A "wouldn't it be nice" idea that's been around a while is the ability to tag a map with images that are linked to more information about the site. Kelly C suggested it as a way for students to share knowledge about a cultural/historic site or the geographic area they live in with classmates. (right, no addresses!)
There are now cameras and even storage media that embed latitude and longitude into images as they are shot. But you don't need fancy new toys to do this. I tried Flickr's geotagging map and it's fun and supereasy.
Want to try it? Log in to Flickr http://www.flickr.com
Sign in as "techedine" password "wist101" yea, corny.
Click the "You" tab then the "Your Photostream > Map" or Organize > Your Map links.
Click the Satellite link in the upper right. Cool view! (you may need Google Satellite downloaded).
Images along the bottom of the screen with colored dots have already been dropped onto the map already. Click any image to see where it was positioned, move it around on the map. We could have a course account so students upload their pictures, then place them on the map.
Zoom out or in as needed.
Try the Hybrid view mode too. Cool!
Choose any untagged image and drop it somewhere on the map.
Double-click it to view its Flickr page.
But that's the easy part of the task. The tricky part is getting the image to link to page of information and images that the student has created. The best Flickr can do is link back to the Flickr page the image came from. But there, a paragraph of explanation and a link (me not done this yet) can lead to more info.
Another approach is to work off a website and from there, link to the geomap. I tried a Wordpress blog (free). I envision having a page per student using a template into which they can drop their information and images.
I used one of their templates so its a very crude attempt, but there certainly are possibilities. And the price is right.
http://jmats.wordpress.com
The images in this example link to the Googlemap and some fake category pages. Individual students or student groups could have subcategory links (posts) on their category page.
Picasa 3 has geotagging but I haven't tried it yet. Some of other features are awesome though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskC6c_5L1M&feature=related
What can you see as possibilities, good and bad?
There are now cameras and even storage media that embed latitude and longitude into images as they are shot. But you don't need fancy new toys to do this. I tried Flickr's geotagging map and it's fun and supereasy.
Want to try it? Log in to Flickr http://www.flickr.com
Sign in as "techedine" password "wist101" yea, corny.
Click the "You" tab then the "Your Photostream > Map" or Organize > Your Map links.
Click the Satellite link in the upper right. Cool view! (you may need Google Satellite downloaded).
Images along the bottom of the screen with colored dots have already been dropped onto the map already. Click any image to see where it was positioned, move it around on the map. We could have a course account so students upload their pictures, then place them on the map.
Zoom out or in as needed.
Try the Hybrid view mode too. Cool!
Choose any untagged image and drop it somewhere on the map.
Double-click it to view its Flickr page.
But that's the easy part of the task. The tricky part is getting the image to link to page of information and images that the student has created. The best Flickr can do is link back to the Flickr page the image came from. But there, a paragraph of explanation and a link (me not done this yet) can lead to more info.
Another approach is to work off a website and from there, link to the geomap. I tried a Wordpress blog (free). I envision having a page per student using a template into which they can drop their information and images.
I used one of their templates so its a very crude attempt, but there certainly are possibilities. And the price is right.
http://jmats.wordpress.com
The images in this example link to the Googlemap and some fake category pages. Individual students or student groups could have subcategory links (posts) on their category page.
Picasa 3 has geotagging but I haven't tried it yet. Some of other features are awesome though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskC6c_5L1M&feature=related
What can you see as possibilities, good and bad?
Comments
I was also able to take a look at the blog site you created. This may be the way to go if flickr cannot link to information. I could see this as potentially replacing the discussion boards. It makes the interactions more meaningful instead of posting just to post. I may explore this in the spring.
Thanks again;).
HPL1A with their Ku`u One Hänau project where a lot of what they share are pictures of where they live. The map could give the pictures a geographic framework so students could make a bigger connection, again especially if students are spread across the continent. I liked your blog site, too. I'm thinking if we can integrate that kind of tool, that's fairly easy to use, we could start creating kind of online portfolios where students have a place to share their projects and could tie in to the virtual hö`ike concept, but instead of sharing only one project they'd share their best work from the entire semester.
Thanks again for sharing,
Kelly