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Google LitTrips. Evelyn Wassel, Ed.D . STEP2013 June 2013. Google LitTrips. http://www.googlelittrips.org/ A collection of Google Earth (KML/KMZ) files that follow a piece of literature. E lementary, middle, and high school classes. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Google LitTripsEvelyn Wassel, Ed.D.
STEP2013June 2013
Google LitTrips
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
A collection of Google Earth (KML/KMZ) files that follow a piece of literature.
Elementary, middle, and high school classes.
Combines 21st century literacy skills with 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th century literature.
Places students in the middle of a story and with Google Earth they are able to follow a character (or characters) virtually through a tale.
Google LitTrips
Integration
The Cay by Theodore Taylor Students create bookmap Track data of recent hurricanes
Technology Geography Literature Meteorology
How to Tutorials take you step-by-step through the process of adding
placemarks and embedding multimedia information.
Home page Getting Started watch the demonstration videos that show you how to use this resource.
As you plan a lit trip, think about information that will help your students envision places they have never seen. Linkto references that will give them a better understanding of
the story's real-world historical, cultural, and geographical context.
Embed just about anything you find online, from song lyrics to broadcast-news clips.
Lit Trip Tips to provide more detailed instruction about everything, from formatting placemark descriptions to adding route paths. Home page Downloads etc. Lit Trip Tips
Explore
Explore a Google LitTrip from the site and be prepared to share out with a partner.
What did you like?
Describe the features embedded in the file.
How can you use this in your field?
Your Turn!!!
Create a LitTrip!!!