How can teachers integrate technology in a meaningful way to develop a relationship/care for the land/environment and relationship/care with the land/environment?

  • for the land: more separated from the land – e.g planting trees for the land
  • with the land: becoming part of the land – e.g drawing the land

QR Code Scavenger Hunt

  • One way to use technology outside is to place QR codes and let students go around with IPads or their phones to scan the codes and follow the directions on it – This may be using different websites to learn about a topic or documenting different experiences
  • This is good to get students outside and give a break from the classroom

Different Apps You Can Use to Integrate Technology and Nature

  • LeafSnap Plant Identification
  • Rock Identifier:Stone ID
  • Google Maps
  • iNaturalist
  • Seek
  • SkyView
  • Google Earth
  • Moon Phases and Lunar Calendar
  • ChatterPix
  • Minecraft in the Classroom
  • Book Creator

This video is an example of an app called ChatterPix where you can take pictures and make different things talk. You could have students research about different plants and create a video of the plant talking about itself like this cedar tree for example!