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This blog entry, What's in a Surname, includes a link to a really neat map showing distributions of various surnames across the country. I really like using maps to visually represent different concepts and ideas and this is a totally new use of a map for me. The blogger also gives the idea of using the map to have students analyze immigration patterns and have a class activity based off of that. This is also cool because it could be used as a tech-oriented tool (having the students access the map themselves) or pre-print the map and do the activity offline.

This activity was offered by National Geographic. It's an interactive map of the United States, showing surnames in various sizes. The names are sized according to how common they are. Also, the names are color-coded in order to determine the origin of them.

This was a wonderful resource that I found on the Free Technology for Teachers website. It is a map of common surnames found in America. If you click on the link, it goes to the National Geographic website and you can drag and zoom in on an interactive map with your mouse. This would be a great activity to integrate in a social studies class and perhaps even a lesson on immigration.

AMAZING! You can brows art galleries, REAL ONES like the MoMA and the Tate, just like you browse street views in google maps!

Hi everyone! This site is so amazing! I got the link from the Free Technology for teachers blog, and I'm totally blown away with how Google has used its technology. They have taken their 'street view' browsing from Google Maps and applied it to major museums all over the world! I can't wait to get this into the classroom, and am trying to figure out how to incorporate it into next week's lesson for my third and fourth grade art classes. While an actual museum visit is an irreplaceable learning experience, field trips require so much planning and preparation and time, and students who can't get their permission slips in for whatever reason are excluded from the learning for that project or section. Besides, Pittsburgh Public students can exactly visit New York or Madrid on a field trip! The site even lets you make your own art collections as you browse, which would be a great way to assess student's comprehension of different styles of artwork. We could even create a digital scavenger hunt! Amazing!

This looks like a really interesting website. It has links to online newspapers from around the world. It could tie into a current events section, a geography section, or foreign language learning (sorts them by language).