Dr. Christie's GPS Technology

I was fascinated by Dr. Christie's website on the use of the GPS as teacher tool. I received a GPS for Christmas and have truly enjoyed using it on road trips but had never thought of using it in the classroom. With technology becoming an integral and growing part of our daily life, Dr. Christie has offered teachers another part of that technology through the world of GPS and teaching our students how to use it.

On this website Dr. Christie compares brands, prices and features of GPS receivers and what are the best GPS receiver we should chose for our classrooms. She also offers a Podcast on GPS and Geocaching which is most informative. She gives you steps in creating a GPS lesson in the classroom for all levels from K-5-12th grade. She has taken teacher-centered classrooms to an exciting exploratory environment for the students through the use of GPS technology. By using this technology 2nd grade students can go a trip to the fire station and find where the fire is located by using the GPS or Middle School students can go to the National Park and find many different trails in hiking by using their GPS. Who would have thought that a simple little GPS that I call Shirley that gets me to Jackson,MS might become my next geography lesson for 3rd graders.