Geo Greeting
What it is: Geo Greeting is a fun little site that lets you type in a message and send it to a friend or preview the message in a separate window. When the message is opened it is spelled out one letter at a time through pictures embedded on a map of the world. The pictures are of buildings around the world that are the shape of letters in the alphabet. The effect is really neat! Each picture is accompanied by the name of the location and the name of the building.
How to integrate Geo Greeting into the classroom: Geo Greeting would be a fun way to display a morning message to your students using an interactive whiteboard or projector. Just type in your message and copy the URL into a browser to play the message for students. This site is also a fun place for students to practice their spelling words. They can type in their words and then click on the preview button to watch the word being spelled for them. Geo Greeting is a great way to interest students in geography, type in a message and discuss the places that pop up as a result.
Tips: These greetings can be embedded as an e-card, sent as an email, or just copy and paste the link in a browser.
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