Redesign the school yard using Google SketchUp: a pilot project
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION METHODOLOGY - Year 2015, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
The educational project involving the design of a school yard using Google SketchUp, presented in this paper, was originally designed and implemented by undergraduate students at the Department of Primary Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA) in the context of their studies in the Teaching Geography with ICTÂ course. The aim of the project was to create awareness of spaces and their functions, and to redesign those spaces using Google Sketch up according to criteria relating both to the environment and the needs of pupils and their education. The assessment of this initiative, carried out by the undergraduate students during the pilot study showed that there is a distinct need for connecting real spaces with technology and for familiarity with the tools that help pupils visualise the space and that Google SketchUp could be an effective tool that is easily applied to this project and can enrich geography lessons for pupils in upper primary and lower secondary education.
Authors and Affiliations
Lia Galani
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP654735
- DOI 10.24297/ijrem.v7i2.3843
- Views 88
- Downloads 0
Social Networking Sites in Higher Education: Potential Advantages for Student Learning
Social Networking is one of the most promising technologies that can be used for e-learning purposes to create an interactive learning environment and support student learning. However, its uses for educational purposes...
STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG 10th GRADE STUDENTS OF CBSE AND
Environment has acquired paramount significance in contemporary geo-political scenario. Disturbing fluctuations in climatic patterns due to aggravating green house effect have already triggered alarm button in this regar...
COST ANALYSIS OF HYBRID MODEL OF SOLAR-WIND-BIOGAS PLANT
In this paper, the power delivered by the combined system component is compared with each other and various conclusions are drawn. The various advantages and disadvantages of the system are compared, and a cost analysis...
DIFFRENTIALS IN EXTERNAL, INTERNAL AND PRACTICAL MARKS OF STUDENTS IN B.ED EXAMINATION
The word examinations bring shivers to all right from children to adults, leading to trembling hands, parched lips, pounding heart and sleepless nights. It has formed an inseparable adjunct of our everyday life through a...
The Effect of Teaching "Chaos Theory and Fractal Geometry" on Geometric Reasoning Skills of Secondary Students
Chaos theory and fractal geometry have begun to appear as an important issue in secondary school mathematics. Chaos theory is the qualitative study of unstable periods in deterministic nonlinear dynamical systems, chaos...