I think that ICT can really support children's learning in Geography as there are so many programs and internet resources which can really develop children's understanding. Google Earth is an amazing resource that allows children to look at any part of the world and can link to any topic such as rivers, mountain environments, famous landmarks etc... ICT can also play a part in furthering children's understanding of maps- such as the symbols used and contour lines.
I think that creating an interactive map like we did in our session is a really beneficial and also relatively simple activity. It was a lot easier to do than I thought it would be especially when we had found the information that we were going to hyperlink to our map. We got most of our media from the internet, but with children you could gather information from field trips by taking photos and videos etc... Using Microsoft PowerPoint to create the interactive map was easy to do and is something I would feel confident doing with children. There's just one thing to remember- save all the videos and photos etc... into the same place as the map or else it won't be able to find the file!- we forgot to do this initially but soon realised and sorted it out!
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