week8
3 March 2010: GeoApps
Attendance (Section 62)
Attendance (Section 63)
Chatzy Backchannel (both sections)
1- Overview
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.
2- Lesson
Opening Video: "The State of the Internet" by Jesse Thomas (reference this post) - Feb 2010
Review
All "Quarterly Checkup Quiz 1" submissions graded, along with all "MiniProject 1 (VoiceThread) submissions! If you have questions or find an error, please talk with Wes in class or send a WebCT message!
Not all weekly scribe / summary blog posts graded. If you're not "in" our scribes blog, please send Wesley a WebCT message!
New Quizes available in WebCT:
Quarterly Checkup Quiz 2 (for weeks 3, 4 and 6)
MiniProject 2 (either Google Site or Google Map assignment) - Rubrics are coming!
Lots of T4T FAQ updates
Questions?
Favorite integration example: Google Lit Trips (by Jerome Burg)
Using Google Earth to measure diameter
Crib Sheets
Activity: Collaborative "Favorite Places" Map
Using your Google Account join as a collaborator on our "T4T Favorite Places" map. - Section 62 - Section 63 (view a GWE class' map and another!)
Add a place marker identifying your favorite place.
Add content to the place marker using the rich text editing tools.
Advanced: Add an image or other media to the place marker using the HTML editor.
Explore some of your colleagues favorite places...
3- Assignments
OPTIONAL: Sign up online to attend the Monday, March 8th Heartland eLearning keynote address FREE (for UCO students)
Watch Sam's EduTopia Digital Youth Portrait (7:53)
Write and post a reflection about Sam's video on your T4T blog using our video reflection rubric.
Create an original Google Map on a topic of your choice which:
Includes at least 10 placemarks
Includes some text, hyperlinks, and images on the placemarks
At least 3 of the hyperlinks should go to a relevant WikiPedia page.
4- Resources
LOTS more GeoApp resources from Wesley's November 2009 GWE presentation in Austin, Texas.
5- Review
What is the link to your blog reflection from week 8, on Watch Sam's EduTopia Digital Youth Portrait?
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by Wesley Fryer and Karen Montgomery