Google Lit Trips

Google Lit Trips

Presenter: Christ Keeler

Find the presentation at http://christykeeler.com/LitTrips

Depending on your purpose, the Lit Trip can function differently

historical topics with a pedagogical topic

• Content, Trade Books and Lit Trips
• Content
• integrated studies of social sciences and humanities
• Trade books
• any book that helps relates to the content being taught
• can be primary sources or fiction
• should be a book rather than an article... maybe?
• can use any book that has geographic locations (we need to be able to find a map)
• What are they?
• go to googlelittrips.com to see examples
• invented by Dr. Jerome Burg
• under "Downloads, etc", find resources for teachers
• go to the "Site Map" and look at the Trips already made
• Many books already done K-12
• Night, The Kite Runner, Grapes of Wrath
• students could write on their own place based experiences 
• these files end in .kmz - don't worry. Your computer will open it
• works within Google Earth
• can be done individually, or you can break the book into sections and have individual students or groups make a trip for just a few points on the trip
• teach writing - this is a published work, so the entries should be deep and well written
• those who have html experience can also create backgrounds, animation, change colors, etc.
• What you see when you open one
• introduction
• geographic path
• if it doesn't tell you exactly where they were, students need to make an educated guess
• deeper thinking and analysis - think about season, area
• use main points to make assumptions
• pictures of the places
• information about where you are in the book when you reach that location
• can be a summary for comprehension, in depth for analysis, or short so as not to give away the story
• add discussion questions
• More requirements
• vocabulary exercise
• historical overview
• lessons and activities
• links to additional resources for understanding
• Models
• find an existing Lit Trip
• teacher created
• this is html, so you can modify anything
• ex. change the vocabulary, focus questions, descriptions so that it is tailored to your needs
• student created
• Integrated Approach
• Social Studies
• NCSS themes
• NCHE Vital Themes and Habits of the Mind
• NCGE strands
• Literacy Baseline
• Technology
• Comprehensive and Contemporary
• 21st Century Skills
• TPACK
• Build one
• What is your purpose and objective?
• Books
• need to have geographical locations
• Inferno would be great if you could find a map of Hell on Google Earth ... :)
• Places
• find the places
• Outlining
• outline your information
• Resources
• gather
• Build it
• go to http://www.earth.google.com/
• create a folder in "My Places" with the title of the book
• create a cover page: make your own, or go to the presenter's site and click on the link for Cover Code Template
• Highlight the code - you do not need to know what this means. Just copy and paste it into Google Earth.
• there are red and blue texts. These are fields you or the student can change to add more information
• Do a simple Google search for the title of the book and look for images
• click on the picture
• right click and copy the picture
• paste it in
• go to http://www.amazon.com/ and find the book
• copy the URL and paste it in to the specified field to provide a link where someone can buy the book
• Write a short description in the required field
• Fill in the name
• Marking the Places
• type in the location in Google Earth's search bar
• Place a marker and type in the name of the place
• go back to  http://christykeeler.com/LitTrips and get the code template you need for the places
• fill in the fields
• place, description, citation, discussion questions, more information, etc.
• delete anything in the code that you do not want to add
• Adding Video
• find your video that relates to your content
• in another window, go back to Google Earth and place a marker where you want the video to appear
• you can change this icon as you wish to match your book
• ex. if it was raining on the River, choose the cloud with rain
• go back to  http://christykeeler.com/LitTrips and choose the code for video
• copy and paste it in to your pin in Google Earth
• go to the video and copy the embed code
• go back to Google Earth and paste it into the correct field
• Save it!!
• go to the top level folder
• click File or Right Click
• click
  Save Place
  As...
• Save it to the folder in which  you want the Trip to appear
• Delete it
• Go to the folder in which you saved the Trip, and it will be there.
• I would check to make sure you saved the Trip properly before deleting it
• Resource Collection
• Create a place to save
• Primary Sources
• Video Resources
• links
• Social Bookmarking - an online resource to help keep track of links
• Diigo – diigo.com
• you can save your links in a Word Document as well, but it may be a bit more difficult to save pictures that way. Do what makes you comfortable. 
• Citing Sources - if it isn't cited, it cannot be posted
• Use free resources or cite it