]
In this grant proposal, I hope to display that geography can become interactive through the implementation of technology that allows students to engage in the information at the moment we are discussing it. Through the use of iPads and the applications that support them students will be able to observe physical geography and look up articles and research to understand the way humans relate with their surroundings.
In this grant proposal, I hope to display that geography can become interactive through the implementation of technology that allows students to engage in the information at the moment we are discussing it. Through the use of iPads and the applications that support them students will be able to observe physical geography and look up articles and research to understand the way humans relate with their surroundings.
[i] L.J. Kortering, T.W. McClannon, & P.M. Braziel (2008). Universal design for learning. Remedial and Special Education, 29(6), 352-363.