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Using Google Maps in Your Classroom
Kim Peacock, B.Ed., M.Ed. University of Alberta
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My Personal Philosophy of PD…
Vs. Inspiration Perspiration
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Copyright Be safe and legal… use copyright free items. Photos:
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Copyright Sounds: http://www.freeplaymusic.com
Videos: More: Directory of web site with legal content for schools and companies to use. irectory
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Google Maps Google Maps: Create unlimited maps with annotated locations. geo.html
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Getting Started Videos http://www.google.com/ help/maps/tour/
Guides start_maps.html
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Sample Maps ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid= a4b0b9fad889&t=h&z=2 n&msa=0&msid= dc474ff1ed20bb8&z=3
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Useful Applications Google Maps allows you to embed content from many other multimedia applications.
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Mashups Community Walk: Create simple maps for students Example: y/alberta/my_first_neighborhood/map/
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Mashups http://learninginhand.com/OurCity/
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Google Map Lessons and Archives
mashups-tools/ withgooglemapsmashups
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Map Applications Have students create a mapped journal of an historic trip. Have students create a virtual field trip based on a class field trip. Have students create a map of a science process (e.g./ where garbage goes or the path of a can as it goes to be recycled). Have students complete a reflective health project, mapping places of importance in their life.
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Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ download-earth.html
Google Earth Pro is Free for Educators Videos: User Guide: Google Earth 101 for Teachers: Google_Earth_101_for_Educators
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Downloadable Content Archive of Google Tours directory?synd=earth&cat=featured &preview=on Showcase of User Content Government data Other Good Sites
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Project Based Learning
Google Lit Trips Real World Math Telecolaborative Projects Post:197247 Create a Country e-a-country Languages
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Resources Lesson Ideas Google Earth Communities
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Create Tours CBC Virtual Tour of Afghanistan afghanistan/story/2009/08/19/f-afghan- googleearthtour.html
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The Future? Immersive Project Based Learning
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Thank You! kim.peacock@ualberta.ca
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