Deepest, Darkest Lomellina: History and geography collide

Saturday, May 29, 2010

History and geography collide

when you make an interactive map of the ancient civilizations..especially if you are still getting the hang of the zoom tool.

In true obsessive style, we made another revision aid

Antiche Civiltà 1 on Prezi

2 comments:

Louise | ItalyMay 30, 2010 at 10:32 AM
I just love revision aids! Thank-you for Prezi!
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Sarah in deepest, darkest LomellinaMay 30, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Isn't it just so cool ?

Must...stop...playing..on Prezi..am ...slightly...addicted....
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

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