Concharto combines two easy-to-edit tools into one dynamic place to find geographic and historic information. Concharto is an atlas that can be edited by anyone just as Wikipedia can be edited by anyone. The basic layout of Concharto is a Google Map on each page and in the left margin is information about each placemark on the Google Map. If you find a map that you want to edit or information that you want to edit you can do so. If there are maps that you think need to be added, you can do that too. The policies of Concharto require that entries be written in an encyclopedic style, in other words, gossip/ tabloid stories are removed.
Embedded below is an example of a map from Concharto.
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This screen shot captures what the Concharto atlas page looks like for the map above.
Applications for Education
Concharto is a good example of the type of collaborative projects that teachers and students can build together. To duplicate the same functions of Concharto simply create a wiki using your favorite wiki program (I like Wikispaces and PB Wiki) and embed a Google Map. If you have never tried to create a Google Map I recommend visiting the Google Maps User Guide.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Concharto - Atlas Meets Wiki
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Hi, this is Frank, creator of Concharto. Thank you for mentioning us.
We encourage schools and students to participate by adding historical information. For instance, students could add events to the map as part of a class project about Mao's cultural revolution, Alexander the Great or the expansion of railroads across the American continent.
A time coded, interactive map helps place events in a human scale. Take the first transcontinental railroad; when you fly over the map in "satellite mode" from Omaha to San Francisco you can feel the magnitude of the builder's accomplishment in a way that no paper map, video or textbook can match. And you can see nearby events that were happening at the same time.
As noted in the post, the main policies for contribution are:
* maintain a neutral point of view
* post verifiable content and cite your sources
* post notable content (not trivia, etc)
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