Access and Use More Than 20,000 Historical Maps from the New York Public Library

The New York Public Library recently released more than 20,000 historical maps through NYPL Digital Collections . These maps can be download...

Free iBook - 16 Online Resources & Ideas for Teaching Geography

Online Resources for Teaching IB DP Geography is a free iBook published by Richard Allaway. The free iBook contains sixteen chapters addres...

ArkGIS - Explore Maps of the Changing Arctic Landscape

ArkGIS is a customizable map developed by the World Wildlife Fund for the purpose of visualizing historical data about sea ice, marine life...

Spark Inquiry With Geoguessr & Geosettr

Geoguessr is a fun and challenging geography game based on Google’s Street View imagery. The game presents players with imagery of a locati...

Find Educational Maps In the Google Maps Gallery

Google Maps is a versatile tool that I love to show to students and teachers. Over the years I've seen great uses of Google Maps in math...

How to Create Placemarks, Layers, and Polygons in Google Maps Engine Lite

Google Maps is a versatile tool that I've been using with students and sharing with teachers for years now. From simple virtual scavenge...

WWF Wildfinder - See the Ranges of 26,000+ Animals

One of my favorite free iPad apps of 2013 is the World Wildlife Fund's Together app . That app features interactive stories about endang...

Try ArcGIS Explorer Online for Mapping Data and More

In my previous post I mentioned ArcGIS Explorer along with Google Earth. While I've written about Google Earth many times I've only...

Is Street View Not In Your Area? Create Your Own Street View Spheres

Google's Street View imagery is capturing more of the world all the time. Through Street View we can virtually visit national parks, wo...

Video - How to Create Tours With Google Earth Tour Builder

Earlier this week Google released a great new tool for creating Google Earth tours. Tour Builder makes it easier than ever to create Google...

Tour Builder Makes It Easier Than Ever to Create Google Earth Tours

Google Earth is a great tool for students to use to explore the world. Building tours in Google Earth and Google Maps is one of my favorite ...

10 Online Activities and Resources for Geography Awareness Week

Next week is Geography Awareness Week . National Geographic Education has highlighted some of their activities for the week. I've put t...

My Reading Mapped - Interactive Maps of Historical Events and Patterns

My Reading Mapped is a fantastic resource that I just discovered through the Google Earth Blog . On My Reading Mapped you will find KML fil...

How to Find Google Earth Files Without Opening Google Earth

One of the things that teachers almost always ask me when I introduce them to Google Earth is, "how do you find all of these files?...

How to Use Google Maps Engine Lite - A Short Video Tutorial

Google Maps was updated earlier this year (if you're logged in with a Google Apps for Education account you may still the old version). ...

World Geography Games Offers 25 Geography Games for Kids

World Geography Games  is a newer site that features twenty-five games. The games are simple identification games in which students are show...

Visit Zoos and Animal Parks Through Google Street View

Google Maps Street View imagery just keeps getting better. Recently, Google introduced Google Maps Views which is a collection of the galle...

A Collection of the Best Google Maps Street View Imagery

Google Maps Street View imagery provides a good way to show students the world without leaving your classroom. Over the last few years Googl...

Hi - Narrative Mapping of the World

Hi is a simple name for an interested map service. Hi is one part mapping service and one part social network. The idea is that Hi users ...

Geodia - A Timeline and Map of Mediterranean Archeology and Culture

Geodia is a free history resource hosted by the University of Texas. Geodia uses a combination of a timeline and Google Map to outline the ...