Today, I designed a Google Map of historical, haunted, Savannah, Georgia; based upon her storied folklore. I originally became familiar with Savannah, when reading the book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt.
My husband and I visited Savannah in the Summer of 2009, and went on our first Ghost Tour, and learned about the history and folklore of this remarkable city. I thought how a field trip to Savannah might interest students as a field trip venue. My class would be at least secondary students, due to the sensitive nature of the places we would be visiting.
An activity tying in with the field trip, would have my class designing their own Google Map, of a place they visited with their family. As I will be teaching Social Sciences, this would be a fun, and exciting activity to learn about historical places in our country.
I had visited Savannah in 2009, so I remembered most of the places I had been to, on the Ghost Tour. I simply looked them up by name, and saved them to my map. For the places I could not recall, I researched websites on Savannah, and did a search for them on my map, to include them on my tour. I also used Jing capture tool and screencast to snip and imbed my artifacts.
The ISTE NETS-T standard related to this activity would be:
#3. Model Digital Age Work and Learning.
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