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Use the Grid Art method to help your students study the geography of whatever area of the world you are studying. Great for students who need help following directions, with dexterity skills, and visual learners. I used this to help my students study the 7 continents and oceans, but it can be adapted for pretty much anything. You can make the grids ahead of time, or challenge your students to make the choose their own images and make the grids themselves (a great math exercise as well) .

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There are quite a few interactive timeline apps on the market, functioning both on web browsers and as apps on mobile devices. myHistro exists as both. It also functions well in the Edmodo app store. myHistro works as a timeline generator, incorporating text, pictures, video, and maps. Users can customize dates and times. Users can embed finished timelines into blogs and websites. Ways users could use myHistro is to create timelines of characters in a book or the adventures of an explorer. This year I plan on having students create timelines of their year, constantly revisiting their work and adding… Read more »

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the registration for the Jan-Mar 2013 ETMOOC a map was created showing where participants are located. http://etmooc.org/blog/2013/01/05/visualization-of-registration/ A similar map could be made showing CLMOOC participants during upcoming activities. The ETMOOC map was made by uploading an excel spreadsheet into http://www.mapalist.com. However, a Google map could also be created if someone knows how to do that. I think that during upcoming discussions many uses of maps will be shared. Adapted from: I learned about this when I registered for www.etmooc.org. However, I’ve been engaged with mapping for nearly 20 years.

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Look for a map ( Washington Metro) Copy with Snagit or printscreen and save. Edit the map with Gimp or some other image editor: copy a part, delete it an past a new part in the same place, with name of metro station or part of line. You could write down names of stations that would show on your map.

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