GeoApps

GeoApps are applications which permit learners to connect concepts to geography. Google Maps is a browser-based Geo-application environment, and Google Earth is a software-based GeoApp. We'll explore both and learn how to use resources created by others as well as make our own.

Background Info

• 1. Favorite integration example: Google Lit Trips (by Jerome Burg)

  2. Using Google Earth to measure diameter

1. More integration examples from Google for Educators

   1. Introducing Google Maps and Google Earth

• 1. Crib Sheets

  2. Google Maps

  3. Google Earth

  4. SketchUp

1. Sketchup & The 3D Warehouse

• 1. LOTS more GeoApp resources from Wesley's November 2009 GWE presentation in Austin, Texas.

Activity: Collaborative "Favorite Places" Map

1. Using your Google Account join as a collaborator on our "Places we want to visit" Google Map.

   1. Other Examples: "T4T Favorite Places" map. - Section 62 - Section 63 (view a GWE class' map and another!)

2. Add a place marker identifying your favorite place.

3. Add content to the place marker using the rich text editing tools.

4. Advanced: Add an image or other media to the place marker using the HTML editor.

• 1. Explore some of your colleagues favorite places.

Good tutorials about using Google Maps to create a custom Google Map is available from Google Maps Help. This 3.5 minute video explains the basics: