Tour Builder & Google Earth

Tour Builder & Google Earth

Tour Builder allows students to create a tour of various places to help others experience it, while also having the opportunity to upload images and video for each stop on the tour. Click the "Tour Builder" image to the right to visit the site and learn more about building a tour or check out the Google Slide tutorial below followed by the sample tour!

Tour Builder

Below is a sample of a Tour based off of the South-Western City Schools Career Days. Click the image to view the sample tour!

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CIF Connection:

  • Writing to Learn: Through Writing to Learn, students can develop their ideas, their critical thinking abilities, and their writing skills. Writing to Learn enables students to experiment every day with written language and to increase their fluency and mastery of written conventions. By taking time to write in low-stakes Exercises, students actively engage in thinking about a concept. Writing to Learn increases equity within the classroom since students have time to try out their ideas in non-evaluative activities before they have to present them to a group or as individuals. Writing to Learn can also be used as formative assessment and as a way to scaffold mid-and high-stakes writing assignments and tests.
  • Collaborative Group Work:
  • Effective Questioning: Questioning challenges students and teachers to use good questions as a way to Open conversations and further intellectual inquiry. Effective Questioning (by the teacher and by students) deepens classroom conversations and the level of discourse students apply to their work. Teachers use this strategy to create opportunities for students to investigate and analyze their thinking, as well as the thinking of their peers and the authors they read in each of their classes. The mark of a highly engaged classroom is when all students are asking thoughtful questions on their own initiative.