Technological interventions make fieldwork more

efficient, accurate & collaborative

rachel.stubbington@ntu.ac.uk@rstubbington

Trees in winter• Level4 fieldtrip• Aim:toidentifytrees usingwinterfeatures• 10-25 students,inpairs• 3h,oncampus• Formative worksubmittedontheday

20 trees are labelled…each is visited,

…identified,…& ID features noted

Pre-tech.TreeIDinthefield:

papergalore.

Pro-tech.TreeIDinthefield:

tablet.pdfe-key.

Moreefficient

Pre-tech.RecordingIDfeatures:

makingnotes.

Drawing• Minimumengagement• Maximumresentment• Worknotvalued Platanus Christmas

Loxodonta Fagus

drawingpictures.

Pro-tech, version 1.RecordingIDfeatures:

makingnotes.takingphotos.=accuraterecord.

Pro-tech, version 1.Sharingresources:

wikispace.CollaborativecreationLong-termsharedresource

Accurate record?

Pro-tech, version 2.

Sharingresources:PowerPointonline- OneDrive- Office365

Get readyWe have to go outside

You need: 1 tablet

On the tablet, you need 4 files from

1. “Key…”

…but it’s not winter3. “Recording...” 4. “twigs…”2. “...handout”

NOTE: you’ve got original resources…

Sorry, not editable

Includes link

+

Get readyWe have to ‘share’

Follow link in “…handout”

https://tinyurl.com/y7y7u84m

Or, type this:

Or, come and scan

this:

do what thou wilt

What next?

e-trees?

Questions?

@rstubbingtonrachel.stubbington@ntu.ac.ukHi there! Photo: Alan Cann https://alancann.blogspot.co.uk/