Have you wanted students to create maps demonstrating their understanding of geographical concepts in locations throughout the world?ZeeMaps is an online, iPad friendly, tool that allows someone to create interactive customized maps. Simply click "create a free map", enter in a title and a few more starting details about your map, and you are off and creating.
Start making your map interactive by adding markers, which could contain descriptions, photos, and video. You may also want to add map annotations, or colored regions.
Once finished, publish your map and obtain html code which can be used to embed the map onto a website or blog post. Published maps are dynamic in that when you modify the map, it auto updates onto your website. Below is an example I've started highlighting some tech rich environments in North East Oregon Classrooms. There are ads with the free version.
No account is needed to create a map if you plan on starting then finishing in one setting. However, to save and comeback later and make modifications, you will need to create an account. Accounts vary in pricing structure, as the free account is more than adequate for educational needs.
Ideas for students could be to create interactive maps demonstrating different ecological climates of the world, an interactive walking tour with photos and videos from historical stops from your town, or charting biographical locations of historical figures from a country. The list of projects is endless.
Free, easy to use, and adaptable for educational environments makes Zeemaps a nice tool for many opportunities.
