Title: 10 Ways to Use Google Maps in the Classroom – The Thinking Stick
Headings: 10 Ways to Use Google Maps in the Classroom
10 Ways to Use Google Maps in the Classroom
1. Latitude Longitude Scavenger Hunts
Google Sightseeing blog: View some of the great images from around the world
2. Earth Picker
Yes…Google does have a whole site dedicated to using maps in education
3. Smarty Pins
Create your own mapping game
4. My Maps
5 ways to use My Maps in the classroom
5. Video Tour
Want some training? No problem Google has you covered!
6. Create a map for your community
See how others are using Google Maps to help their communities
7. Create a route
Keep up with what Google is doing with maps
8. Measure Distance and Area
Using Google Maps in math class
9. See your World in 3D
40+ Ways to Use Google Earth and Maps in the classroom
10. Mobile Maps
Ideas of how to use My Maps on mobile devices

Content: Now we can start asking questions and as we find answers to them we create videos and add more information back to the world. Want some training? No problem Google has you covered! 6. Create a map for your community
My Maps isn’t new. In fact I’ve been creating maps for different purposes since about 2007! Here’s a map that I created for friends that came to visit while we lived in Shanghai, China from 2005 – 2008. Are you studying your community? Your country? Your state/province?