Digital Technology in Geography

The use of digital technology in the classroom is becoming a requirement from education authorities across the world.
We teamed up with the Geography department at Downside to introduce IoTatSchool to the school. They undertook an investigation into microclimates around the school. pupils took portable sensing devices to multiple locations in the school and measured the environment.
This investigation was conducted over two lessons; the first for data collection and the second for data analysis. In the first lesson, the pupils had a map with 8 locations. Their task, to collect the environmental data.
In the second lesson, the pupils viewed their data in the IoTatSchool exploratory and were asked to make distinctions in the different environments. They were asked, ‘which place would be best for the Headmaster to grow his tomatoes
The overall reaction from staff and the pupils was positive and has been a great step forward to improving the use of digital technology at Downside School