This afternoon while I was working at school, preparing for the week ahead and working on my projects for this class, I was looking online for an effective map making tool for my students to use. Right now in social studies they are creating native american projects. They are working in small groups to study the regions of North America and the culture and lifestyle of the earliest Americans that inhabited that area. One of the things that they need to do is to create a map showing their region, the tribes that lived there, and the topographical geography that impacted their way of life. I was so excited when I found google mapmaking because it was free and my kids would have access to it. The problem was that I had a ton of trouble figuring out how it worked and trying to use it for the purposes that I was looking for. I spent a ton of time trying to figure it out and finally gave up for the time being. Tomorrow I am going to talk to my school's tech coach about it and see if she can help in any way. Technology can be so frustrating at times!
Anyone else ever use this? If so do you have any helpful hints for me? Thanks!
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