ETSC: Technology & the EALRs - Geography
The student uses maps, charts and other geographic tools to understand the spatial arrangement of people, places, resources and environments on Earth's surface.
Using graphics programs and electronic maps on CD's and the Internet, students will use and construct maps, carts and other resources. (Examples: use of KidPix and KidMaps for constructing maps with legends; use of MapArt for the creation and interpretation of maps and legends)
Using electronic maps on CD's and the Internet as well as video-conferencing, students will recognize spatial patterns on Earth's surface and understand the processes that create these patterns. (Examples: use of the MapQuest site on the WWW for the location of states, cities and rivers; use of video-conferencing to evaluate the effect of physical and human processes on public policy debate.)
The student understands the complex physical and human characteristics of places and regions.
Using word processors, databases and concept-mapping software, students will describe the natural characteristics of places and regions. (Examples: use of a word processor to write descriptions; use of a database and/or concept-mapping software for observing and comparing the physical characteristics of places and regions)
Using e-mail, presentation programs, word processors, desktop publishing programs and graphics programs, students will describe the patterns humans make on places and regions. (Examples: the use of PageMaker and graphics to generate a written publication on social, cultural and economic influences; use of HyperStudio to present the human characteristics of the local area and Washington State; use of Claris HomePage or e-mail to write or publish new information on the Internet)
Using e-mail, desktop publishing programs and presentation software, students will identify the characteristics that define the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Rim as regions. (Examples: the use of electronic pen pals to describe Pacific Northwest to children in other areas of the Pacific Rim; use of publishing software to create a report on the Pacific Northwest as a region; the use of PowerPoint to cultural and physical features of a region)
The student observes and analyzes the interaction between people, the environment, and culture.
Using publishing programs, presentation software and groupware, students will identify and examine people's interaction with and the impact on the environment. (Examples: use of Tom Snyder's Decisions, Decisions series to examine the choices and behaviors of people; the use of publishing and presentation software to explain the interactions and impact on the environment.
Using groupware, students will examine cultural characteristics, transmission, diffusion, and interaction. (Example: use of Tom Snyder's Cultural Debates to recognize the positive and negative outcomes that may result when people of different cultural backgrounds interact)