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Spotlight on Esther Winkler-Au

Today we are highlighting the great work Esther Winkler-Au (along with sidekick Agatha Wozniak) have done using the new Google My Maps tool with students.    Check out a student created work from Esther's course: Instructions to Students Click here for map   Esther's World Cultures class studies the world, so Esther used the Google My Maps tool over the course of the year to create an entire course map.  For each region studied, she assigned: pins to identify physical features of the region  pins to identify points of interest for every region  Pins for physical features included photos and an interesting researched fact about the location.   Point of interest pins included photos and a 100 word description of why students thought the point of interest was important.  Sometimes, the class decided what the points of interest should be, sometimes students chose the points of interest themselves....