Remixing+our+world+view

This page supports the presentation given at World Languages Day 2008


 * Learn about mashups & information remixing**
 * Presentation - [|Download the PowerPoint File] (3.8MB, .ppt)


 * Explore Examples & Resources**

Existing sites
 * World Earthquakes - http://earthquakes.tafoni.net/
 * Exploring city transit - http://www.uberbahn.com/ | http://dartmaps.mackers.com/
 * Explore Florence, Italy - http://www.360tuscany.net/?area=Florence&mapArea=Florence
 * Distance - http://www.geodistance.com/
 * Best Collection of Google Maps - http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/

How to build them?
 * TerraClues - http://www.terraclues.com/
 * Google Maps - http://maps.google.com/
 * Other Tools

Other Links

[|Dan Rodney - Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts]
Examples from the Classroom Ideas page
 * Think about using these tools in the Classroom**

//Ideas generated during the workshop://
 * Present on your own trip abroad or with the country - details, etc.
 * Mapping characters journeys, etc. from novels
 * Write a brochure about a country and they can now talk about the tourist sites, cities, etc. visually
 * Multimedia blogging while the trip is going on - communicating back to the classroom
 * Use this as a tour of their own town
 * Individually or pairs put a recipe in spanish informal/formal language, videos