Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTEchNut
Google Certified Trainer
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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
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About Me
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A little about my professional life:
Ed Technology Specialists, a provider of online professional development courses.
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Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
The View Master: Our 1st Virtual Field Trip!
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Discovery Education
While Discovery Education is known for their paid services, they have several free Virtual Field Trip options available to the public.
Example Activity: Have your students experience a live or recorded virtual field trip and then write about their experience in a “Yelp” Review (template)
Navigating the Website: http://bit.ly/2MepMQg
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Maps
Example Activity: Allow students to take a trip to the actual locations they are reading and learning about.
Example Activity: Have students explore two different locations to compare and contrast the different cultures.
Walk around
360º panorama
Underwater or in building
Explore a specific destination using Google Maps street view.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Why aren’t all places represented?
Example Activity: Looking at the image below, brainstorm a list of reasons why Google Street View might not be available for the locations marked as A, B, and C.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Taking a Guided Tour
Example Activity: While sending students off to explore the world can be engaging, it oftentimes doesn’t help them stay focused and complete the task at hand. Create a guided tour for them to be able to explore while staying focused.
Tip: When creating a hyperdoc, insert a single cell table inside of a table to denote where students should provide the answer. This will help organize the document which is a win-win for them and you!
Copy my template: http://bit.ly/2pnbcNp
Creating a Guided Tour: http://bit.ly/2phpjnw
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Street View
Explore specific locations around the world using Google Street View.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Earth Virtual Dives
Explore the world under the water with Virtual Dives.
Oceans cover over 70% of Earth, yet many have never experienced what it is like to swim in the open waters. Depending on your proximity to the oceans, some of your students, if not all, have never seen the ocean, yet been scuba diving. To help us best learn about the sea and the creatures that inhabit it, we need to go to where they live. Let’s head underwater to explore a whole new world.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
National Marine Sanctuaries
National Marine Sanctuaries takes you on virtual dives using 360 degree technology.
The dives can be enjoyed on a computer or smartphone. You can even use virtual reality headsets or goggles for a special immersive experience.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Scuba Diving Around the World
Example Activity: Compare and contrast two locations using a Venn Diagram
Example Activity: Examine and report the differences of coral found in different hemispheres, locations, bodies of water, etc. Conduct research to determine what would cause a difference.
Example Activity: Write a descriptive paragraph on one of the locations
Example Activity: Have students explore various locations and create a Scuba Diving Report.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Street View App with Google Cardboard
Need: Android App and iOS App and a Google Cardboard viewer
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Create 360 Photos with Google Street View App
Use your phone to create a 360 degree photo to share with the world.
Need: Android App or iOS App
Example Activity:
Create a 360° photo of your classroom to share with students prior to school (Carol Huard’s idea).
Example Activity:
Create 360° photo of your school to share with perspective parents.
Tutorials: Create Your Own Street View Image
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
360 Cities
360 Cities provides a 360 degree view of cities around the world.
Example Activity: Have students pull up cities around the world and compare and contrast the locations. Make note of how locations differ than their city.
Example Activity: Have students find cities from around the world that would be classified as urban, suburban, or rural and give explanation of how they know.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Story Spheres
Story Spheres creates an interactive experience by by combining 360 images with a narration
The Terms of Service says you must be 18 or older to use, so while you can’t have your students investigating themselves, you can project and showcase places.
Example Activity: Project a place and have the students jot down ‘Wonderings’ and ‘Notices’ on a piece of paper. Have them share out with a partner and then whole class.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Art Project
Taking a class full of students, of any age, to a museum is one of the most stressful experiences. Days leading up to it, you are plagued with nightmares of them running through the halls, screaming on the top of their lungs, all while occasionally stopping to touch a painting. It doesn’t matter if the students are 5 or 17, when you put a group of them together in a museum you are asking for something to happen. Luckily, with Google Art Project students can now walk through the halls of some museums without ever leaving the school. Sure we all want the students to truly experience a what it is like to go to a museum and see the art in person, but we can leave that to the parents.
Website Presentation Tutorial: http://bit.ly/32fd75w
Website Video Tutorial: http://bit.ly/2IMqjXI
Creating a Collection Tutorial: http://bit.ly/2VBYxCm
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Art Project Activities
Example Activity: Have students select a painting from Google Art Project or a collection you have built, such as this one. Students are to explore the painting, read the information and then create an Art Critic Review.
Example Activity: Have students explore a museum and note what they see, what they wonder and what they feel.
Example Activity: For art class have students choose a piece of artwork and try and replicate it.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Additional Museums with Virtual Tours
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Historic Figures
Explore the Google Arts & Culture Historic Figures section. The exhibits tell a story using documents, photos, videos and in some cases personal artifacts of the people.
Website Presentation Tutorial: http://bit.ly/2pcNCTD
Website Video Tutorial: http://bit.ly/2IMqjXI
Creating a Collection Tutorial: http://bit.ly/2VBYxCm
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Historic Figures Activities
Example Activity: Have students compare and contrast two historical figures.
