Mashups

= MashUps = Mashups are web-based applications that combine data from multiple sources into one tool. Google Earth and Flash Earth can be used in the classroom with students to give them a new interest on geography. (Though if the maps are not updated, sometimes looking for the own house can be a futile effort, though they can view famous areas all over the world.) media type="youtube" key="U9sENSA_sjI" height="344" width="425" Video from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9sENSA_sjI&eurl

Some Mashup sites:
Google Earth http://earth.google.com/ - free download. Google uses satellite imagery to provide maps of the world. You can create your own tours to share with others. You can zoom in for close-up views around the globe and some cities feature realistic views of buildings in 3D. Flash Earth: http://www.flashearth.com/ - from Yahoo, similar to Google Earth. You can choose which maps you want to view then zoom in. It runs quickly and as no software to download, but you cannot create your own tours on this site. PageFlakes: http://www.pageflakes.com/ - a start-page like iGoggle. You can customize each section for content such as RSS feeds, YouTube videos, Flickr photos, bookmarks, weather reports, etc.

Reading about Mashups:
Lamb, Brian. (2007). Dr. Mashup; or, Why Educators Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Remix http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/DrMashuporWhyEducatorsSho/44592 Merrill, Duane. (2006). Mashups: The new breed of Web app. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-mashups.html

Various. (2007). Creative Commons. http://creativecommons.org/ West, Jonathan. (2008). How o Understand Mashups. http://www.ehow.com/how_4560916_understand-mashups.htmlref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art