Week 5 Map Lesson

My map idea is to have students take me on a virtual tour of colleges or trade schools they are considering attending after High School. My students would be responsible for showing on the map the location of at least three schools via a pin on the map. Each school would need two maps created for it as follows. One map would show where the school is in general, the other map would show points of interest around the school’s campus itself. The main general location map would have at least three locations pins an those pins would need to describe what makes the student interested in that college. The pin would also need a link to the college’s web site and a descriptive picture of the college on the college location pin as well. The more campus map would show the location of the registrar’s office, the building which houses the department(s) they are interested in and some of the dorms. In the description on the pin would have a link to a separate Google map titled “Tour the campus” which would zoom in on the campus itself and have pins inserted for a few stops around campus.

This exercise would help students get a good visceral feel for the college choices they are considering. It will help them in planning a college visit and help their parents visualize the options as well.