Google Maps is the Google mapping tool that most of us have used to get directions at one time or another, because of things like Street View and Photospheres.
Google Maps is now so much more than a method of finding your way from Place A to Place B.
Google My Maps is a newer Google mapping tool that is associated with a user's Google Drive. It provides a way for you and your students to create and share customized maps.
Google My Maps allows you to add images, movies and text in Placemarks to create interactive maps that tell a story, outline historical events, explore geography and more! If you would like to get started using Google mapping tools in your classroom, sign up for this free, self-paced, online course. You will be guided, via video and text-based tutorials, through all of the steps needed to use Google mapping tools. It is expected that it will take 9 hours to complete the course. This includes the time you will spend developing mapping resources and activities to use with your students. Begin and end any time between November 15, 2016 and November 14, 2017.
Open only to Educators who teach in Oakland County.
The course must be completed by November 14, 2018 to earn 9 SCECHs ($10.00 non-refundable processing fee for SCECHs). After you have completed registration, Laura Cummings will respond to you within 2 business days with the information you need to get started in the course.