- Research espeacially in Geography.
- References
- Exploring such as hiking and travelling.
It can also be used by:
- Students
- Teachers
- Parents
- Travellers
- Professionals example meterologist, Journalist etc.
Electronic atlases can be used in the classroom by allowing students to view countries, mountains, rivers, oceans, and special territories around the world in a real life setting. Most of our students in Trinidad and Tobago may not have had the opportunity to travel to other countries, electronic atlases brings that experience to them. Students can use a sample product such as http://www.worldatlas.com/ to explore these places of interest and research. It is simple to use, just highlight the country of your choice, and it's location, name in English, local language, capital, national products and population appears at your finger tips.
There are many benefits of Electronic Atlases in education:
- CD-Rom Versions of these atlases are available.
- It's colour, text and mapping is very appealing to the eye which encourages motivation and enhances instruction in the classroom.
- They are interactive so students can explore, navigate and discover facts, which incorporates the constructivist approach of teaching.
- Some atlases even play national songs on request.
- Some sites also help teach geographic concepts by showing distance between points example http://www.mapquest.com/.
- It caters for different learning modalities such as visual, audio and kinestetic.
- Cost to use this software support tool is cheap.
There are minor hiccups of electronic atlases in Trinidad and Tobago Classrooms not all schools have fully equipped and functional computers to access this particular software. This serve as a major disadvantage for our students.
REFERENCES
Roblyer, M.D. (2006).Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching 4th Ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Higher Education.ver, New Jersey: Pearson Higher Education.
Hyperlink and sample screen Retrieved on March, 14, 2010. From http://www.worldatlas.com/
Hyperlink, Retrieved March, 14, 2010. From http://www.mapquest.com/
very nice software. geography can be more realistic and excite their interest in this subject. they can fully understand different topics easier and faster
ReplyDeleteInteresting. This would make learning Geography very exciting and a lot of fun ! Good job.
ReplyDeleteA great learning tool that allow students to explore places without leaving the classroom. Imagine sitting in a classroom and learning so much about the continents of the world. I wished in my days learning tools of this nature were avaliable, because the rote way was boring. Great tool .
ReplyDeleteVery interesting!, much more appealing in my opinion than using a regular printed atlas. Children would love this alternative to teaching geography, as it it very appealing and as you correctly said its lends itself to the constructivist approach as it will interest the students to discover on their own as it is easier to switch between countries and continents.
ReplyDeleteI love this and I'm sure that the kids will too. I believe that Electronic Atlases will certainly spark curiosity and interest in knowing about other parts of the world. The old methods are certainly becoming outdated, considering all the technology that is available now. Thank you for providing awareness on these options. Well done.
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