Google Lit Trips

Session Description

Google Earth is now available online, which means you can access it even from a Chromebook. Join Jerome Burg, founder of Google Lit Trips as he takes your class on a virtual field trip to look closer at a book’s setting and characters by visiting the places and homes within the book through Google Earth. Whether you are a beginner and take somebody else’s adventure, or a ninja and feel like creating your own adventures this session will take an up close look at some popular haunts in literature.

Session Resources:

• The New Google Earth
• Google Lit Trips
• Google Tour Builder (Video: 2:35 mins)
• Google Earth Showcase Videos
• Interview and Demo with Google Lit Trips Co-Founder Jerome Berg
• How Do I Begin Building a Lit Trip?
• 3 min overview of GLT look and feel using The Kite Runner, which might be of interest to higher level participants. Simply uses a single placemark to overview the concept.https://vimeo.com/17886813