Tuesday Tidbit
Bring Our World To Life
Google My Maps
Google My Maps combines the best of Google Maps with the rest of the Google Suite to allow users to create custom maps. Users can collaborate, share, and add content to the maps. You can drop a pin at any location and then add text, images, and even YouTube videos to explain more about that location. This is a great tool to be used across the curriculum.
So how can you use it in your classroom?
- Pinpoint locations on a map to things you are studying in class.- Like a volcano
- Highlight information about the setting of a story.
- Create a latitude longitude scavenger hunt.
- Use My Maps, embed videos, and allow students to create a video tour of a place..maybe even our own town.
- Students can create their Life Story using Google Maps
For some fun Map Games check out
Google My Maps | Maps | The Apps Show