Plan for Google Earth Tour

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1.Cairo, Egypt (with picture of ancient egyptians)	What are some possible changes the Nile might have gone through, both human-made and natural, since the early civilizations?	text here
2.Indus Valley (with picture of ancient inhabitants)	Look up a civilization that grew around this valley. What people live there now?	text here
Yangze River (Beijing)	Why do you think civilizations, like those in China, needed to be near water anciently? Why today?	text here
4.Bagdad, Iraq (with images of ancient sumerians)	There are two rivers here. What do you think would have been the benefits anciently? Today? Why, do you think, are these resources not making the people as wealthy as they were anciently.	text here
Details of image overlay / path / polygon:	I would like to have images of people from the ancient cultures that originated near those bodies of water.

Content- Rivers that are the cradles of ancient civilizations.
Pedagogy- A google earth Tour can be used for independent learning. After going over all the material in other methods, I can have the students look at the google earth presentation in the school's computer lab. It's also a great way excite kids and get them interested in learning. Seeing the river's place in the whole world can give the kids a great way to get the whole picture too.
Technology- Google Earth Tours

3rd Grade
Standard 1 Objective 1

Heir Apparent Book Trailer

Let's see how this one does. It takes a wee while to load.

So I actually finished it in the car, with a web-cam microphone on the way to Las Vegas, so the sound could be better....but it does it's job.

Dude, I'm not even INTO fantasy...and while it's cheesy-tacular, I'm like...heh...I've decided that I'm gonna use photostory for a LOT round here. This was a dorky-awesome fun thing to make. :D


Just in case anyone has problems...I will put the link here too.

Digital Story TPACK

What is the Content I am using in this story?

I will be doing a book trailer of a recent read. The book is called Heir Apparent. I will use this, and hopefully this technology, to get students in my classes excited about reading a book-or even as an assessment for older students to make their own trailers after they've read the book. I will be using music from a royalty-free website and royalty-free images from gettyimages.com

What is the pedagogy you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content?

In accordance with the Utah Core, Standard 1 Objective 2, I will "Use a variety of formats (e.g., drama, sharing of books, personal writings, choral readings, informational reports) in presenting with various forms of media (e.g., pictures, posters, charts, ads, newspapers). "

What is the technology you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content and pedagogy?

I will be using digital pictures, digital sound, microphone and I will put it all together using Photostory.

Story Board

Behold...an image of my storyboard...no wait...give me second...ah HA! Here we go!