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: Yes…paper maps are now considered antiques. Yes…..paper maps days are numbered. Sure they’ll be around for awhile yet but really…that’s for our generations not theirs. They might never touch a paper map…never have to be frustrated with trying to fold it back up, worry about it ripping or whether or not it’s up to date. I know, I know….we loved our paper maps. But it’s time to let them go and embrace a new digital mapping world. For the sake of our students and their future. Happy Birthday Google Maps….may you continue to lead me around our world! Jeff Utecht
I started blogging in 2005 and found it such a powerful way to reflect and share my thinking about technology, this generation, and how we prepare students for their future not our past.