Google Maps

I think Google Maps would be a great tool to use while teaching vocabulary based on places and buildings in a community. As a part of a project, each student or group can pick 8-10 places in their town and create a Google map, where they mark these places on the map using place marks and then write in the target language about the store or building and what is sold there or what happens there. They can even insert a photo of the place or even add a video.