Mapme- Customizable Interactive Maps for Students

Mapme is a simple yet powerful tool students can use to create beautiful interactive maps that can be embedded on any website or blog. Students can customize their maps the way they want. For instanc…

Here Is How to Create Your Own Maps Using Google Drive

The integration of Google Maps with Google Drive made it super easy for anyone to create and share maps with others. The process is simple and does not require any software installation. Using My Map…

Best Online Tools for Creating Interactive Maps for Students and Teachers

Map creation is a key educational activity that helps students develop their geographical literacy and enhances their spatial thinking skills. It also raises their critical awareness about the role g…

An Interesting App for Adding Maps to Photos

Photo Mapo is a cool iPad app that allows you to add maps to your photos.You can use it to add context to photos you include in your instruction and create mapped collections that can be easily share…

A New Handy Map Tool for Teachers

June 10, 2016 The True Size Of is a new interactive map tool we have recently discovered through Lifehacker . As its name indicates, the app provides users with the real geographical proportions of any…

Here Is A Great Tool for Creating Animated Multimedia Maps

April 11 , 2016 History in Motion is an interesting tool for teaching and learning history. As a teacher, you can use this tool to create animated multimedia historical scenarios of people and things m…

3 Powerful Map Extensions to Use with Students in Class

March , 2016 Below are three very good  map tools you can use with students in class. These are Chrome extensions that empower you with a bunch of excellent features to create, edit and customize you…

Here Is A great Interactive Tool to Teach Students How to Read A Map

March 17, 2016 Here is a great educational tool we came across today as we were working on the list of social studies websites for elementary students. Reading a Map is an interactive web tool provid…

13 Great Tools for Creating Your Own Maps to Use in Class

February 11, 2016 Today we have spent sometime going through our Map Tools archive and curated for you the collection below. These are some of the best tools out there that you can use with you stude…

6 Free Tools For Creating Your Own Maps

November , 2015 That old adage is truer than ever- it’s all about location.. And when it comes to the current tech ecosystem, location-based apps and services are par for the course, and for good rea…

Here Is A Good Tool for Creating Interactive Maps

November 6, 2015 Mapme is an interesting web tool that allows you to create interactive maps to share with others. You can add as much content to your map as you want. For instance, you can create a …

Use Zeemaps with Your Students to Create Interactive Maps

Zeemaps is another good website to use with students to create, publish and share interactive maps. Zeemaps allows you to visualize geographic data and customize your maps the way you want. You can f…

3 Interesting Tools for Creating Maps with Students

Today we are introducing you to some good web tools to use for creating maps with students.  These are new tools that we are featuring here for the first time. Using these tools students will be able…

Map Terms Kids Should Know About

June 30, 2014 Teaching kids how to use and work on maps starts first with getting them acquainted with the map terminology. These are the different geographic terms and map concepts that will allow s…

Free Downloadable Maps to Use in Class

June 3, 2014 I got an email earlier today from a teacher asking about a web resource where she can download US maps. USGS is the one I suggested to her. USGS provides digital topographic maps for free…

11 Good Web Tools to Create Educational Maps with Students

February 10, 2014 Below is a list of some useful web tools for map creation that I have been working on  over the weekend. Think of these tools as powerful alternatives  to Google Maps or Google Eart…