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"Cartography 2.0 is a free online knowledge base and e-textbook for students and professionals interested in interactive and animated maps."

Natural Earth solves a problem: finding suitable data for making small-scale maps. In a time when the web is awash in geospatial data, cartographers are forced to waste time sifting through confusing tangles of poorly attributed data to make clean, legible maps. Because your time is valuable, Natural Earth data comes ready-to-use.

This is a great resource for creating a map based treasure hunt. Choose the locations for your students to find, write some clues and share the link with your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

"A great map making site from National Geographic with a bank of ready made layers with data about wildlife, the environment, and human development."

Map with over 2,000 educators from around the world. Add yourself via the free UKEdChat app.

An internation map of educators on Twitter. Browse educators to follow and add yourself

A superb history tool which combines timelines, maps, text and media, such as videos and audio. A great way to add depth to the story of past events.

"we have compiled six specialist lists for delegates, pointing out some of the smaller exhibitors at the show. Complimented by a PDF route map, which will be handed out to delegates at the show, the lists and route map suggest stands which might be of interest for educators at the show."

Map to writing a compare and contrast essay

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CLASSROOM MATERIALS TO SUPPORT THE STUDY OF WORLD HISTORY Bridging World History is organized into 26 thematic units along a chronological thread. Materials include videos, an audio glossary and a thematically-organized interactive. There are so many more ways to study history than looking at simply military, nation-state analysis. This site  addresses other tools historians use to investigate world history, such as the frameworks of geography and chronology. A geographical area can be used to explore commonalities across political borders to discover the effect of trade, disease, and migration. Included in this unit are readings, resources, maps, audio clips, a video to watch, as well as a transcript of the video. Pertinent questions and activities are also provided. There are so many more ways to study history than looking at simply military, nation-state analysis. This site  addresses other tools historians use to investigate world history, such as the frameworks of geography and chronology. A geographical area can be used to explore commonalities across political borders to discover the effect of trade, disease, and migration. Included in this unit are readings, resources, maps, audio clips, a video to watch, as well as a transcript of the video. Pertinent questions and activities are also provided.

Interesting Digital Concept map from Amal Abouldhosn and her class as they discuss media. She says "my students were born in 1998, so they've never really lived on a planet without cell phones or internet." This is a great way to brainstorm and discuss such topics- especially ones where the students have a lot of personal knowledge.

Eerie map showing the oil spill if it had happened in your home town. Great use of the Google Map API, too. Shared on twitter today

"CoSketch is a multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize and share your ideas as images. Simple sharing * Anything you paint will show up for all other users in the room in real time. * One click to save a sketch as an image for embedding on forums, blogs, etc. Zero hassle * Runs in all common browsers without plugins or installation. * Free and without registration. Now with Google Maps support! * Use google maps as the background for your sketches to show directions or share trips."

A tool to use with Google Maps, will take a spread sheet of addresses and transfer to google

Interactive quizzes

I LOVE this one! Makes it very easy for kids to read what other countries are saying about your topic. Love the mashup with the map. Track this now also avialable for twitter and flickr and even YouTube.

Enter your search term and this site searches for articles about that topic from around the world, putting push pins on the global map to show you. Click the pins to see articles. EXCELLENT!

See and Publish your research data on Thematic Maps & Share results with the World Community!

A great interactive map showing current tropical storm activity and TS and Hurricane paths and predictions.

Great classroom project using Google Maps!

mapping about pedagogic 2.0 (spanish)/pedagogia 2.0