mapping Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/mapping/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Tue, 23 Nov 2021 14:33:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 How to create media-rich, interactive maps for deeper learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-create-media-rich-interactive-maps-for-deeper-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-create-media-rich-interactive-maps-for-deeper-learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-create-media-rich-interactive-maps-for-deeper-learning/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:39:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4842 Google MyMaps lets students create maps with custom-pinned location. The magic, though, is in what you put in those pins. If we want to use technology in the classroom, we can’t just do the same kind of learning we did before it. Technology should improve the learning. Kick the lesson up a notch. Otherwise, our technology […]

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