A Whole New World
Tara Linney
We all want to show our students the larger world, but our schools’ budgets can’t cover the flights. I’d like to show you a new way of getting students to see the rest of the world. We’ll accomplish this by using tools such as Google Maps, Geoguessr and Google Cardboard. Participants will get hands-on experiences with Google Maps to discover the ways in which math instruction can be taught, in regards to area and distance. We will then move into the integration of data in Google Maps to illustrate ways in which survey data points can be plotted within a map. Next, we’ll move into a premade Geoguessr game, where participants will guess where locations are based on the details in a movable picture. Once we have completed the Geoguessr game, we’ll move into creating their very own game using Geosettr. Finally, to conclude this workshop, participants will create their very own Google Cardboard. This contributes to the beginning efforts of a Makerspace, as it gets participants thinking about the ways in which this maker activity could occur in their very own class. With Google Cardboard, participants will see how they can create their own virtual experiences which can then be shared with their class(es). As a bonus, participants will be able to take home the Google Cardboard that they created during the workshop. |
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DEEP Dive
Delving deeper in this session, we will consider and learn more about:
Delving deeper in this session, we will consider and learn more about: