http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/09/26/the-logistics-of-creating-a-current-news-events-google-map/ The Magic of Learning Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/09/26/the-logistics-of-creating-a-current-news-events-google-map/comment-page-1/#comment-31437 Langwitches Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:23:16 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=4583#comment-31437 @Laura, You are not the only one recommending adding the link to the original article to the placemarks. There is simply no reason why students could not add that, except that I did not think of it at the time :) Getting suggestions HOW to make a lesson or project better is exactly the reason, why I love sharing with my network!! Thank you. I will discuss the links and the how-to with the social studies teaher and middle school students this week. @Laura,
You are not the only one recommending adding the link to the original article to the placemarks. There is simply no reason why students could not add that, except that I did not think of it at the time
Getting suggestions HOW to make a lesson or project better is exactly the reason, why I love sharing with my network!! Thank you. I will discuss the links and the how-to with the social studies teaher and middle school students this week.

]]> http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/09/26/the-logistics-of-creating-a-current-news-events-google-map/comment-page-1/#comment-31435 Laura Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:52:25 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=4583#comment-31435 I LOVE this idea. I definitely passed it along to the social studies teachers I work with (and I'm kind of jealous that I can't carry it out with students myself). I did have one question - is there a reason you don't have students link their placemark descriptions to a website where the news event is discussed? This would seem to promote further reading and research into these stories. Just an idea. Thanks so much for sharing this WONDERFUL idea! I LOVE this idea. I definitely passed it along to the social studies teachers I work with (and I’m kind of jealous that I can’t carry it out with students myself). I did have one question – is there a reason you don’t have students link their placemark descriptions to a website where the news event is discussed? This would seem to promote further reading and research into these stories. Just an idea. Thanks so much for sharing this WONDERFUL idea!

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