Map Competition
Title: "Mapping Accessibility. Can my schoolmate in a wheelchair come to school?"
School Year: 2022 - 2023
Description
After an approval from the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Spotlight on Innovation (SpotIn) organizes the 2nd Panhellenic Map Competition entitled “Mapping Accessibility. Can my schoolmate in a wheelchair come to school?”.
The Competition aims at raising students’ awareness and familiarizing them with accessibility issues of people with physical (mobility) disabilities, through the collection of geospatial information and their representation on digital maps.
Under the guidance of their educators, students are asked to:
- walk the route to their school
- trace the spots that are accessible or have obstacles for people moving with wheelchairs
- capture these spots through the use of a special spatial data collection for smartphones
- record these spots on digital maps, synthesizing the results under a storymap (geo- storytelling).
The technological means to be used in the framework of the Competition will be granted to schools free of charge.
The work of schools participating in the Competition will be assessed by a special scientific committee.
Inclusion
Geography
Experiential learning
Storytelling
Technology
Spatial thinking
Benefits
Through the Competition, students will have the opportunity to:
- raise their awareness on accessibility and inclusion
- be trained via experiential and exploratory learning
- use new technologies, collect geospatial data and compose digital maps
- enhance their spatial thinking and digital skills.
Spotlight on Innovation (Spotin) is a non-profit organization that serves as a meeting point for the promotion of innovation in various fields of action to the benefit of society. Special emphasis is given on the use of new technologies, synthesis and visualization of information through mapping applications and geospatial storytelling.