Our friends sent so many emails and comments about their experiences in Spain and Italy that we decided to open up our My Places Google map for recommendations from followers.
Take a look at what Aren and I have done so far.
View Spain Trip in a larger map
It wasn’t hard. Google Maps has a great Help page, and ther are many tutorials on YoueTube. Plus, Google Maps has a section on its site dedicated to educators and how to use Google Maps in the classroom.
Our use is unique in that we are using it to preplan and research our destinations and will fill in the details during our trip.
As you can see we’ve already placed markers for each of our ports of call and where we’ll be starting off in Florida. Our preplanning is using the map to find articles on Wikipedia about each spot we visit as well as to view pictures and video of the area.
We’ve already learned so much.
And, as I mentioned, while we’re traveling we’ll fill in these markers with stories, descriptions, pictures and video from our trip. But we’re also interested in other people’s impressions, stories, favorite hangouts, pictures and video from their travels in this area.
So, if you’ve been or always wanted to go, won’t you click here to join us in filling out the map? If you’re not sure how, here’s a link to a slightly dated tutorial. We can learn so much when we compare experiences and give an area new perspective.
If you have trouble or just want to share online or have links to your own articles, do not hesitate to add them in the comments below, leave comments on the map page or shoot off an email to me.
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