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The Value of Visualizing: Enhancing Host-Country Knowledge Through Google Maps

The Value of Visualizing: Enhancing Host-Country Knowledge Through Google Maps. Carolyn Sorkin, Director of International Studies Emmanuel Paris- Bouvret , Director, Language Resource Center Wesleyan University. Using Google Maps Creatively.

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The Value of Visualizing: Enhancing Host-Country Knowledge Through Google Maps

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  1. The Value of Visualizing:Enhancing Host-Country KnowledgeThrough Google Maps Carolyn Sorkin, Director of International Studies Emmanuel Paris-Bouvret, Director, Language Resource Center Wesleyan University

  2. Using Google Maps Creatively • Bringing the US classroom into the world with enhanced maps • Jumping into the map: study abroad • Google Maps: examples and workshop

  3. Why teach with maps ? • One of the oldest forms ofnon-verbal communication • Universal – everybody, everywhere uses maps • A type of narrative - maps represent different realities (what is included, what is left out) • Offer another dimension of analysis (visual)

  4. Using Google maps in the classroom • Spanish 261 - Sites of Memory & Resistance: Theater, Performance & Political Consciousness in Contemporary Spain(Professor Antonio Gonzalez) • Theaters in Madrid Google Map

  5. Why Google Maps ? • Interactive • Get familiar with a wide variety of places • Accessible and editable from anywhere with a variety of devices (Web 2.0 tool) • Can be enhanced with multimedia elements such as pictures, text, videos, hyperlinks • Can be combined with other Web 2.0 applications to get hybrid results (mashups) • Easy to use and free

  6. Pedagogical outcomes • Familiarize students with geography • Enable students to make connections between culture, places, society • Help develop digital media literacy • Promote collaborative work • Applications to field work

  7. Technologies relevant to Google Maps • Mobile devices (smartphones, laptops, etc.) • Geolocation • Geotagging • Mashup examples: - http://www.flickr.com/map/ - http://www.81nassau.com/apnews/

  8. Further information • New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Horizon reports in (2008/09/10) • Google “explore Google Maps” http://www.google.com/help/maps/tour/

  9. Google Earth • Google Earth is machine-based • All Google Maps can be viewed in Google Earth • 3D, more viewing options and flyovers • Example: Mapping routes in works of literature: Google Lit trips

  10. GoogleMapping the Host City

  11. Jumping Into the Map: Google Mapping the Host City • Vassar Wesleyan program in Madrid map • Universities • Housing (students and staff) • Transport • Orientation • Excursions

  12. GoogleMapping Excursions • Online prep materials save time, paper • Preparation => excitement about/ engagement with site visit • Chance to delve into specific interests • Vassar Wesleyan Program in Madrid: museums

  13. Google Maps Abroad: Three Ideas • Student favorites • Cultural and historical sites in town • Excursion enhancements

  14. GoogleMappingStudent Hang-Outs • Friends’ homestays • Restaurants & cafés • Internet spots • Libraries & archives • Bars & discos (shhh) • Hotels (shhh) • Houses of worship • Activities • Madrid

  15. Cultural sites* • Museums and galleries • Monuments • Historical sites (e.g., buildings, battlefields, rivers) • Cultural events* • Theatre • Concerts • Festivals *Detailed explanations

  16. Why it’s useful • Web links encourage self-reliance • URLs for particular locales • Local subway and bus maps • Activity ideas • Strengthens language acquisition • Decreases dependence on resident staff • Fosters independent exploration of the city

  17. Benefits • Multi-layered approach can show geographic growth of a field (theatre, architecture) or historical trend (urban development, pollution, migration) • Interested students can delve deeper by adding historical data, links to relevant URLs • Student comments serve as blog for those back home, tips for next cohort

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