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Life's a Journey-Using Google My Maps in All Curricular Areas

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Tracy Brockenbrough

Curriculum Contributor

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@TLBrocken
@Tracy Brockenbrough

Tracy Brockenbrough is a dedicated educator with experience in both urban and rural classrooms. With over 35 years as an educator, Tracy has taught in private and public sectors across grades Pre-K through community college in multiple states. She currently serves as a Curriculum Contributor for TeachersFirst, a free teacher resource offered by The Source for Learning, a non-profit organization. Tracy continues to bring innovative ideas to educators by offering diverse activities for all types of learners.

Session description

Trace a journey across a state, the nation, or the globe. Using Google My Maps affords students the opportunity to show what they learned about a person's life, a crucial series of events, or plan an adventure. Every subject is possible, from music to art to PE, science to history.

Purpose & objective

Purpose:
Explore how students (and teachers) can incorporate Google My Maps in all curricular areas.

Objectives:
Educators will identify cross-curricular activities where student-created maps can serve as a more authentic formative assessment. Examples include creating maps as a biography of a scientist, Olympic athlete, explorer, artist, composer, performer, etc. My Maps gauge comprehension of story characters, story sequence, and the settings of nonfiction and historical fiction reading assignments. In younger grades, teacher-created maps can offer similar authentic learning extensions.

Educators will learn about primary sources for student research and Creative Commons sources for images, both past and present day. Primary sources may include sites such as the National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, PBS, etc. Image sites include Unsplash.com, Picryl.com, National Archives, Digital Public Library of America, etc.

Educators will understand how to use My Maps as a means to differentiate instruction and assessment.

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Outline

5 minutes-Introduction of the Presenter and show an example of a map created showing the life of a scientist and of an athlete.

15 minutes-A presentation will be shared of Cross-Curricular Activities. We will discuss using the maps in core subject areas, including Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math. However, we will also explore additional subjects, such as music, art, dance, world languages, and physical education. Participants will learn ways to use My Maps in project-based learning. Additional ideas will be shared for world language classes and multilingual learners.

5 minutes resource locations-Discuss primary and secondary source sites and sites offering images available in the public domain. Offer map creation quick tips.

5 minutes Q & A

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Supporting research

Hall, Sharon. “Digital Storytelling Using Google My Maps.” TeachersFirst.Org, 22 May 2022, https://teachersfirst.com/blog/2022/05/digital-storytelling-using-google-my-maps/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2023.

“OK2Ask: Google My Maps Basics.” TeachersFirst Review - OK2Ask: Google My Maps Basics, TeachersFirst.org, Nov. 2021, www.teachersfirst.com/single.cfm?id=19406

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Session specifications

Topic:

Assessment/evaluations/use of data

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Coaches, Library media specialists, Teachers

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Google Account

Subject area:

Language arts, Social studies

ISTE Standards:

For Students:
Knowledge Constructor

Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Creative Communicator

Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.

Life's a Journey-Using Google My Maps in All Curricular Areas

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