Map Mashup!

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For this week's assignment, I chose to design a lesson based around National Parks. This lesson would be appropriate for grades 4-5. Through the use of map mashup, students are able to visually place National Parks on a geographic map. They are able to take a mini-tour and gain information at each site. I really liked that I was able to place pictures, links, and information on each placemark. I also liked that the Google map application provided a link for viewing the map on Google Earth.

I can definitely see how the use of a map mashup could help with lessons in the classroom. Not only could students use this application in subject areas of geography and social studies, but this could be applied to a language arts lesson. During the reading of a book, maps can be used to track characters' activities as the narrative progresses. Using map applications such as Google map would be a great resource for the classroom.