Last week, I visited a Strathmore College in Stoke on Trent. Strathmore have been using mobile technology to help their students navigate on walks as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. The aim of using technology is to integrate Literacy and Numeracy into the award schemes and prepare the student for their final expedition. Strathmore College were successful in gaining project money through the Innovation scheme. The money allowed them to purchase a two Weather Stations, 5 Digital Walkers and Memory Map Software. A lecturer from the College identified that the technology has helped to improve student motivation, as the students are able to take control of the walks by planning the route, identifying the type of terrain, and creating short videos of their walks for evidence.The College felt that the use of technology had improved student motivation; it had also fulfilled a need in the teaching observations to provide technology for the students.
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