Using Accessible Maps to Teach Location Literacy By: Jamie Murdy Gina Carlisle

Accessible PC Maps Verbal and visual descriptions Virtually explore streets Create and navigate routes 15 million points of interest Maps for more than 40 countries available APH version includes built-in speech capability

Accessible Maps

Advanced Features Set a destination and track the distance and compass heading Save, reverse, review, and print or emboss routes Record or type descriptive information about a particular intersection, parking lot, building, or other location Transfer POIs and routes to other Sendero GPS systems

Benefits: Introduces Important Concepts Left and right concepts Cardinal Directions Clock face directions Mental Mapping Environmental concepts including shapes of intersections, direction of travel, sidewalks, types of streets etc. Applies geography and social studies core curriculum concepts

Benefits: Access to Location Information Learn about surroundings and have access to visual signs LookAround: street names, intersections, points of interest Mental and visual mapping skills Can be introduced with tactile maps (example: T Maps or Chang Kit) Used for both classroom and O&M lessons

Scenarios Find Lunch! ◦Finding POIs ◦Should I walk or take a taxi?

Scenarios O&M lesson ◦What is around Student’s School ◦Finding POIs ◦Creating Route to nearby POI to preview for lesson