#6 Google Maps

I'm determined not to be seduced by the new toys, but to try to focus on the value adding to teaching and learning that the "toys" enable.  The Stage 2 Local Area unit could be enhanced by a personalized Google Map - identifying the details of points of interest, providing a virtual tour guide (if the children had hand-held devices to take on the walk with them).   Alternatively, following the traditional walk around the historic sites of the local area, labeling a Google Map would be an interesting way of demonstrating new knowledge & understandings.  The range of digital literacies required is a challenge, if you are deconstructing the task and identifying specific skills the children will need to undertake the activity.