Comments on: Books I Read Around the World http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/05/11/books-i-read-around-the-world/ The Magic of Learning through Technology. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Barbara Lindsey http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/05/11/books-i-read-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-31124 Barbara Lindsey Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:44:31 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1397#comment-31124 You've come up with another great, creative use for Google Maps, Silvia! This also would be a fabulous way for an entire school to present another aspect of a global curriculum, foster articulation with other content areas and show how interconnected we all are. I love the idea of embedding this map within a wiki so that a school or departments can provide even more interdisciplinary content. You’ve come up with another great, creative use for Google Maps, Silvia! This also would be a fabulous way for an entire school to present another aspect of a global curriculum, foster articulation with other content areas and show how interconnected we all are. I love the idea of embedding this map within a wiki so that a school or departments can provide even more interdisciplinary content.

]]> By: Langwitches http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/05/11/books-i-read-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-26039 Langwitches Sun, 11 May 2008 22:22:34 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1397#comment-26039 @LangLabCindy <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-our-maps.html" rel="nofollow">Google Maps </a>allows you to invite collaborators. <blockquote>Google Maps supports collaborative map-making, so multiple people can edit the same My Map. Just click the "Collaborate" link and enter the email addresses of the people you want to invite. They'll receive an email invitation with a link to the map. Once they open the map, they should be able to edit it, as long as they are signed into a Google Account that's associated with that email address. You can also open your map to the world so anyone can edit it by selecting the "Allow anyone to edit this map" checkbox.</blockquote> A Wiki would be a great place to embed that Google Map. Contributors could also leave a short review or summary. @LangLabCindy
Google Maps allows you to invite collaborators.

Google Maps supports collaborative map-making, so multiple people can edit the same My Map. Just click the “Collaborate” link and enter the email addresses of the people you want to invite. They’ll receive an email invitation with a link to the map. Once they open the map, they should be able to edit it, as long as they are signed into a Google Account that’s associated with that email address. You can also open your map to the world so anyone can edit it by selecting the “Allow anyone to edit this map” checkbox.

A Wiki would be a great place to embed that Google Map. Contributors could also leave a short review or summary.

]]> By: Tina http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/05/11/books-i-read-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-26038 Tina Sun, 11 May 2008 22:02:18 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1397#comment-26038 Great idea!!! I'm going to have to try this...I know it will inspire me to broaden my reading!! Great idea!!! I’m going to have to try this…I know it will inspire me to broaden my reading!!

]]> By: LangLabCindy http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/05/11/books-i-read-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-26033 LangLabCindy Sun, 11 May 2008 20:00:00 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1397#comment-26033 Very interesting! Our English Department recently created a bulletin board and invited folks to submit the books they'd read - I would love to move it to the web and invite a larger audience. This would be one tool that could be useful, but do you have any suggestions for what to start with - a wiki? Or is there another tool that would be better? Very interesting! Our English Department recently created a bulletin board and invited folks to submit the books they’d read – I would love to move it to the web and invite a larger audience. This would be one tool that could be useful, but do you have any suggestions for what to start with – a wiki? Or is there another tool that would be better?

]]> By: Langwitches http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/05/11/books-i-read-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-26031 Langwitches Sun, 11 May 2008 18:53:21 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1397#comment-26031 @Shaun, Yes, I have read several of Michener's books. I just added "The Source" to the map before I read your comment. Am working on combing through my memory of the books I read in the last 30 years... @Shaun,
Yes, I have read several of Michener’s books. I just added “The Source” to the map before I read your comment. Am working on combing through my memory of the books I read in the last 30 years…

]]> By: Shaun Fletcher http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/05/11/books-i-read-around-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-26028 Shaun Fletcher Sun, 11 May 2008 18:27:36 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=1397#comment-26028 Interesting way to reflect on books that you've read. I was wondering if you've ever read any James Michner books, really great historical fiction, at least my opinion. They take you through time at different locations. Alaska, Hawaii, The Caribbean, Cheaspeake, Texas, Cenntenial(Colarado), The Covenant(South Africa). I enjoyed them all, but never could get into Poland. Thanks for making me think of these books, I 'll have to take the novels "waiting" off the shelf and turn the computer off. Interesting way to reflect on books that you’ve read. I was wondering if you’ve ever read any James Michner books, really great historical fiction, at least my opinion. They take you through time at different locations. Alaska, Hawaii, The Caribbean, Cheaspeake, Texas, Cenntenial(Colarado), The Covenant(South Africa). I enjoyed them all, but never could get into Poland. Thanks for making me think of these books, I ‘ll have to take the novels “waiting” off the shelf and turn the computer off.

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