# Elaboration 'Cinematic City'

Here you can read an extensive report on Ivo Blom's education pilot 'Cinematic City', in which video was used in a very successful way to prepare field research and make it more effective.

1. Better prepared students on the level of skills (Geoplaza and Google maps, integration of this in their presentations)
2. Students have to proof their skills on scientific discussions
3. Higher quality of interaction during field trips in Amsterdam
4. Improving the quality of the course due to the combinationof software and (en)rich(ed) materials, maps, filmfragments, blogs, use of open resources in archives
5. Increasing student’s satisfaction of course and getting more positive evaluations of course and teacher (teaching qualities).