Google My Maps
Tech Tool Talk
What is Google My Maps??
Google My Maps is a fun and interactive way to get your students excited about maps in your classroom! Your students can use this feature to create, edit, share, and work together on maps for various types of lessons and activities. Some of the lessons that you can incorporate Google My Maps into are math, social studies, literature, and anything in between! The opportunities are limitless when it comes to My Maps!!!
Where can you find Google My Maps??
Google My Maps is located in your Google Drive
- Log into Google Drive
- Click "New" in the top left corner
- Click the "More" option
- Click "Google My Maps"
My tutorial on how to use Google My Maps!!
https://youtu.be/4ItM8qtPstE
How can you use Google My Maps in your own classroom??
Social Studies Lesson
Use My Maps in a Social Studies lesson when teaching about different countries! You can pin the location and add descriptions about the people, culture, and language!
Math Lesson
You can use My Maps when teaching about distance in math! My Maps has a feature that allows you to measure the distances between any points as well as the area and perimeter!
English Lesson
Use My Maps to make a visual of all the locations in a book you are reading with your class. For example, when reading the book Wonder you could map out the school, the camp, and the house that the family lives in.
Another tutorial on Google My Maps!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz2Ohi16ED8