Texas students track Swine Flu

http://www.techlearning.com/article/22644

While the Swine Flu (H1N1) emerged into the world and students in Texas became a little frightenend that the Swine Flu would effect their education or their sport activities. Lubbock School District teacher Penny Carpenter saw an opportunity for her students to gain knowledge in this topic. Carpenter teaches GIS/GPS which the students have tracked hurricanes in forest fires through out the world. Carpenter took this opportunity and jumped with it and so did her students. Her student's attention got captured because now they would try and track the Swine Flu. The class began looking at border towns that were infected since the virus outbroke in Mexico. These students made a map of all the cities that were infected with the Swine Flu and found out that the cities that were infected were closest to major expressways. This taught the students more than just a lesson but a real world technique. I found this extrememly interesting and it caught my attention because students can figure this out just by the usage of computers.