Understand and Use Navigo
CLB Level: 3Essential Skills Focus: Computer Use (understand how to use an on-line trip planner - Navigo), Document Use ( reading a calendar and a bus schedule on-line, entering information), Thinking Skills (making decisions –which option is the longest or the shortest)
Task: Use Navigo to plan a trip/use the bus schedule
Purpose: Students will
· students will use the computer to interact with and understand Winnipeg’s Navigo Trip Planner
· students will compare different options of taking the bus from school to downtown
Materials: computer lab with internet access,
worksheet 1 (instructions for using Navigo), worksheet 2 (related questions)
Learning Style: Visual
Time: 2-3 lessons / Method:
1. Discuss different ways people can find the bus schedule: word of mouth, bus signs, and maps, phoning: 986-5700 for info and internet.
2. Hand out worksheet 1.
3. Discuss how we will use a system to find the most direct bus route from school to downtown.
4. Go to the computer lab and have students log onto the Internet.
5. Follow the instructions on worksheet 1 together.
Follow Up: Have students answer the questions on
worksheet 2.
Debrief / Transfer: Ask students where they are
going to travel by bus after school or this week. Ask
students what their origin and destination will be.
Encourage students to practice using Navigo with the
above information at home or at the library.
Navigo Assignment: Computer/Document Use / Worksheet 1
Understand and use an online trip planner for Winnipeg Transit.
1. Click on Internet Explorer
2. Type: www.google.ca
3. Search: Navigo trip planner + Winnipeg
4. Click: Trip Planner
5. Find: Origin
6. Type: Grant Ave. and Campbell St.
7. Click: Submit
8. Find: Destination
9. Type: Portage Ave. and Kenney St.
Look at the following chart on-line.
Enter time (or leave right away):/ a.m. p.m.
?
/ January, 2009
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/ ‹
/ Today
/ ›
/ »
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Sun
/ Mon
/ Tue
/ Wed
/ Thu
/ Fri
/ Sat
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28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 1 / 2 / 3
4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17
18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24
25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Fri, Jan 2
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
10. Type the above information (date: Jan. 5, time: depart after 2:45 p.m.)
11. Submit and look at the trip plan.
To phone about bus schedules:
Call: 986-5700
Options / 24-hour time | 12-hour timeOption / Easy Access / Transfers / Departure Time / Arrival Time / Total Time / Walking Time / Wait Time / Via Routes
Option1 / 1 / 14:372:37 PM / 15:033:03 PM / 27 minutes / 4 minutes / 1 minute / 66 Grant, 60 Pembina
Option2 / / 0 / 14:522:52 PM / 15:213:21 PM / 29 minutes / 9 minutes / 0 minutes / 66 Grant
Option3 / 1 / 14:522:52 PM / 15:213:21 PM / 30 minutes / 5 minutes / 3 minutes / 66 Grant, 16 Selkirk-Osborne
Option4 / / 1 / 15:063:06 PM / 15:373:37 PM / 30 minutes / 2 minutes / 5 minutes / 66 Grant, 21 Portage Express
Option5 / 1 / 15:313:31 PM / 15:593:59 PM / 28 minutes / 5 minutes / 0 minutes / 66 Grant, 16 Selkirk-Osborne
Show Map
/ Segment / / Departure / / Arrival // Walk 1 minute / / 14:522:52 PM / / Grant Avenue @ Campbell Street / 14:532:53 PM /
60400 / Eastbound Grant AVE at Campbell
/ 66 / Grant
To Downtown / / 14:532:53 PM /
60400 / Eastbound Grant AVE at Campbell / 15:133:13 PM /
10654 / Northbound Smith ST at Portage South
/ Walk 8 minutes / / 15:133:13 PM /
10654 / Northbound Smith ST at Portage South / 15:213:21 PM / / Portage Avenue @ Kennedy Street
Name: Date:
Understanding a document: Reading a Schedule - Worksheet 2
Look at the online Trip Planner from school to downtown
Answer the following questions:
1. How many options to go downtown do you have?
2. Which option takes the longest time?
3. Which option takes the shortest time?
4. Which option doesn’t have a transfer?
5. Which option has the longest walking time?
Look at option 2
6. What time does the bus leave school at?
7. What bus do you take?
8. Where does the bus drop you off?
9. How many minutes do you have to walk to get to Portage Ave. and Kennedy Street?
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Winnipeg School Division Adult EAL Program Essential Skill Focus: Computer Use / Document Use
Author: Dayna Graham CLB level: 3