Showing posts with label maps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maps. Show all posts

Sunday, February 20, 2011

MapWith.Us






I would like to present another web 2.0 tool: MapWith.Us

This site is not only a tool, but also a social network.

It allows users to create and share custom maps with an online community. Users maps are created by uploading and geotagging media. When media is associated with a location on a map, the media is known as a map article. Map articles may include text, photos, paths, icons, video, Web links, and RSSfeeds. (source: Wikipedia)

I believe that this will be quite useful for CLIL lessons on Geography&English.

Also, a good project to develop with this tool would be to ask students to create a joined, comprehensive map of their town/city.
Splitting the class in groups, each group would be in charge of researching a specific topic (markets, hotels, restaurants, museums, etc.) and make their contribution to the map.
Another option would be to do the same, but with a different city from another country.

A couple of examples:




Hope you find it useful and interesting!

María Balsa de la Mata