Showing posts with label world map. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world map. Show all posts

Monday, June 28, 2010

Where in the world are you?

The beginning of Week 2 brought a new task, which, I'm happy to say, I managed to complete, although it didn't look promising at the beginning.

We were supposed to put a pin on the world map that Deborah has created for us, so that we not only see where in the world we live, but take a bird's view of our homes.

I thought I was on familiar ground with Google sites and wikis, but I struggled with the map for quite some time, mostly because I couldn't find the EDIT button. Sometimes a simple thing can be the biggest obstacle. Anyway, I managed to find it and I zoomed the map to where I live, found my apartment building and drag-and-dropped the blue arrow. In a pop up window I wrote a short description of the location of my home.




This is what the world map looks like now, but I hope my fellow bloggers soon add their blue pins.




Being a visual type of person, I find Deborah's idea of creating a world map really valuable, as in this way my virtual fellow bloggers are becoming real. Add to this their photos and what we get is an online course with a touch of face to face communication.