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Teaching GPS technology in nature education programs.(global positioning system )
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Camping Magazine
- Article date:
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November 1, 2007
- Author:
- Bourdeau, Virginia
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I'm an ecologist and outdoor educator by training and profession. On my first day of work at the Oregon 4-H Center in 1985, the most sophisticated technology in the office was an electric typewriter. If you wanted a copy of your document, you used carbon paper. Over the years, I've learned to use evolving versions of computers and software systems, photo copiers, and fax machines. Thanks to my daughter's tutelage, I can retrieve the voice mail from my cell phone. But, I am not anyone's idea of an "earlier adopter." My husband has been known to tell me to drag myself into the 21st Century.
So when my supervisor appeared at camp in the fall of 2004 with a "gift" of 28 shiny ...