Sunday, November 29, 2009

‘Google earth’ in Home Ec/Hospitality.

‘Google earth’ in Home Ec/Hospitality.
Just imagine tracing the historical journeys which bought back spices and chocolate to what was then “The Free World”. Using ‘Google earth’ to chart a course brings the physical reality of terrain and climate into the learning environment. Chocolate had to travel a long way from a very different place to end up at the tuckshop!
Students in these disciplines study international cookery, living in the wider society and built environments. All these strands are accessible via google earth and its multitude of layers. I would use ‘Google earth’ technologies in a summative assessment task where a student was required to present a cultural context/history in combination with the preparation of an international food.
Professionally, ‘google earth’ could be used to as a virtual map to take the class to the area being researched.
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2 comments:

  1. MakikoNovember 30, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    Hello,
    Fantastic idea! I could imagine to learn world food culture from Google Earth and cook actual recipe can fascinate student for world cuisine.

    Regards
    Makiko

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  2. DamianColesDecember 17, 2009 at 9:25 PM

    Hey,

    I love your ideas for uses of Google Earth, quite creative. I believe that Google Earth enables teachers and communities to easily create tremendous collections of work integrating video, 3D buildings, photos, pod casts, or NPR stories. Teacher and students will travel the real earth of explorations, migrations, heroes and history and share new instruction growing on the planet itself.

    Blackmore, J et all. (July, 2003), Effective Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to Enhance Learning for Disadvantaged School Students, Melbourne, http://www.dest.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/D63F92A3-6931-464F-9970-D599BE3E390E/4520.ICTreport.pdf

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