Students will be able to accurately identify a place or event during Revolutionary War and explain its significance.
Students will independently view a 360 YouTube video to get them excited to learn about the American Revolution using a virtual tool.
After the video introduction and a recap of things leading up to this event students will be tasked with playing Geoguessr to identify a battle field of interest or place of impact.
Students will visit suggested sites to collect additional information to help with their research. Their end goal is to create a digital artifact to share what they learned about their selected location and its relevance to the Revolutionary War. Below are some resources for them to explore.
When research is complete, students will create a digital artifact to explain how this event or location played a significant role in the American Revolution. Options include a green screen video, a digital comic with Google Slides, or a Google Slide news page.
This summer of 2018 provided many AH-mazing opportunities to travel with my husband, daughter, and friends from home. It was great to disconnect from social media and all things digital for a while, well except for the camera and some Pokemon Go. How could I not take pictures traveling through Europe, or not catch a Mr. Mime and Volbeat while I was there. I was a little, just a little sad, that I was going to miss one of my favorite summer PD venues, GooglePalooza.
Fortunately, before I departed at the end of July, I came up with idea that would let me combine my love of travel with an awesome tech tool that is way underutilized. I reached out to two of my favorite digital education enthusiasts, Colleen Terrill, friend and event planner for GooglePalooza, and Mallack Walsh from Ed Technology Specialists. I work for Mallack teaching an online graduate course, Diving Deeper with Digital Devices. Remind me to tell you about special discounts for the already low price of $400 per three credit graduate courses. By the way, the classes are tech base, for any level of learner, and from what I hear, quite fantastic.
Back to my story. You see, I had to ask Colleen if she liked the idea of having a Mystery Hangout session at the conference. She of course was as excited as I was. Next, I needed to 1) find at least one other Google Certified Trainer and 2) ask my boss what he thought about giving away a couple free courses to the lucky winners. Well, not only was Mallack totally on board, he suggested some other faculty members and top-notch digital educators from ETS.
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