Can ICT support effective learning in geography?
ICT can enhance geography learning in various ways. It allows pupils to handle data with greater confidence. They can draft and redraft work, and discover geographical patterns and trends more easily. ICT also widens the range of information sources available to pupils. Can I use ICT as part of fieldwork activities? Laptop and palmtop computers now make the use of computers in the field possible. Pupils investigating a local river, for instance, can record data on things like depth straight into a spreadsheet, and chart the results immediately. They’ll get a clearer interpretation of their results if they see the information graphed while still in the area, and it will also be apparent from the chart whether the data has been collected properly. What other equipment would be useful? A digital camera allows students to take photographs in the field. If a laptop is used in conjunction with the camera, the images can be downloaded, pasted into DTP software, and annotated on the spot. Scho
