Showing posts with label wk7. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Content Information

The content is standard 2 - Students will develop a sens of self in relation to families and community. Objective 2 - Examine important aspects of the community and culture that strengthen relationships. Indicator B - Compare rural, suburban, and urban communities.

The pedagogy is making observations from the pictures on google earth to create a standard for each type of community. Then to apply that standard to an unknown community.

The technology is Google Earth and its paroramia application.

Week 7

Location ActivityGoogle Earth Content
1. Salt Lake City, UTMake observations about the location using the panoramio view. How many cars are there? Are there any yards? What other things do you notice?Graphic Web panoramio, polygon highlighting city blocks
2. West Jordan, UTMake observations as above.Graphic Web panoramio
3. West Weber, UTMake observations as above.Graphic Web panoramio
4. Nephi, UTUsing the observations from above, identify if the location is Suburban, Urban, or RuralGraphic Web panoramio
Details of image overlay / path / polygon:I will include a polygon over the Urban location, otherwise we will use the panoramio view at each location.