Tweetping - See Twitter activity in real time

Tweetping is a website that shows you Twitter activity as it happens. The site is simply a map of the world that lights up in the location of a tweet when one occurs. Since Twitter use is constant, the world map begins to light up quickly. Below the map are the statistics from each continent as well as the overall tweet count. One thing I realized quickly was that this site acts as a modern population map, since the areas with the greatest population also have the most tweets. You can also tell what time of day it is by which hemisphere is tweeting the most. Tweetping is a fun site to watch and it does have the educational value based on the observations I made above. Perhaps challenge students to figure these points for themselves and see what else they can come with.

Maps of World - A Great Learning Tool (and maps too)

If you think that the website Maps of World offers a huge collection of maps, you would be correct. If you guessed that the maps were of continents, nations, states, and cities then you would be right about that as well. What I discovered about Maps of World that I didn't expect was the amount of facts and information that accompanied their maps. Included with each map is the history, the demographics, the economic data and other useful facts of the continent/nation/state you looked up. They also feature road maps, printable maps, route planners, railroad maps, physical maps, and "Top Ten" themed maps. Maps of World is a great site for maps but it is so much more, it is a useful tool for learning about nations and their history.