Re: [Talk-ca] Talk-ca Digest, Vol 119, Issue 10

2018-01-24 Thread Jonathan Brown
sswalks. That information could show the students issues that >> vision impaired, or mobility restricted people face, while at the same time >> improving the map. (similar to wheel map https://wheelmap.org) >> >> We're still at the discussion stage, but just a tho

Re: [Talk-ca] Talk-ca Digest, Vol 119, Issue 9

2018-01-24 Thread Jonathan Brown
I concur on the point of needing to tie the mapathon activity into a local problem-solving task if it is going to address the expectations of provincial and territorial curricula. Keith, I like the idea of accessibility. I think Clifford would agree that the accessibility challenge has a direct

Re: [Talk-ca] BC2020i and Mapathons with High Schools

2018-01-24 Thread john whelan
I would still make the comment that it is a live map and even University > students can get creative. > > I would recommend having someone go over the edits carefully. Ideally an > experienced validator. Both from the point of view of accuracy and also to > give feedback to the students. If you'