Google+Maps

=Google Maps=

Because Google Maps allows you to create personalised maps, there are lots of projects you and your students can become involved in. These can be private or public projects. To be able to use it, your students (or the class) would need a Google account.

Example projects: - My holiday - My neighbourhood - Fictional stories

Here's one very creative example of a story:

La Dama de Vallcarca(in Spanish) is a collaborative detective story that has been made using Google Maps. It's a project that a Spanish teacher at UAB created with his students. The chapters of the story take place in bars, restaurants and other places previously researched by the students. There is an audio version of the story, using Voxopop.


 * Try it out**

a) Login to your Google account b) Go to http://maps.google.com c) Click on My Places-> Create New Map d) Add the places, descriptions, etc.