Map Mashing: Use #1 – Take your students around the world!
A technology that I am excited to use in my future classrooms is map mashing.One possible way to use the technology (such as Google Maps) is to create a virtual field trip. When you cannot physically visit a place, going there virtually can be an exciting alternative if it is done right.
This could work in a lot of ways from posting pictures, text, and audio that you create, or using virtual tours created by museums or other institutions but using the map mashing to organize it. View a sample tour of Washington D.C. and the three branches of government that I created. Later, I will be creating my own tours and elaborating on this post.
