{"id":459,"date":"2010-02-26T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T15:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sedcclint.com\/engage-your-students-with-gps-links-to-todays"},"modified":"2010-02-26T15:19:45","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T15:19:45","slug":"engage-your-students-with-gps-links-to-todays-ucet-presentationresources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedcclint.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/26\/engage-your-students-with-gps-links-to-todays-ucet-presentationresources\/","title":{"rendered":"Engage Your Students with GPS! Links to Today&#8217;s UCET Presentation\nResources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\">First let me thank you for taking your time and coming to my UCET presentation today. If you&#039;d like to use or review the resources that I discussed today, just follow the links below:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwork.com\/r\/?d=GPS__38__Geocaching_in_any_classroom.key&amp;a=p78214977&amp;u=clint@sedc.k12.ut.us&amp;p=3774D1BB647D45798790\">GPS &amp; Geocaching in ANY Classroom Presentation<\/a> (You can view it here or download it as a Keynote, PowerPoint or PDF file).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwork.com\/r\/?d=Geocaching_Classroom_Ideas.pages&amp;a=p78214977&amp;u=clint@sedc.k12.ut.us&amp;p=3774D1BB647D45798790\">Geocaching Classroom Ideas Handout<\/a> (Pages, Word, or PDF)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edublog.sedck12.org\/gps.php\">GPS &amp; Geocaching in Education Blog<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\">My other projects at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sedck12.org\/index.php\/tech\/integration\">SEDC<\/a> or my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/profiles\/sedcclints\">Google Profile Page<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\">Session Summary:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\"> <span style=\"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;\"><span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">In Utah, 24% of the Class of 2011 were not proficient in Math portion on the UBSCT. In the SEDC (Southwest) region, some of the UBSCT concepts that??<\/span><span class=\"il\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">students<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">??have done very poorly on are the understanding the concept &amp; calculation of area, and solving one-factor equations. There is a need to present these concepts to many of our??<\/span><span class=\"il\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">students<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">??in a new way. Global Positioning System Receivers (GPSr???s) can be an effective and engaging technology tool to help??<\/span><span class=\"il\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">your<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">??<\/span><span class=\"il\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">students<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">??understand these concepts and enable??<\/span><span class=\"il\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">your<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">??<\/span><span class=\"il\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">students<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">??to experience math in their world in a new way. We will cover how to use a GPSr to find the area and perimeter of a location, calculate the slope of a hill (&amp; the distance up that hill!), and even how to figure out the volume of water fall on??<\/span><span class=\"il\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">your<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">school campus during a rainstorm! Not a math teacher, that???s OK! I will show you over 50 ways to integrate??<\/span><span class=\"il\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">GPS<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">??into??<\/span><span class=\"il\"><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">your<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">??instruction in any classroom.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First let me thank you for taking your time and coming to my UCET presentation today. 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