As a math teacher Google Maps and Google Earth will be slightly useful to me. I can use the programs in order to find out the distance from on town to another. By doing this I can ask students questions like how long it would take me to drive from point a to point b if I travel at the average speed of 60km/hr? This device will be useful to teach students to use especially in the higher grades as it is a tool they can use when they have completed school. When travelling they can work out an expected time of arrival based on the distance they need to travel. Google maps can also be used when students cover navigation. Maps have the North bearing on it and are to scale so students can work out how far away and in what direction they would have to trave to get from point a to point b. For example the students could use the map above, which was collected from google maps, to determine how far and in what direction is Brampton Island to mackay.
Thinking back to when i studied Navigation in High School, Google Maps would be a really great exercise to break up the monotony of working with a printed map.
ReplyDeleteYeah when I was teaching it I found the students liked to go on and find their own maps instead of being given information about made up classes.
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