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Google Maps are now editable, so students can add or move your school, rec center, or favorite park to help other users find the most accurate information. With MyMaps, you and your students can create personalized, annotated, customized maps. Whether you're planning a field trip or documenting a famous traveler's journeys, you can embed photos, videos, and descriptive text to make the content come alive. You can also publish, share, and invite others to collaborate on your project. Learn more. Here are some ideas for using Google Earth in your classroom: * Art History: Search for photos and user-created maps showing famous museums like the Louvre in Paris. * Climatology: Celebrate the 2007-2008 International Polar Year and add your classroom's plans to this global map. * Earth Science: Use this Google Maps Mashup to locate and learn about recent earthquakes around the world. * Environmental Science: See how Google and the United Nations Environment Programme teamed up to use collaborative MyMaps for the International Cleanup Weekend Initiative. * History: Take a virtual tour of the 21 California Missions. * Physics: Learn how one teacher used Google Maps with his 9th grade class to teach speed, velocity and displacement.

Some we all should try - a great way to present content and get feed back... ... In case you aren't in the classroom

Wow! This is a great "real" time tool. For presenting stuff to students in a classroom or for presenting to students outside of the classroom

List of helpful and cool for teachers who want to integrate technology into the classroom.

This is taking the google presentation and collaboration to another level ... ... got any ideas to add to his presentations? ... can you think of how to apply the same idea to the classroom??

This is more than geeking with maps - I really liked the literary map suggestions