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Google Earth Lit. Trips
Have you seen the Google Earth Lit. Trips? It is a great feature of Google Earth. It takes the setting of different stories and then makes the story "come to life"! Check it out and let me know what you think!
Tags: earth, google, literature
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Permalink Reply by Dawn Sayre on -
I love Lit Trips! We have started creating our own based on non-fiction Holocaust books. The kids are so engaged!
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Permalink Reply by Sheila on -
That is a great idea. Are they difficult to create with your students? What is the biggest challenge?
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Permalink Reply by Dawn Sayre on
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To add a push pin with information takes a few minutes to learn. To add a photo or embed a link requires a small amount of html. Well worth the effort!
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Permalink Reply by Sharon Brennan on -
What age group did you do this with?
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Permalink Reply by Dawn Sayre on
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I did this with fifth and sixth grade students. As they read the book, they found locations that were relevant to the story that we could research for the lit trip. Then each group worked to write up their locations. The kids were very engaged and it greatly expanded their understanding of the literature.
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Permalink Reply by Stacey Buckalew on
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I have created a google earth lit trips...it is on the site. It is called Seaman...book in a day. Check it out http://www.googlelittrips.com/ click on K-5
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Permalink Reply by Dawn Sayre on
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That's great! How do you go about getting your lit trips posted on that site?
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