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Google Maps is a valuable resource for many reasons. It will allow users to find specific addresses and view the satalite images. Users can click on the yellow person on the screen and drag it down to get a street view of the specific address if the image is available. Google Maps could be used across the curriculum to view many different monuments and other areas around the world.

This is such a useful tool! Both the regular google map perspective and the street view perspective can be helpful when learning about maps. (especially with young students who do not understand the concept of perspective)

Google Maps is the best site out there for getting directions. Their maps are always up to date and the routs they give are easy to follow. The street view is particularly helpful if you don't know where you are going. You can know what to look for when trying to find a new place. This could be very helpful to students learning to drive.

This a great resource for students to collaborate with their notes for a project. I have my eighth graders use it for research for their group projects and they also have to share the documents with me, which allows me to see their progress and make comments without having to collect any paper from them. Another great thing about Google Apps is the ability to access it anywhere the students have internet. For them, it's like having a built-in flash drive via the internet.

I haven't used Google Apps with my students yet but am looking forward to showing them how to use it. It will be very useful for them when they are transfering work from school to home.

There is now a comment feature in DOCs, so a teacher can comment on student work without messing up the original. Comments show up as highlighting.