Internet Mapping Education: Curriculum Technology and Creativity

Educators are always looking to update and more effective teach their students. In the area of Internet Mapping the changes in technology can quickly isolate course materials as obsolete. This research uses a case study approach to looking at the issue of curriculum and technology in the planning and delivery of a course that both education and empower creativity in students. The process of developing educational goals and assessing how to implement them are two critical steps in the curriculum process. The results of this step formalized the process of reviewing and selecting technologies for Web Mapping. At the end of this process the case study selected Adobe Flex and its IDE Flash builder as its development tool. With the technology selected the next process was to design exercised for student that develop there conceptual and technology skills in the area of Web Mapping. The overall goal of this project was to enable students to go beyond their learning task knowledge to foster link between technology and creativity. The conclusions drawn from this case study are that a balance between technical capabilities and creative possibility exist when using the Adobe FLEX and its IDE Flash builder. The environment allows students to utilize both their skills in application development and graphic design to create complex interactive Web Mapping products.