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Google Maps
M aps.google.com Used most often Driving Directions Place based search engine Street View (pegman) Photo spheres Links to any location resources.

Google My Maps
mymaps.google.com Personalized maps Added editors can contribute to one map Can add images, videos, links, and text to place markers No street view

Google Earth
earth.google.com Most advanced features Can create shared projects (tours) Able to add images, videos, links, and text to places Pre-made projects to explore

Google Map Tools

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Google Maps
Maps.google.com Used most often Driving Directions Place based search engine Street View (pegman) Photo spheres Links to any location resources.

Google Maps

Your task:

Click on the link to open Google Maps
Search for a place you love and have been to before.
Use the 3D tool and pegman to explore the area.
Find one place within that location that you would be willing to tell us about.

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Google My Maps
mymaps.google.com Personalized maps Added editors can contribute to one map Can add images, videos, links, and text to place markers No street view

Google Map Tools

Your task:

Click here and explore ONE marker on the map.
Watch the video, then zoom in to see where in the world this video is taking place.
What are your wonders, questions, and aha’s? Post them HERE

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Sample Classroom Lesson

Sample Class Project:

5th grade- US Road Trip

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Your task:

Click on the link to open Google Earth
Click this icon to find a a Voyager Exploration OR… Click the Dice to go to a random location
Use the 3D tool and pegman to explore the area.
Click into photospheres and street views for a closer look.
Need help with navigating the tool? Check this out.
How would you use Voyager in the classroom?

*Consider this for your students to explore

Google Earth
earth.google.com Most advanced features Can create shared projects (tours) Able to add images, videos, links, and text to places Pre-made projects to explore Sample Voyage

Google Earth

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Sample Classroom Lesson

Sample Class Projects:

3rd grade- Our Community
4th grade- California Missions

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Packaging your lesson design
Changes the way you deliver instruction
Changes the way students experience learning

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Publishing and Sharing Work

Share your map HERE

View Your Classmates maps HERE

Do you notice any connects, patterns, commonalities?

How can you share in a unique way that inspires curiosity?

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How to Start

(Best Practices)

Start by going places with Google Maps. Allow students to go anywhere in the world. Invite students to share where in the world they are with classmates and what they discovered there.

Try Google My Maps- Allow students to explore one you’ve created, ask them what features they notice and how it’s different from Google Maps. Next try the Happy Place HyperDoc lesson so they can add markers to a collaborative map.

Try Google Earth- Allow students to explore a Voyage first to get experience using the navigation tools. Review how this tool is different from the previous tools they’ve used. Next try build a collaborative Project.

Publishing Class Projects- Keep using each tool to create a visual way to publish student work. Student created videos can be used in My Maps and Earth…links to written work or websites can also be added. Students can create paper versions of their work and include them as an image as well. The possibilities are endless!

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Tech Integration Specialist

Pleasanton Virtual Academy

Co-Creator of HyperDocs

lisahighfill@gmail.com

@Lhighfill

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