Kevin Hodgson’s blog has been one of my daily reads for the better part of the last ten years. Kevin is a sixth grade teacher and masterful storyteller. Over the years I have learned a lot from reading his blog. Earlier this week Kevin published a blog post titled #WriteOut:Mapping the Immigrant Experience at the Springfield Armory. In the post Kevin shares a map that he created to display immigrant stories as they were connected to the Springfield Armory and the home countries of the immigrants who stories are told through text and audio displayed on the map. The map is one of the best examples that I’ve seen of using Google’s My Maps to share stories. Go to Kevin’s blog to read the post and see the map.

If you would like to create a similar map of your own, you can do so through Google’s My Maps tool. In the following three videos I demonstrate how to use the features of Google’s My Maps.

Join me on July 24th for a webinar about using Google Maps in your classroom.