"Google Maps has been out for 10 years now. Digital maps…starting with Mapquest has been out since 1996 (technically 1993 but mapquest was the first main stream map most people remember). For those of you keeping track that puts us almost 20 years into the digital mapping word. 20 years we have been using digital maps and yet for some reason digital maps have not replaced (there's that word again) mapping in our schools.
In 2007…8 years ago now….Apple put a map in our pocket. Fast forward to 2015 and almost everyone has a digital map in their pocket. Pilots now fly with iPads, ship captains now navigate with GPS and digital maps. Truck drivers now drive via digital maps and GPS location. So basically every professional that needs to use maps is using digital maps. I'm not saying we need to stop teaching how to read a paper map…but really…that should be 10% of the mapping work a student does not 99%.
With that in mind here are 10 ways you could use Google Maps in the classroom."
This is a rather big deal:
"Google now admits that it does data mine student emails for ad-targeting purposes outside of school, even when ad serving in school is turned off"
“They, instead, commit the fundamental attribution error, which is if something good happens, it’s because I’m a genius. If something bad happens, it’s because someone’s an idiot or I didn’t get the resources or the market moved.
. Your degree is not a proxy for your ability to do any job. The world only cares about — and pays off on — what you can do with what you know (and it doesn’t care how you learned it).
Very interesting article from NYTimes about what google looks for in its hiring.
I like the notion of "Intellectual Humility," and there are also some mindset info you might connect with too.
Seriously cool site from Jeff Utecht to inspire techie kids to get their various belts in the different Google Apps.
Jeff has kindly offered to make this licensed by Creative Commons so others can modify/adapt/use in their schools.