MAPWING!

This tool makes it easy to build, share, and explore virtual tours. Students can gather digital images (use jpeg images) and/or digital photos they have taken with a camera and turn them into virtual tours. This tools lets you upload a "map" of just about anything or any place and take a "tour" with carefully chosen images that explain each stop. __Note:__ You will need to set up individual student accounts (or have your students do this) as this tool will not allow for multiple users to create tours at the same time.
 * __ Mapwing: __**

Virtual tours can be of anything! --the human body --the universe --the anatomy of a cell --a timeline in history
 * __Examples:__**

**Student MAPWING projects:** "Build your Own Community" Mapwing Projects || Link to Projects || Research-based Virtual tours || Link to Projects || **Middle School Project Description:**
 * 2nd grade
 * Middle School

__**Steps:**__ 1) Go to [|http://mapwing.com] 2) Click the link for "Sign up/login" and create an account OR you can use the following account: 3) Find an image to use as a "map" (you can use diagrams, actual maps, timelines or anything you would like to take a tour of). Then click "Create: New basic virtual tour" and follow the prompts. It is helpful to have students decide which points to highlight on their map and create a "storyboard" for their images and comments before putting it all together.
 * --Username: bobcat1**
 * --Password: robertsk8**