Children as authors of georeferenced multisensory information: towards the design of simulation and editing tools for an educational context

Authors

Abstract

To promote educational success and a deeper learning of complex environmental phenomena in elementary schools, the
SchoolSenses@Internet project explores georeferenced multisensory information in collaborative contexts. Several workshops with
teachers and children in diverse real contexts have been already designed and implemented to support the participatory
project tools. This paper reports the last two workshops with children and their main results, including a set of conclusions
regarding the potential roles of simulation and multimedia tools in the exploration and creation of multisensory information by
in georeferenced contexts.

Subject

Education & Learning

Conference

ED-MEDIA, June 2008