Whew, finally got around to cleaning out my Google Reader. Not to say that I actually “read” them all, but sifted through, and Shift-A’d through some feeds with 100+ unread items lurking.
Of course, this screenshot may imply that I don’t subscribe to anything.
By the time I publish this post, the sidebar will start puffing out.
But there is some satisfaction in fooling myself that I have absorbed all this information from the 50 or 60 sites I subscribe to.
And actually the last thing I did read (and Shared) was Will’s pointing to a stunning example of what can be done with the new features of Google’s MyMaps — the Route 66 history tour. I’ve not even sniffed out the shiny new Goog-tool, but my gut says that maps as an authoring tool are going to be very powerful for educators (or anyone trying to create a map that organizes and links to information — kind of what Joe Lambert has been doing with Storymapping
As close as the song gets to Twin Arrows is “Winona”, a lonely stop a few lumps of metal short of Meteor Crater…
You see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona don’t forget Winona
Get your Kicks, on Route Google MyMaps!
Humm…I’ve wondered about how I might use Maps in my teaching…but the whole “history” aspect is wonderful. I can imagine maps of author’s lives, the places of how/where films where shot/produced, etc.