We've built a map activity for the xo.  It allows kids to add images and videos to maps.  We envision kids will use it for storytelling, history, and science projects.  Here are some features: You can save and annotate map locations so you can jump back to those locations later.  Kids can grab screenshots of map locations so they can embed these images into other activities like write and paint.  There is also a "density" feature which visualizes how many media are clustered in a certain area.  Kids can also filter which media are displayed on the map by searching their tags (set in the journal or in record).<br> <br>Here are some technical details: the map activity connects to a web server to retrieve a html page which then connects to google maps (but could connect to a map engine on the school server).  Embedded mozilla is used for html rendering.  Childrens' media is kept local on the xo.  A localhost web server, written entirely in python and listening on two sockets (one for ajax and one for comet), handles requests from that initial html page. The localhost web server displays media at the correct latitude and longitude and also responds to events such as gtk button firings.  This hybrid solution is like google gears and adobe air, and lets people fluent in javascript develop activities on the xo.<br> <br>There might be some bugs in this initial release, but we'd like to share it with the community for their feedback and testing.  Let us know what you think.<br><br>The .xo file:<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"> <a href="http://mediamods.com/public-svn/map-activity/tags/xo/map-1.xo" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://mediamods.com/public-svn/map-activity/tags/xo/map-1.xo</a><br> </div><br>And the server software:<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://mediamods.com/public-svn/map-server/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://mediamods.com/public-svn/map-server/</a><br> </div><br>