Communicating and creativity come to life in an interactive template, using Google Tour Builder.
Google Maps Interactive Tour Builder - Students and teachers will LOVE this new tool! It's a great way to set the stage for inquiry-driven learning. Students can tell a story and create a "tour" to present learning, using pins on maps. With each pin, they add a description which can include other forms of media, such as text, videos, photos, and links. The project creates an interactive timeline of events. This tool has so many possibilities for all content areas!
A few lesson ideas:
- Multimedia letter about events in a novel, or events in a war. Students assume the role of a character or historical figure to create their tour.
- Students create one class tour, and add information for a place their family is from. Students can look for things they have in common with their classmates for a writing project.
- Students can add information about various cities in one area of study. For example, the class can create a tour of South America, with each student creating a pin in various key cities.
- Create a tour from one biome to another with photos and descriptions.
- Create a tour measuring miles from one city to another.
- Create a tour of famous musicians or artists, with places of their birth, and pictures of samples of their work.
Sounds interesting? Here's a list of sample tours to check out!
Being a post 9/11 National Guard Member (Example of Digital Storytelling)
Another similar web tool is tripline.net.
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