Mobile Classroom part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching with GeoPads
Using inter-vehicle wireless networking and application sharing, a "mobile classroom", can provide a rich, collaborative teaching and discussion environment; utilizing what otherwise would be part of the ...

Teaching with GeoPads part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching with GeoPads
Follow the links below to learn more about teaching with GeoPads: GPS and Learning - implications of GPS on the student experience Mapping Projects - information about student mapping projects Taking Notes - great ...

Supporting Instructional Resources part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching with GeoPads
Links to on-line instructional resources hosted by the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College, with contributions from the On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program, Starting ...

Workshop on Teaching with GeoPads: Goals, Schedule and Participants part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching with GeoPads
Montana State University - February 16 - 18, 2007 This working group for this workshop has been invited because of their expertise in using this great new technology. They have the best perspective on the type of ...

Student Preparation part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching with GeoPads
Student preparation required for GeoPad exercises varies with: the intended student audience (e.g., degree of prior GIS experience, heterogeneity of students) the complexity of projects and the desired learning ...

Instructor Preparation part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching with GeoPads
The introduction of GeoPad technology into field courses will require a significant commitment of the instructors involved. Instructors must have or must acquire the expertise both to design the projects and to ...

General Field Exercises part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching with GeoPads
There are a wide variety of field-based activities, in addition to mapping, which are often integral educational components of field science curricula, that can benefit from the use of GeoPads. One way GeoPads can ...

Implications of GPS on the Student Experience part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching with GeoPads
Show caption HideMIT student working with GPS and GeoPocket. The GPS can encourage students to depend on the device for position information rather than matching the topography to the map. Details Concerns ...

Taking Notes with a GeoPad: Basic and Enhanced Functionality part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching with GeoPads
The GeoPad offers a unique opportunity for enhanced note taking. GeoPad notes fully replace the functionality of the traditional field notebook, but, most importantly, are able to go well beyond the limitations of ...

Mapping Projects part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching with GeoPads
A common goal of field mapping projects is furthering development of students' spatial reasoning skills, in addition to and sometimes more important than the actual production of the map. GeoPads facilitate ...