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Item A follow-up study of Eco Education’s environmental service-learning program.(2010-11) Hobert, Thomas MiltonThe purpose of the study is to determine student views of the influence of the Eco Education Urban Stewards program’s impact on their involvement in community environmental initiatives. Eco Education is a non-profit organization in St. Paul that facilitates an urban, environmental, year-long science curriculum delivered in middle schools in Minnesota. The year-long program ends with an urban, environmental service-learning project. Ten high school students from the Inter District Downtown School who had completed Urban Stewards in middle school took a survey and were interviewed and compared with ten high school students who had a more traditional middle school science experience. Semi-structured oral interviews were conducted with each student. Transcriptions of the interviews were analyzed and compared to the survey results. The survey results were tabulated and given numerical values to compare the Eco Education and non-Eco Education students. Common themes and differences were discovered when comparing the survey results and interview transcriptions of the two groups. Urban Stewards students demonstrated more awareness of environmental issues, concerns and community projects but not by a significant amount.Item iPaddle - Incorporating the Use of iPads ® into an Outdoor Education Curriculum(2016-06) Fillmore, Sheila GThe intersection of hand-held mobile digital technology and environmental education (EE) is a relatively new and unexplored concept. Thus, there is little information on how to effectively incorporate the use of iPads ® (tablet computers) in an EE setting. The purpose of this project was to write curriculum designed to take advantage of iPad technology to enhance middle school students’ ecological and local cultural historical knowledge and their nature awareness as they studied various aspects of a local watershed. The curriculum covered a wide variety of topics such as using your senses, nature journaling, aquatic macroinvertebrates, and local cultural history. This project resulted in recommendations for including iPad applications (apps) that may strengthen portions of local watershed lessons. Techniques for more effectively incorporating this technology are suggested for teachers, in both formal and non-formal educational settings. By implementing the curriculum using iPad technology, educators will learn skills and methods to help students become more engaged in learning outdoors.