Saturday, June 15, 2013

Google Map

Google Map

What is it? Google Maps is a powerful, user-friendly mapping tool available on the internet. In addition to driving directions and local business information, Google Maps also provides terrain maps, satellite imagery, and a “street view” of the real world. Using the “My Maps” feature students and teachers can also collaborate to create their own maps by adding new place markers that include text, images, and 

Why use it? Students can use Google Maps to:
• Keep track of class pen pals
• Take virtual tours of countries where a language they are studying is spoken. (Include planning for local transportation, site-seeing, dining and hotel reservations!)
• Learn about animal and plant life by embedding information in maps of different habitats.

Teachers can use Google Maps to:
• Plan a field trip with students.
• Create a map of the school or school events for parents.
• Teach history by embedding primary documents into interactive maps for students to explore.

Click here to see how to use Google Maps

Reference:
Google Maps in the Classroom.
         
I create my map about Iraq, we all need to know about other countries and cultures. I embed some information about this country with some picture that tell us some story about important and famous cities and historical and religious places. These information and pictures are available on the Internet and it is too easy to save the information and save the image’s link then insert them.
 View Iraq in a larger map

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