This was pretty cool. It would help my students really understand what GPS is and how coordinates pertaining to location work. We study this somewhat in Geography class, but a few always seem a little disconnected when we talk about latitude and longitude. Never assume anything...I've had some who didn't know what GPS was, and as tech savy as we assume our students are, I was really surprised by that.
I'd have to give some thought to how to best use this in class. I like the idea of walking down to the park and putting our own geocache there. I also like the idea of mashing this with Google earth. I need to try out a few things of my own and figure out what I want students to get out of it and how to evaluate them when we are done. Hmmm.
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