Google Earth Community: Question re: Group exercise

HI everyone,

I'm trying to understand how I might put together a group activity that allows students to build a collaborative List. I teach an online (university-level) geology course for non-geologists. One way I try to help students connect to the course content is to have students read through the "Geologist's Lifetime list" (http://www.uc.edu/GEOLOGY/GEOLOGYLIST/), then contribute to a discussion where they connect their own experience to the topics mentioned. (They describe their experience relative to some of the topics mentioned in the list, then comment on at least two other students' experiences). This usually produces a vibrant discussion and is a good way for students to get to know each other.

This year I assembled their list into a downloadable tour. This took quite a bit of time (though it was fun!)

I would really like to have the students do this. I know I could ask them to not only post a message, but also attach a kmz file of the location(s). However, I would still need to download & open each file and build a list - not the immediacy that I am I'm looking for.

Is there a way that one could design this so that each student could pinpoint the location on a map and provide a description (plus or minus photos) - and the kmz file builds along the way?

Anyone have a sense of how this could be done?

Best,
Michelle

Vancouver, BC