Dom Breadmore (@predacomdom) 's presentation on GPS and Geolocation ideas for Education delivered as part of Teachmeet Takeover at BETT 2011, Olympia, London.

1. Geo-ing GlobalGPS, GIS, Geolocation & Geocaching Dom Breadmore Digital Media Artist me@dombreadmore.co.uk @predacomdom delicious.com/predacomdom #tmtakeover

2. GPS GIS Online Resources Geolocation

3. GPS Devices

4. GPS – Global Position System

5. GPS – Global Position System Altitude: 7.5 miles Speed: 600 mph Altitude:13,000 miles Speed: 7000 mph

6. GPS Devices

7. GPS Devices iPhone Free GPS GPS-R (http://www.iphoneness.com/iphone-apps/5-cool-geocaching-applications-for-iphone/) Android Geobeagle C:Geo Windows Mobile GcZ II Basic GPS

8. GPS Coordinates Latitude, Longitude Just to confuse There are various different standards You might need a tool like this to convert from one form to another

9. Geocaching

10. Geocaching http://youtu.be/-4VFeYZTTYs

11. Geocaching

12. Geocaching Established for over 10 years 1,271,959 active geocaches hidden around the world 4-5 million geocachers worldwide

13. Geocaching in education Technology to engage Task Reward Exploring local environment Problem solving Research / Revision Humanities Scale / Distance / Area Directional / Instructional Language Creative Writing

14. Geocaching in education Example 1: ‘The Traditional Cache’ Coordinates are given A cache container has to be found Outdoor space Team work Numeracy tasks eg. Money / Change

15. Geocaching in education Example 2: ‘The Mystery Cache’ The coordinates have to be figured out A cache container has to be found Engagement reward

16. Geocaching in education Example 3: ‘The Earth Cache’ The coordinates are given There is no container to be found, instead the cache is a physical object Which tree is which? Describing an object’s properties Local history tour

17. Geocaching in education Example 4: ‘The Multi Cache’ The initial coordinates are given At each stage cachers will discover clues to take them to their next location Touring and researching a site Problem solving Understanding perimeter

18. Geocaching

19. What if I don’t have a GPSr? GIS Google Maps makes it difficult to get coords (you can right click on somewhere NOT on a road and choose ‘Get Directions’) So you need.... http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode GPSvisualizer.com is CHOCKA with great tools

20. (Geographical Information System) Google Maps - online Bing Maps - online Google Earth – download required GIS

21. Google Maps vs Google Earth

22. Mark: Placemarks Polygon Tool Path Tool Embed: Audio e.g.www.vocaroo.com Video e.g.www.youtube.com Graphs and tabular data e.g. Google Docs Google Earth

23. Combining GIS and open data Combining GIS and user generated content Eg: Google Maps Circle Generator http://dev.bt23.org/keyhole/circlegen/ Where’s the path – OS vs Google Maps http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm Google Maps, Streetview and MS Virtual Earth http://www.mashedworld.com/DualMaps.aspx Mash-Ups

24. www.photosynth.net Microsoft Technology for grouping images e.ghttp://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=cf4e7757-c049-4f3b-837a-8339b9986421 Can be Geotagged E.g. http://www.bing.com/maps/explore/#5003/0.6793=ps::dtpfilter:All:cid:cf4e7757-c049-4f3b-837a-8339b9986421:poi:Normal/5872/style=a&lat=52.609642&lon=-2.040991&z=7&pid=5874 Photosynth

25. Location based games Foursquare Gowalla Twitter whereigo.com Make ‘carts’ to be played in real space Quizzes with clues, prompts. iPhone / Android / WinMob apps

26. GPS Drawing Jeremy Wood http://www.gpsdrawing.com/ GPS datalogging Traverse Me for Warwick Arts Centre http://www.gpsdrawing.com/maps/traverse-me.html School logo on Playground http://www.gpsdrawing.com/workshops/schools/isambard.html

27. Final bits This presentation can be found on http://tinyurl.com/tmbettgps Links can be found on www.delicious.com/predacomdom I can be found on www.twitter.com/predacomdom

28. Geo-ing GlobalGPS, GIS, Geolocation & Geocaching Dom Breadmore Digital Media Artist me@dombreadmore.co.uk @predacomdom delicious.com/predacomdom #tmtakeover