Mapmashing+in+the+Classroom+Workshop

This space is for the workshop a the MSU College of Education Technology Conference - September 29, 2007

Outline

How to Use Google Maps

Ideas for using map mashups

Teacher Created
 * Mashup of paris locations for a french class
 * weather and temperatures
 * addresses from students, maps of where everyone lives
 * map out setting of books, important places

Student Created
 * Historic places in Michigan/U.S./World
 * History of math

Already Created

Where is French spoken? This is just the basic countries map. I'll be having students fill in information about each country. [|La Francophonie] user:StephanieP

=Resources=

[|Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS] - Excerpts from each chapter of the book are available in PDF. Each one is a well-designed, one-page handout/overview of key topics in map design.

[|Mapping for Advocacy] - Case studies of map mashing projects in North America for advocacy-related purposes

http://msugrads.wikispaces.com/Mashups user:chericem1