Maps 2.0

Conceptual Framework

“Collect-Relate-Create-Donate” – Professor Ben Schneiderman
student-centered tech-integration projects: students research information, collaborative to solve problems, create content and understanding, and contribute to a community.


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Geography and Maps 2.0 resources

• Best of History Web Sites: Maps
• National Geographic Xpeditions: Activities
-"X-tras"—maps, games, stories, Web sites, and interactive features
• National Geographic Bee
• Shock-ing Geography
• Free Poverty Game
• Quia Geography games
• edit a world map (K-6)

Google Maps

• Virtual Field Trips with Google Maps
• Google Gadgets: Maps (How to)
-Geocode
- Tom's Shared "Geomapping" Spreadsheet
• LAPD Crime Maps

Google Earth

• Google Earth Lessons (for teachers)
• Google Earth Community
• Google Earth Blog
• Google Earth Education Community
• Google Earth Hacks
• Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Google Earth
• Disappearing Forests (Google Earth)
• Crisis in Darfur (Google Earth)
• Holocaust History: Animated Maps (Google Earth)
• World Oil Consumption (Google Earth)
• Google Earth Outreach Showcase
• Nuclear Plants (Google Earth)

• UK teacher's Google Earth Lessons