AKGTC + Breakout: Step 5-Get on the Map!

Finally – the step that we’ve all been waiting for! Let’s get that map dot on the Kids Guide to Canada map!

If this is your first time adding to the Kids Guide to Canada Map, you will want to go over the steps before hand, and not necessarily launch into this step with students. There is a fairly detailed form that you fill out and you should be ready to add any of the following when you create your item:

• photos (preferably with a good descriptive title – you know, other than IMG641.jpg); whatever your photos are “saved as” will show up on the list on your map entry, so I think it is well worth your time to provide a good image title
• any other link to content such as a YouTube video (could be set to public or unlisted); there is only space for a single link, so…..
• I love the idea of an “expandable link” – a place where the link stays the same but you can add and edit content as needed. See the image where it says “link to artifact”. This is important because YOU can’t edit your entry – if you need anything changed or added, you need to contact the nice ladies at A Kids Guide to Canada. They WILL amend your entry, but I would like to keep their workload down! These are some “expandable link” options that you might try the following:
  • Padlet.com – Here is a link to our ‘protected’ Padlet site that we will be using for AKGTC
  • a Wakelet.com collection
  • a Google Site, or any other website
  • a class blog, such as the blog that can be connected to your Seesaw class
• Content ideas to add at an “expandable link” are almost limitless! This expandable link is what allows this to be an ongoing project where you could add things like:
  • video tours
  • interviews
  • research slideshows
  • community or Canada insprired artwork

Although it isn’t super convenient to make edits to your original “post” you can add additional “pages” to your location. They recommend a new page if you are adding content from a different class or grade (this is what we have done in Acadia Valley), or if you have content on an entirely different theme, such as economics or music or “place”.

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Click on the dots to the north and south of Acadia Valley to see other school communities from our PRSD8 school district.

Click here to read about the rest of the steps in our Kid’s Guide to Canada Map + Breakout EDU Community project.