David Rogers

I’ve been aware of Microsoft’s Photosynth for a while now, mainly via a post from Ollie Bray .  However, I’ve never had time to sit down and explore uses until now. I’ve created a quick example and have thought of a number of ways in which these could be used in Geography.  I will write more about Photosynth next month as we will be using it with pupils as part of our 21st Century Learning Alliance Fellowship project. Teacher using Photosynth using a projector The Photosynth below shows an area of the Geography department at my school.  It’s not great, with a matchup of only 65%, but I wanted to reflect the time and ability of students.  I took 85 pictures using an Olympus uTough 8000.  The software was easy to use, but did take some time meaning that complete Photosyths would not be able to be created within the space of a one hour lesson. This could be used in class in a number of ways: 1. Space and a sense of Place are core principles of Geogr...