Google+Maps


 * Cool Uses for Google Maps!**

1. Collaborative map making media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=105613033761801731711.0004653e361ffc963c9ae&ll=42.937584,-107.691421&spn=0,0&output=embed&s=AARTsJrYNyHOG0LHP2qoWfU42EJtK7x32Q" width="620" height="481" =Making a Classroom Collaborative Map on the states: =
 * 1) Rt-click on the Maps link and choose "Open in New Tab". (this allows for tabbed browsing so you can go back and forth between pages) [|GOOGLE MAPS]
 * 2) Sign in using your Google Account.
 * 3) Click on My Maps.
 * 4) Click the "Edit" button.
 * 5) Type the name of your State's Capital in the search box and click enter.
 * 6) Zoom in
 * 7) Click once on the Placemark (don't try to drag & drop), then click on the map in the spot in want the placemark.
 * 8) Type the Title (Wyoming State Capital)
 * 9) Change to "Rich Text", then type a description for the placemark.
 * 10) We will add pictures and links later.

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 * Links to Resources (images, video, facts)

**Adding Images: **
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 * 1) Use Tabbed Browsing (open multiple tabs in Internet Explorer) to go back and forth between Map and webpages with images.
 * 2) Find the image you want to embed in the map.
 * 3) Rt-click image and choose "Copy Image Location". [[image:Google_Maps2.jpg width="139" height="224" align="center"]]
 * 1) Open State Maps Tab and switch to "Edit" mode if you haven't already.
 * 2) Click on Placemark to open.
 * 3) Choose "Rich Text".
 * 4) Click on Image icon. [[image:Google_Maps.jpg width="308" height="262" align="center"]]
 * 1) Rt-click in box and choose "Paste".