Learning Geography Through Technology

Rotating around the earth in a geosynchronized pattern are numerous units that can be accessed using either inexpensive devices or more modernly with app on a smart phone. This article desc... See More

Rotating around the earth in a geosynchronized pattern are numerous units that can be accessed using either inexpensive devices or more modernly with app on a smart phone. This article describes PDA that can be purchased that contributes to the use in a classroom application. Overall, the article provides ideas to the use of these devices and suggests that you can also use them for a schoolyard scavenger hunt. The article shows how the devices can be used as a compass, an atlas and a tracker.