39 steps with Google Maps
Teacher librarians looking for a challenging, creative, collaborative project could do worse than looking to Google Maps as a tool for mapping the locations mentioned in a text. Penguin Books (UK) have pioneered this over the past 12 months in their We Tell Stories digital project. ABC Radio National’s The Book Show has recently spoken to the creator of a reworked John Buchan classic, retitled The 21 Steps.
And Google Book Search has done some of the work too. Check out what they have done with War and Peace, for example.
A book, a journey, keen kids and a collaborative English, IT or Geography (or whatever this discipline is called in your state/country/education system) teacher. Sounds like it could be fun.
May 12th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
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