undergroundtocanada

Presentation for Provincial Intermediate Teachers Association - October 24, 2009 - 9:30 to 12:00

by Kevin Amboe Looking for a way to engage students in literature, introduce geography concepts, provide background knowledge, expose the world around them? Come to this session for information on creating a Google Literature Trip and how to make cross-curricular connections. We will look at Underground to Canada taught through a GLT.

Majority is already published at - http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=15678

9 :30 Introduction to Google Literature Trips - Hana's Suitcase Example - Learning for Teachers in GLTs

Integration with Geography - Five Themes of Geography

Integration with Math - Distance / Area / Perimeter - Perspective

10:00 Work with Technology - Download and Explore Underground to Canada

10:15 Work Together to create Google Placemarks - Text Balloon - Image Embed - Widget Embed

10:35 Work Time on your project

11:30 - Saving/Sharing your Google Lit Trip

11:45 - Next steps -- Timeline options http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_time.html -- Student created -- Self Directed Novels

Web Starting Points http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth - **Good Overview** www.googlelittrips.org - **The Birth Place of Google Literature Trips http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/tutorials/index.html - Tutorials** www.iamliterate.wikispaces.com/googleearth http://classroomgoogleearth.wikispaces.com http://earth.google.com/gallery - **Examples of how GE is used in classrooms http://delicious.com/amboe_k/googleearth - Kevin's bookmarks on Google Earth**

contact Kevin Amboe directly - amboe_k@sd36.bc.ca