This is the inaugural edition of the Saturday Screencast! I'd like to publish a screencast at least once a month, but probably more frequently. This one is based on a resource I presented at ASHA, and which a few eager attendees had questions about after the session. This is one of those resources that's sorta hard to explain without showing how it works, hence the screencast.
Google Lit Trips is a resource of KMZ (Google Earth Format) files that correspond with works of children's literature. I recently used the Make Way For Ducklings activity and it was a great hit, even with 7th graders. The advantage to viewing a story in Google Earth is that the imagery can be used to elicit a lot of descriptive language and discussion about the setting, a key narrative element. Check out how it works below and have fun with this "ducky" resource- one of Boston's faves.
I am very open to suggestions on what would make good tech screencasts for SpeechTechie readers. What's something you'd like to know how to do?
I love both "Make Way for Ducklings" and the Google Lit Trip for it! It's one of my favorites to show teachers and pre-service teachers when discussing the power of Google Earth, especially the 3D buildings. I love how the Google Lit trips include lots of suggested questions to ask students about different parts of each book. Jerome Burg has done an excellent job with this project. Glad to see you highlighting it, and glad to find your blog via your EduBlog Awards nomination. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Wesley. I agree with you about GE being very powerful. Resources like Lit Trips are wonderful because I think people understandably find it really difficult to wrap their heads around creating their own content in the Places Panel- It's just too hard! I hope in GE 7 they make this more user-friendly. Thanks for reading and for your comment.
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