Example Activity: Have students explore the artifacts displayed for the historical figure and explain its importance.
Example Activity: Find evidence that the historical figure was a good leader or good citizen.
Example Activity: Have students create a text message conversation between two historical figures (template).
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Historic Events
Explore the Historical Events section of Google Arts & Culture to see documents, photos, videos and in some cases personal accounts of events.
Website Presentation Tutorial: http://bit.ly/2pcNCTD
Website Video Tutorial: http://bit.ly/2IMqjXI
Creating a Collection Tutorial: http://bit.ly/2VBYxCm
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Historic Events Activities
Example Activity: Have students the artifacts displayed in two different events and discuss the difference.
Example Activity: Have students compare artifacts to discover the technological advances that took place between major world events.
Example Activity: Have students research a major event and the write a cover story for the front page of an old newspaper (template).
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Places
Experience the places around the world using the Places section of Google Arts & Culture.
Example Activity: Have students explore the various cultures from around the world.
Example Activity: Have students “fly” in using street view to imagine they are there in person.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
GeoGuessr
GeoGuessr is a fun game that drops the player into five unknown destinations around the world. The goal is to earn as many points possible on the journey and points are earned based on the distance between their guess and the actual location. On the free version you can now only play one game a day (go pro).
Things to consider when playing: vegetation, housing / buildings, signs, people, current street view locations, etc.
Example Activity: Have students figure out the algorithm for points awarded. Example spreadsheet.
Example Activity: As a teaser to the book, have students explore these five locations from The Outsiders.
Example Activity: Have students go through a GeoGuessr Biome Animal Challenge to identify animals that learn in various biomes around the world.
Example Activity: Challenge students to identify the common theme in this GeoGuessr Challenge (answer: all places President Ronald Reagan has lived)
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
GeoGuessr
Let’s see what you got! I challenge you to beat my score of 12, 093 points on this map.
Challenge Game: http://bit.ly/2McRnSg
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Earth (Web Version)
Explore the web version of Google Earth.
Example Activity: Use the ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ tool to randomly fly into a new location to explore. Compare that location to your current location. Research population, food eaten, language spoken, etc.
Example Activity: Have students work individually or in collaborative teams to determine a random location. See Where in the World is This Brain Teaser Activity.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Time lapse of locations around the world.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Create a Google Map - My Maps
Create a virtual field trip through Google Maps - My Maps. Add images and text to your locations.
Example Activity: How many miles would a bird fly if he traveled to all of the cities that have served as capitals of the US government since the signing of the Constitution? Create a Google Map of the locations and add an extra pin in the ocean with your answer.
Example Activity: Have the students create a map that shows a historical event, path a character takes in a book, etc.
Example: Constitutional Walking Tour and Civil War
Tutorial: Google Map Basics
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Lit Trips
Google Lit Trips uses Google Earth to take students on the journeys of characters from well known literature. Along the journey pop-ups will appear to help engage the student on their journey through the book.
Example Activity: Have the students explore the path taken by a character prior/during/after reading a book.
Example Activity: Have students create and submit a Google Lit Trip based on a book they have read.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
YouTube channel with Virtual Reality videos.
Play the video or hit pause and tour around the video image.
Pause video and tour around
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
International Space Station
The International Space Station allows students to explore the different areas of the International Space Station. It provides videos, text, and links to external resources to help educate on the various sections.
Example Activity: Jigsaw strategy - put students into groups and assign a section to each group. Have each group become the expert of their section and then teach the rest of the class.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Expeditions
Google Expeditions uses Google Cardboards to take students on a augmented reality trip around the world.
Example Activity: Take the students on a trip to show them an actual location they are studying.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Hiking Mt. Everest
Hike up Mt. Everest and explore the various points along the trail.
Example Activity: Have the students “travel” up the mountain and create a mock journal of their trip. Have them describe the scenery (sight, sounds, smells), the clothes they wearing, food they eating, etc.
Example Activity: Have students view 2nd helicopter ride between the Ankala and Kharte ridges, near Lukla; View 9th helicopter ride of Khumbu “Ice River.” Have students compare and contrast the two locations on the same mountain.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
AirPano
AirPano allows you to explore the world and see places you would (almost) never get to see in person
Example Activity: In ELA, have the students work in a group to create a travel brochure. Students must use descriptive and narrative writing for this task.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Google Expeditions AR
Google Expeditions AR brings things to life.
Example Activity: Have students write a descriptive piece on what it is like to be inside the augmented reality experience.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1
Designing Your Own Virtual Field Trips
Check out my presentation with tools you can use to create your own virtual field trips. It is packed with examples of existing trips.
Kelly Fitzgerald ~ www.edtechnut.com ~ @EdTechNut
Google Certified Trainer
Presentation: bit.ly/worldexploration1