A night before my friend's trip to a congress in Florence she was wondering how close her hotel is to the building where the congress will take place and will she have enough time to see some of the city's sights. It was amazing to all of a sudden have this information just a click away. We took a 3D tour, followed the path from the hotel to the center of the city, it calculated the time, the distance and we had a peek of what she is going to see. So she had everything planed out and what I especially liked, the information she got were accurate (unlike the ones you get at travel agencies which most of the time just try to make sure you hear what you wanna hear) I must add that there are a lot of occasions when I would choose not to use Google Earth. There is just some special charm in going through the unknown town with a map and seeing some of the sights for the first time.
Google maps I'll definitely use for the unit on Explorers and I'll have the kids make a map of an explorer’s path. Also it can come in handy when talking about land forms that they can now visit without leaving the classroom (especially because some of the places happen to be too far away from school). Heroes, inventors and writers can also be located. Children will especially benefit from this since for the majority of them it is very important to have something they can visually connect the content to.
No comments:
Post a Comment