thing 16: Mapping & Geolocation Tools

Just spent some time playing GeoGuessr. It is very addictive.  I could use this to help teach strategy with my scholars class at the end of the year.  What do you need to look at to try and guess where in the world you are?  How should you go about determining where you have landed?  The kids will really enjoy trying to discover when they have landed.

I have used Google Maps with my second grade classes when they studied communities. We read about how communities work and then use the map to find our school and see the different views.  This might be interesting for students to use when we study different countries as well.  Or when they work on different states.  A street view would be interesting and fun for them to try. 

I took a look at SepiaTown.   There is nothing on the map for Saratoga.  It might be an interesting project for the fourth grade when studying local history to take pictures of their trip and vote on a few to add to the map that enhance the history of our town.  We could also to a little research and see if there are pictures of long ago that would work as well.

When looking at HistoryPin, there are two pictures for Saratoga.  One has a current street view.  Amazing how much it has changed in the small little piece of our town/city.  The students would enjoy seeing these little gems when they look at local history.  They can also pick another place to look at to get familiar with the website.  Might be interesting to see past and present of places they study in class. There are several paintings that are loaded in and would be good discussion starters for the kids.