Learning to use Local Studies software to create maps
1. Geography and ICT Maps & Map-making GA Curriculum Making Conference Cambridge – November 2007
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3. I investigated the various keys to draw a sketch map of South Wootton, so that I could ask the children to draw a map of a familiar place.
4. All 10 Hot Spots have photos and comments – but the children could personalise these comments, by stating how often their family visits the Retail Park, or whether it was a popular venue for SWJS families. I added hotspots to the map as place markers. These hotspots open up as text boxes that allow the inclusion of text, images, sound and video.
5. Knowing that I could scan sketch maps into this programme, I decided to scan one of the children’s completed graphs made in M. Excel into another Hot Spot, so a more able pupil could personalise the map in another way.
6. As an extension for myself, I also inserted a video clip to show that it could be done! Next task is to see if the children can be recorded, showing the results of their Retail Park Enquiry.