The SchoolSenses@Internet project aims at improving the quality of primary education learning using ICT. The project envisages achieving this aim by supporting the collaborative creation of geo-referenced multisensory information by school children. Results from the work with teachers and children while using Google Earth and the first project Website design are presented.
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Marcelino, M.J. et al. (2007). Schoolsenses@Internet. In: Fernández-Manjón, B., Sánchez-Pérez, J.M., Gómez-Pulido, J.A., Vega-Rodríguez, M.A., Bravo-Rodríguez, J. (eds) Computers and Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4914-9_5
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