Developing digital lessons to integrate social science teaching in Colombia using Google Earth

• Published in: International research in geographical and environmental education Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 112 - 131
• Main Authors: Mejía Ávila, Doris, Sánchez Agámez, Carlos, Soto Barrera, Viviana Cecilia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 05.05.2021
• Subjects: Access to Computers; Computer Software; Foreign Countries; geotechnologies: digital lessons; Google Earth; Grade 6; integration; Interdisciplinary Approach; Internet; Material Development; Multimedia Materials; Physical Geography; Secondary Education; Social Sciences; SWOT; Teacher Attitudes; Technological Literacy; Technology Integration; Colombia

A pilot test for the design and construction of digital lessons for integrated social science teaching is presented in this study. Combing conventional texts, applications made with Google Earth, and images from the web, three lessons for the sixth grade were created: (1) Evolution of Man, (2) Physi...