Weekly Tech Tip: Collaborative & Crowdsource Mapping

Weekly Tech Tip:


related links:

• Google Maps
• Custom Eagle Spotting Google Map
• Crowdmap
• OpenStreetMap
• Wikipedia-List of crowdsourcing projects
  

Video Festival:

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• Parents Across America - Diane Ravitch from Grassroots Education Movement on Vimeo.

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• Edina Public Schools Have Gone Google: MyFoxTWINCITIES.com

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Link Stew:

• Minnesota losing its new teachers (Star Tribune)
• Skype in the Classroom (Network for Teachers)
• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Test Scorer (Monthly Review)
• They're learning to write, and they've got readers (Pioneer Press)
  

Blog Carnival:

• The President's Radical Comments on Testing by Deborah Meier on Bridging Differences
• Strictly business? Personal tweets make profs more "credible" By Jacqui Cheng on Arts Technica
• Evidence that tech use and blogging really relate to increased student achievement Posted by Ronnie Burt on The Edublogger
• Race to Self Destruction: A History Lesson for Education Reformers by Yong Zhao on Yong Zhao Blog
• Obama wants less testing, Dept of Ed wants more testing on Schools Matter
• Top 5 Reasons to Reject CSHB1 #txedbudget #txlege by Miguel Guhlin on Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org

Retweetable Tweets:

@ToughLoveforX @anderscj The arts are basic skills, basic forms of expression. They belong in every school, for every child.less than a minute ago via web Favorite | Retweet | ReplyDiane Ravitch
DianeRavitch

@DianeRavitch Maybe it's time to inform #parents that they can opt their kids out of #standardizedtests -- especially unreasonable onesless than a minute ago via web Favorite | Retweet | ReplyBob P
2011teacher

Confirmed? RT @Bh_activist: Alwasat news www.alwasatnews.com is BLOCKED in #Bahrain now. #feb14 #lululess than a minute ago via TweetDeck Favorite | Retweet | ReplyAndy Carvin
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I know it's an April Fools joke, but this crap from Fordham comes across as bitter (and a bit mean spirited): http://t.co/1Epe9Nfless than a minute ago via Twitter for Mac Favorite | Retweet | ReplyKen Libby
KennethLibby

It takes an amazing salesperson to sell free or very low cost technology when the competition can sell glitz & glitterless than a minute ago via web Favorite | Retweet | ReplyRon Amundson
mnphysicist

Minneapolis and St. Paul on Google Street View

Earlier this fall I blogged about Google Street view. Recently I learned they added Minneapolis and St. Paul to the list of cities with this function. Since I first learned of this feature in Google Maps this fall every time revisit the site it seems they have added more cities. I wonder how long before they have captured the whole world.

Below are some screen shots of Google Maps Street View in Minnesota:

View from the former 35W bridge.

Wiesman Art Museum



Uptown


State Capital in St. Paul

Google Maps Street View

WOW! This is amazing. I wonder how long it will take to capture every street in the US. Actually, I am more interested in them capturing streets in more distant locals. There are some obvious educational applications of this tool. Now, if these panoramic images could be done as webcams and broadcast video in real time and we merged this technology with Second Life it would be amazing. Stationary panoramic webcams could also contain microphones and speakers. Those in the virtual version of a location could hear what was going on and talk to actual people there. Plus, virtual buildings could be constructed within a context of real space. I do believe we are not far from something like this being a reality. Complex? Yes. But approaching technology transparency.