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Google Maps Challenge

by Katherine Ramsey

• What did you create, and why? 

        I created a lesson on Google Maps. Students will learn how to find information using Google Maps. My students generally have a difficult time with estimating distances, so that will be the focus of the lesson. 

https://docs.google.com/a/edmonds.wednet.edu/document/d/13QcbhXDRSxynRlfYXbdJDRaGpD8fPDAWQIzutdsv5mA/edit?usp=sharing

• What went well for you?

       Everything went well in this challenge. The tutorials were easy to follow. 

• What was challenging?

        Nothing was challenging on this one. It was even easy to figure out what I would need to teach my students on how to use Google Maps.

• What did you enjoy? 

        I enjoyed using Google Maps to see that they had updated the Street View of my house finally. We painted five or six years ago and they had still shown the old color until very recently. I'm looking forward to teaching the lesson this fall as my students will groan when they realize I'm using Pittsburgh information. I love the Steelers vs. Seahawks discussions that we have in my class.

• What ideas do you have for using this tool with your students, grade level, staff or to communicate with families? 

         I can see using Google Maps for estimating distances as a warm up exercise at times to make sure that we get good at the skills needed to find places and estimate distances.