Year 6 students in East Sheffield have been part of a groundbreaking heritage project using the latest in digital technology. Students from Stradbroke, Woodhouse West and Intake primary schools were tasked with creating a digital hand-held guide to the Shirebrook Valley area using GPS technology to give visitors information on the history of the area as they walk through it.
The project was made possible through equipment and training from the Objective 1 funded South Yorkshire e-Learning Programme in collaboration with Sheffield East City Learning Centre and the Shire Brook Valley Heritage Group.
To create the guide, students collected data by carrying out a geographical survey of the valley and through speaking to older local residents to build up a picture of the history of the area. This information was then input into a computer to match up the historical insights with ordnance survey points on a map.
Ian Chowcat, Director of the South Yorkshire e-Learning Programme said, “The project is great for developing students’ ordnance survey skills and incorporating the past with the present - using pictures and audio from or about the past while students walk through the valley as it is now.” |
