I created the following Google Map to use with my architecture students as a resource of famous structures from around the world. I can embed this map on my website, so students are able to visualize the relative proximity of famous structures. After completing the map, I noticed a little link in the upper left corner of my screen that said "collaborate," so I clicked on it. It appears that I am able to invite other people to edit the map, which made me think of another possible, and perhaps more powerful use of Google Maps. If I invite my students to collaborate on a class map, I can ask each student to research a different famous structure, write a small report, and find an image or video (or maybe create a video slideshow of photos), and pinpoint their location, and include the above information as part of an assignment. When it is finished, the classroom map would look similar to the one here, but with more location points and more information at each point.
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I did a similar map with Michigan Architecture. I do a similar assignment with Google Earth that I found online from another school. If you are interested let me know!
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