Day 9

Day 9: Google Tour Builder

Goal: Students will use technology to tell their stories in Google Tour Builder. 

Estimated time: 60 minutes

Students will be using Google Tour Builder to tell the stories of their places and landforms. Teacher will find it helpful to explore this tool (see Resource section for a tutorial) before introducing it to the class. It is possible to have all of the students’ stories on one tour, or to have students create their own individual tours (see Examples in Resource section).  Depending on which route the teacher decides to go, they may decide to work with students individually to enter their stories (if creating one class tour). The suggested lesson below is to help students create their own individual tour. 

• Have students go to: https://tourbuilder.withgoogle.com/ and sign in with the email account. 

Instructions for creating a Google Tour:

1)     Create a new Tour and give it a name. 

2)     Introduction: Zoom to the featured community on the map and drop a placemark. If student has a picture of themselves in their place, or can find a physical picture of the place on the Internet, upload it for the featured slide. Have students write a brief summary about their place.

3)     Click “Add Location” and give it a title, like View 1. Drop a placemark on the featured place in the story (make sure to click LOCK THIS VIEW to prevent the map from moving). “Add photos” and upload a photo of the first painting (Beginning). Last, have students type their short caption of what is happening in their story in the box provided (from page 4, part VI of their workbooks). 

4)     Repeat Step 3 for View 2 (Middle) and View 3 (End). Students will zoom in on the map and drop a new placemark each time. 

•   When students are finished with the three slides, have them share the Tour with you. Click "Done Editing" and then "Share". 

Materials 

 See Materials section, Day 9