Unleashing Student Creativity
with 360° Storytelling
Agenda
What’s a Photo Sphere ?
Meet my Boyfriend, Pegman
Take Your Own 360° Photos !
Creating 360° Content + Challenge Time
Implementation Ideas
:: Vocabulary Lesson ::
What is a Photo Sphere ?
Single Shot
Video
Panorama
Photo Sphere
aka
360° photo
Can pictures, photography, & virtual reality positively impact our students’ learning and our schools ?
You Can Take a Photo Sphere !
Digital 360° Camera
:: Ricoh Theta S ::
Not free
Overview of the Google Street View App
Searching the Google Street View App
Type in a location you want to view in the Search Bar
Searching the Google Street View App
Venice Beach 360° Photo Sphere
Venice Beach 360° Photo Sphere in Cardboard view !
Once you are viewing a 360° picture, you’ll have the option to view it in Google Cardboard
How to Take a Photo Sphere
Point the camera circle at the dot
Keep following the dot !
Let’s Start Snapping !
Take a photo sphere !
Possible Field Trip Outside, maybe ?!
Publish & Share Your Photo Sphere
If you are happy with your picture, you can publish it to
Google Maps !
If you don’t want to publish to Google Maps, you can still Share it privately… But it will appear FLAT unless it has been published to Google Maps.
*Loucks Tip* - Upload it to Google Drive !
What is a Ricoh Theta ?
Sylvia Duckworth’s INSANE Ricoh Theta S Resource !
Using a Ricoh Theta
A Google Slide ?
A Google Site?
Can I Put a Photo Sphere on a…
You Can Tell Stories with 360° Pictures !
TEXT + AUDIO
Such as Information + Photos
AUDIO
Like background music or a voiceover
Create a StorySphere !
Navigating Story Spheres
Home Screen
Creating Your Story Spheres
Familiarize yourself with the various tabs:
Upload Your 360 Image / Audio Page
Upload Pic:
Upload Audio:
Upload Your 360 Image / Audio Page
Link to Another StorySphere
:: Optional ::
Publish Page
Through your phone
Through your Chromebook
Adding Sound
Navigating Tour Creator
Home Screen
Start Your Tour Creator
Describe Your Tour
Build Your Tour Creator
Add Scene
Describe Your Scene
Add
Points of Interest + Image Overlay
Within each 360 picture, you can...
Continue Adding Scenes
Each “Add Scene” allows you a new 360 picture...
View Published Tour
Hit the “jelly beans” !
Tour Creator Challenge
Your Dream Vacation Spot
Explain with text + pictures
Your Favorite Location
Explain with text + pictures
Dream Job
Where do you wish you could work one day ? ESPN? Google? Disney? Miami as a Cruise Director?
Your Ancestry
Drop a pin in a location from where your family is from!
Research Your Idol
What is your favorite band? Actor? Show? Research their roots + add them to your Tour!
Add a Hyperlink !
Find an Artifact !
Using the Google Arts & Culture website, find an artifact that you can directly tie to one of your locations (like a piece of art, a birthplace, etc.)
How Can I Implement Storyspheres or Tour Creator ?
:: What are your ideas ? ::
How Can I Implement Storyspheres or Tour Creator ?
:: What are your ideas ? ::
Implementation Ideas
World Language Teacher | Science Teacher | Social Studies Teacher | Going on a Field Trip ? |
Create a Story Sphere with your favorite tango music in the background, tag the dancers in the image so that when students click on it, they hear you speaking in Spanish & describing the scene. | Take a road trip to the mountains, take a few pictures and narrate your story so that students can see what you mean when you are teaching about glacial moraines or hanging glaciers. | Have students research a historical site and record them as they tell you about it. Add their voice to the scene, upload to a website and have the class visit the museum that they have now narrated. | Take a photo of yourself and your group on location and record your students as they describe their experience. Tag your image with your student's voices and post it to your school website or share with parents back home. |
Extra Resources
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