Track This Now is a fun way and an interesting way to look at news stories from a variety of perspectives. Track This Now is basically a new story search engine attached to a Google Map. Type a search term in the search box and the results are displayed on a Google Map. Each placemark on the Track This Now map is connected to a series of news stories from that country. For example, when I searched for stories about General Motors placemarks appeared all over the map. When I clicked on the placemark for Brazil I found stories from Brazilian news outlets.

Applications for Education
Track This Now could be a useful resource for any teacher using current news in the classroom. Track This Now offers students and teachers an easy way to find differing perspectives on the same stories. Part of lesson using Track This Now could be to have students analyze the reasons for differing perspectives on the same news story.