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|pagetitle=StoneSoup > Activity: Write with a satellite | |pagetitle=StoneSoup > Activity: Write with a satellite | ||
|owner=Enric | |owner=Enric | ||
|updated= | |updated=June 2011 | ||
|status=Tested | |status=Tested | ||
|description=Combine geoglyphs for printing your name on a cool sticker | |description=Combine geoglyphs for printing your name on a cool sticker | ||
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View the video demo [http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/ here] | |||
== News about this activity == | |||
* 5th June: Activity for kids at a rural School at the Pyrenees at [http://pirenelab.eu/ PireneLab] | |||
* 30th April: Activity featured at the [http://jamm2011.blogspot.com/p/workshops.html Jam Festival at Golferichs centre] | |||
* 4th March: View the video demo [http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/ here] | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/summary.jpg | |||
<big><font color="green">'''''Use buildings or rivers like letters to write your name (or any other word) and get the coolest sticker ever :) But you should prove first you know something about the places the satellite has found for you! Just grab the browser -and look for more information if needed.'''''</font></big> | <big><font color="green">'''''Use buildings or rivers like letters to write your name (or any other word) and get the coolest sticker ever :) But you should prove first you know something about the places the satellite has found for you! Just grab the browser -and look for more information if needed.'''''</font></big> | ||
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Skills to develop: '''geolocation''' | '''shape recognition''' | '''presentation''' | Skills to develop: '''geolocation''' | '''shape recognition''' | '''presentation''' | ||
== Activity goals == | |||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/goals.jpg | |||
<font color="green">'''// The activity tries to stimulate this kind of knowledge and skills:'''</font> | <font color="green">'''// The activity tries to stimulate this kind of knowledge and skills:'''</font> | ||
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* Do a double '''cut & paste''' activity (first digital, then with paper :) | * Do a double '''cut & paste''' activity (first digital, then with paper :) | ||
* Make "object oriented" '''presentations''' in front of more people | |||
== Previous skills == | |||
<font color="green">'''// Participants | http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/skills.jpg | ||
<font color="green">'''// Participants need to have minimum notions about:'''</font> | |||
* Web browsing | * Web browsing | ||
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* Web searching | * Web searching | ||
https:// | == Stuff needed == | ||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/stuff.jpg | |||
<font color="green">'''// Make sure you have all this installed/near/working prior to the session:'''</font> | |||
* Internet connection | |||
* One laptop for every pair of learners | |||
* [https://www.drumbeat.org/en-US/projects/maquina-descriure-de-googlemaps/description/ Drumbeat project (Cartographic typewriter)] | |||
* [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Firefox browser] | |||
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/pixlr-grabber/ FireFox addon (Pixlr grabber)] | |||
* Blank sticker paper | |||
* Colour printer | |||
* A couple of scissors | |||
== Steps during the session == | |||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/steps.jpg | |||
<font color="green">'''// Recommended sequence for replicating the activity:'''</font> | <font color="green">'''// Recommended sequence for replicating the activity:'''</font> | ||
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8. '''Final reflections''' about the activity | 8. '''Final reflections''' about the activity | ||
== Questions to ask == | |||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/ask.jpg | |||
<font color="green">'''// Try to open these questions at the beginning of the session, or when the participants are doing mechanic tasks like pasting or cutting:'''</font> | |||
* | * In which countries or cities are these places you just found? | ||
* What's the closest place to you in your name? What do you know a bout it? | |||
* | * Which place is more far away from you? How different do you think is life there to yours here? | ||
* | * How do you think did that place look like 50 years ago? How will it look in 50 years? | ||
* | * Which good or bad things can be done with all this detailed satellite information? By whom? | ||
* | * Who owns that information? Who do you think should own it? | ||
* | * Are there alternatives to Google Maps? | ||
== Related links & media == | |||
* | * About Google Maps: [http://maps.google.com/support/ Official site support] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Maps Wikipedia article] | ||
* [http://www.google.com/mars/ Google Mars] and [http://www.google.com/moon/ Google Moon] | |||
* | * [http://www.datenform.de/mapeng.html Map] (artistic installation) | ||
* [http://www.openstreetmap.es/ Open Street Map] | |||
* | * Vídeo demo with [http://www.citilab.eu/ Citilab] [http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/ aquí] | ||
* | * Pics from a workshop at [http://jamm2011.blogspot.com/p/workshops.html Jam Festival Golferichs]: | ||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/Golferichs/golferichs1.jpg | |||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/Golferichs/golferichs2.jpg | |||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/Golferichs/golferichs3.jpg | |||
== Samples you can use == | == Samples you can use == | ||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/samples.jpg | |||
<font color="green">'''// You can use these images and links as examples for your explanations:'''</font> | <font color="green">'''// You can use these images and links as examples for your explanations:'''</font> | ||
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Jason1.png | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Jason1.png | ||
=== | === Caption example === | ||
[http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=es&geocode=&q=citilab+barcelona&aq=&sll=40.396764,-3.713379&sspn=8.280213,19.753418&ie=UTF8&hq=citilab&hnear=Barcelona,+Catalu%C3%B1a&ll=41.35629,2.059345&spn=0.000502,0.001717&t=h&z=20 Zoom example] | [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=es&geocode=&q=citilab+barcelona&aq=&sll=40.396764,-3.713379&sspn=8.280213,19.753418&ie=UTF8&hq=citilab&hnear=Barcelona,+Catalu%C3%B1a&ll=41.35629,2.059345&spn=0.000502,0.001717&t=h&z=20 Zoom example] | ||
=== | === Other participants names === | ||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/sample_names.jpg | |||
== | == Next steps == | ||
http://www.mozilla.cat/drumbeat/stonesoup/imgs/next.jpg | |||
<font color="green">'''// Ideas and possibilities for continuing the activity, or homework for passionate participants :)'''</font> | |||
* In a second session learners could go and create captions themselves, by '''detecting places that look like letters''' (close to their homes or hometowns) and following the easy technical process for contributing to the project as described [http://www2.ub.edu/cursusductus/femfum/maps.google.cat/afegiunousGEOglifs.php here] | |||
* '''''Create a t-shirt with your name using the world'''''. A different process that involves using a machine for printing clothes or a fine and fair online t-shirt shop, so participants can create some fashion with geoglyphs | |||
== ToDo == | == ToDo list == | ||
* Get academic feedback | * Get academic feedback | ||
* | * <s>Test with 6-8 year participants</s> | ||
* | * Publish a Catalan version for preschoolers | ||
* <s>Publish a [[Drumbeat/StoneSoup/Escriu_amb_el_món|Catalan version]]</s> | |||