Breakout Session II
Breakout rooms will be assigned on the day and posted on this page
Presenter: Jerome Burg
Title: Being There: IN-Place Based Storytelling
Description: What's even better than "Place-Based Storytelling"? "IN-Place Based Storytelling!" We'll explore using Google mapping tools to create minds-IN projects that virtually embed students within stories across the K-12 curricular and grade level spectrum.
Level: ALL
Presenter: Sandra Chow
Title: A Global Voice - Geo Storytelling
Description: Google Geo Tools provides powerful tools for students to tell stories through a global lens, in a global voice, to a global audience. Take a tour around the various Google-Y ways students can develop their Global Competencies through storytelling.
Level: Beginner
Presenter: Kim Randall
Title: Put Your Story on the Map with Tour Builder
Description: Love using Google Earth and Maps? Love using both to tell stories? Come explore Google Geo's hidden creation gem, Tour Builder. Combine storytelling and your favorite features from Google Earth/Maps to create web-based tours that will "fly" you from one place to the next. See ideas for classroom integration and start creating your own tour today!
Level: Beginner
Presenter: Dean Philips
Title: Tools for Adventure
Description: Every day is an adventure! And most adventures are dependent upon a specific place, area, or region. Using the power of Google and a few of their geo-tools, learn how to easily share your adventures with family and friends using media and dynamic maps.
Level: Beginner
Presenter: David Saunders
Title: Turning Points - Storytelling with GeoTools
Description: They say that inside each of us is a story just waiting to be told. Using Google's geo-tools, let's tap into our life experiences to empower our inner author to share our stories with the world, whether in prose, poetry, or song! We'll then share our work at our very own cafe!
Level: Beginning-Intermediate
Presenters: The Ro & MO Show
Title: Oh, the Places We Can Go!
Description: We'll integrate narrative and expository writing with Google Earth, My Maps, Timelapse & Tour Builder as our frame of reference. Let's bounce ideas around and see where we end up!
Level: Intermediate
Presenter: Micah Shippee
Title: Using Geo Tools to Create Location Based AR
Description: Virtual Reality (VR) takes you somewhere else. Augmented Reality (AR) adds to where you are. We will use Google Maps to create Geo Locations viewable in an AR platform via smartphones. Participants will gain hands-on experience by working together to build a custom map including points of interest. Then we will take it to the next level by viewing our map through an augmented reality app. Lives will likely be changed.
Level: Intermediate
