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Hergan, Irena; Umek, Maja – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2017
The benefits of outdoor education are well known and irreplaceable. Teachers of environmental lessons frequently ask themselves what kind of cartographic support (paper maps or mobile navigators) to offer their students doing fieldwork either navigating to selected points or being engaged in the research of a selected environment. In this article,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Navigation, Maps
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Kearney, Kelly B.; Joseph, Brianna; Finnegan, Lisa; Wood, Jacqueline – Journal of Special Education, 2021
Colleges across the nation have seen an increase in programming for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) over the past decade. With this increase in programming comes the need to support students with IDD while accessing a large college campus. Using technology, such as Google Maps™, on one's cell phone is a natural…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, College Students, Inclusion, Peer Teaching
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Headrick Taylor, Katie – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2017
The "everyware" paradigm opens up new possibilities for learning on-the-move with technologies through urban spaces while also raising questions about emerging literacies required of users to understand and use the digital traces these technologies generate. This article develops locative literacies as a way of understanding place-based,…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Geographic Information Systems, Geographic Location, Navigation
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Bruno, Laura E. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2018
As physical education teachers, it is important to remain current with trends and continue to add fresh, innovative ideas to our lessons. This responsibility means that educators must continue to seek ways to better understand students and encourage a physically active lifestyle. This article provides strategies for embracing technology and the…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Physical Education, Computer Games, Handheld Devices
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de la Torre-Luque, Alejandro; Valero-Aguayo, Luis; de la Rubia-Cuestas, Ernesto J. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
This study aims to test how an intervention based on virtual reality (VR) may enhance visuospatial skills amongst people with disability. A quasi-experimental intra-group study was therefore conducted. Participants were 20 people with severe disability (65% males; 34.35 years, on average, and 84.95% of disability rate according to the Andalusian…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Severe Disabilities, Visual Perception, Spatial Ability
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Zhu, Suning; Wu, Yun; Sankar, Chetan S. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2016
A high-impact practice is to incorporate experiential learning projects when teaching difficulty subject matters so as to enhance students' understanding and interest in the course content. But, there is limited research on how to design and execute such projects. Therefore, we propose a framework based on the processes described by the Project…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Case Studies, Navigation, Geographic Information Systems
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Andersen, Doug – Geography Teacher, 2011
Many geography and technology educators have been attracted to geospatial technologies because of the potential to help students develop and demonstrate spatial and higher order thinking skills, only to be frustrated with implementation at the school level. Even when teachers have overcome the technical hurdles of hardware, software, and data,…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Service Learning, Educational Technology