The article, "Map Scale, Proportion, and Google Earth", written by Martin C. Roberge and Linda L. Cooper, is rather self explanatory via the title, but still very interesting. It focuses on the idea of using the revolutionary Google Earth software to teach students about the concepts of creating map scales and proportions.
I found this to be a very interesting concept. As we all know, we live in a rather technology driven society, and this is something that we should incorporate into our every day lessons and instruction. It is simple knowledge that if we can play to our students interests (technology being a major interest of many of todays students) then we will be more successful in providing beneficial instruction to said students. Google earth is a very interesting and user friendly software, and by incorporating it into this mathematical instruction, it has been ensured that these students will be given a better opportunity to connect to this particular lesson.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment