1. Google Lit Trips – Part I Instructions: View this presentation Full Screen (click the F5 button on the keyboard). Press the “enter” key to progress through the slides. Some slides will prompt you to “click here” to connect to the web. Follow the directions where prompted. Please let me know if you have any questions! Have fun!

2. What is a Google Lit Trip? n It combines literary road trips with the interactive technology and satellite imagery of Google Earth. n Created by Jerome Burg, an English teacher at Granada High School in Livermore, California. n The Google Lit Trip site, http://www.googlelittrips.org/, contains over 30 lit trips that can be downloaded for use in your classroom. http://www.googlelittrips.org/

3. Characteristics of a Lit Trip: n Each lit trip is an interactive multimedia experience created in Google Earth and saved as a Google Earth.kmz file. n Readers virtually follow along with a character(s) geographic journey. n Key places in the story are marked in Google Earth with placemarks. n Placemarks can contain text, images, links to websites, and links to UnitedStreaming video.

4. Advantages to using Google Lit Trips: n "It puts the kids right in the middle of the story” (Jerome Burg). n Allows the students to connect the content of a story with place and time. n Encourages the students to go beyond simple plot summaries to connecting the story to issues affecting their own lives.