HOLY. CRAP.
I literally just spent fifteen minutes staring at the streets of Florence. Beautiful Firenze. Reminiscing about the time I spent there, remembering the emotions I felt when I stood next to that vacant soccer field, and the left turn we made to go see the house where one of the Italian greats died. This, this is mind-blowing. Google never ceases to amaze me.
What I think I could use this for in my classroom is to introduce all the students to the places of interests of the countries they come from. I might use this as a unit in the beginning of the school year, part of the "getting to know you," weeks of school. While I have so much desire to teach my students English and help them establish a sense of identity as an American, I still want them to feel proud of themselves as a citizen of whatever country they come from. If you're spanish and I show the Santiago de Compostella section, be proud! If you're Chinese and I bring us to The Great Wall, be proud! This is a great educational tool to bring students to other places of the world so they can get a sense of the culture their classmates are coming from.
I think leaving class tonight I'm way more comfortable with the idea of a web quest and using digication to create it versus a regular word document and an accompanying powerpoint. I'm excited to make mine and be as creative and content conscious as possible.
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