Google Maps in the Classroom

In my last several blog posts I have shared Google Applications.  Google Apps for Education is a resource within our district that deserves to be looked at seriously. Google Apps provides several possibilities and uses for promoting literacy and 21st Century Skills within any classroom.  I am hoping that you have taken time to explore the links provided in these blog posts to explore Google App and consider the possibilities for your classroom and your students. This entry focuses on Google maps  and introduces “power of place” in a classroom. Google Maps allows your students to visit  places that are otherwise impossible to visit.  From your classroom, you can take a field trip, compare cultures,  through history 
and visit wonders of the world!

To learn more about what Google Maps can offer:

http://maps.google.com/support/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=guide.cs&guide=21670&topic=21676

For Classroom ideas:

http://sites.google.com/site/gonegoog/road-trip