- Discuss some of the free educational apps you reviewed.
The USA Factbook: We use a web-page similar to this when on desktop/laptop computers and it would be nice to have this information available in the palms' of our hands. In World Geography questions often arise about population, economic, and just about every other type of statistic about states, countries, and regions of the world. This will be a useful source for this information.
Hear Planet: This application could be useful to students researching specific cities or countries around the world. It provides "guided tours" of sites throughout the world. As advertised it encouraged users to use it while traveling, but I think it would also be helpful for students wondering about a location we are studying in class.
- Discuss ways your students could use the iTouch or iPad and appropriate apps in your class.
My students often jump to their own iTouches in class to look up current data that the textbook cannot provide. The two applications above are excellent resources for this type of information. I think the iPad would fit well into a World Geography classroom as well. From browsing online newspapers and magazines to searching Google Earth for satellite images of the area of the world we are studying, students could find many uses for this technology.
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