Location-based learning

HTAV Middle Years Conference
Your provocateur
Hamish Curry
hcurry@slv.vic.gov.au
slideshare.net/hcurry
@hamishcurry

P–2
‘The map is not the territory.’

P–3
Reading the past

P–4
Learning outside the classroom

To be or not to be BYOD
Visual thinking
Illusion of choice

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/3187926964_208ae55674.jpg

P–5
The Australian Curriculum

7 General Capabilities – the lenses of location-based learning?
1. Literacy – not English
2. Numeracy – not Maths
3. ICT capability – giddy up!
4. Critical and creative thinking – problem solvers unite!
5. Personal and social capability – more please…
6. Ethical understanding – examine the social fabric
7. Intercultural understanding – race, gender, age, ability

P–6
Future thinking, today

http://www.freefacebookcovers.co.uk/2012/back-in-my-day/
P–7
Learning outside the classroom

Responsibility
Respect
Real things
Challenge
Choice
Collaborate

P–10
Street Museum: Museum of London (UK)

P–11
Curriculum design

How might we design a collection
based program that offers
meaningful choices, to create and
document stories in an
environment?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23760200@N04/3182820590

P–12
BYOD

Note down
Take photos
Record audio
Send texts
Film video
Locate
Dig deeper

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38305415@N00/4365558047

P–13
Hoddle Waddle

It’s not a race!
Immersive learning
Integrate places, spaces, faces
Structured discovery with
measured risk
Hoddle Waddle

1. Expand students’ knowledge of the history of Melbourne
2. Improve students’ understanding of the geography of Melbourne
3. Encourage students to work as part of an effective and productive team
4. Encourage students to develop stronger communication skills
5. Students experience public transport using city maps & navigation skills
6. Students visit Melbourne’s cultural landmarks and institutions
7. Give students an exciting and educational record of their team’s ‘waddle’
8. Give students an enjoyable Melbourne city experience

P–15
BYOD

P–16
Hoddle Waddle

P–17
Melbourne map – 1950s

P–18
The new school bag?

Tools
Capture now
Edit later
Roles
Responsibilities

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34064267@N00/5960255156
Immersion

See
Think
Wonder
Time
Place
Space
Mobile

Guided Apps
Lost 100
Historypin
Melbourne Historical
Sound of buildings
Our City
Vic Heritage

P–21
Melbourne Urban Forest

P–23
Run That Town

P–24
Mobile

Creation Apps
SCVNGR
ARIS
Layar
Google Maps

P–25
Hoddle Waddle

P–26
Location-based ingredients

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/65692143@N00/534450666/

P–28

Middle years
Freemium
Online resources
Guided and independent
Team with roles and focus
CBD Zone based
User planned
Linked to library collections
Timing
Pre & post activities
Negotiated
Decisions at point of need
Mixture of subject disciplines
Technology support
Team focus on each other
‘The best teachers are those
who show you where to look
but don’t tell you what to see.’
Alex Trenfor

P–29

Location-based learning