The Language Resource Center at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte hosted this Instructional Technology Showcase on October 11, ... all » 2007. Rosalba Scott, Lecturer in Spanish, and Dale Pike, COAS Associate Dean of Instructional Technology, discussed how to develop language learning activities using Google Maps. Dale Pike provided an introduction and overview of Google Maps and demonstrated how it integrates with other common internet tools. Rosalba Scott demonstrated exercises she has developed for her Spanish students. Google Earth is a satellite imagery-based mapping tool. It enables users to "fly" from space to street level to find geographic information and explore places around the world. Google Earth is more like a video game than a search engine – it's basically a 3D model of the entire planet that lets you grab, spin and zoom down into any place on Earth. The level of detail in the maps is quite amazing and allows students to see...