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Special Projects

Author Homes and

Literary Landmarks


FREE Google Earth Webinars

GLT contributor Thomas Cooper presents great Google Earth tutorials. You can download the following Elluminate archives webinars:

Part I: Getting to Know Earth

Part II: Creating Basic Placemarks

Part III: Layouts with Tables  (Pt1)

Part IV: Creating Tours


FREE Google Earth Webinars

GLT contributor Thomas Cooper presents great Google Earth tutorials. You can download the following Elluminate archives webinars:

Part I: Getting to Know Earth

Part II: Creating Basic Placemarks

Part III: Layouts with Tables (1 of 2)

Part IV: Creating Tours



The Asia Society names Google Lit Trips a co-winner of the 2008 Goldman Sachs Foundation Prize for Excellence in International Education for Media/Technology.





GoogleLitTrips featured on

PRI: The World Technology Podcast with Clark Boyd.



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LeRoy Finkel Fellowship

awarded by the

Computer Using Educators.

 

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A Different Way to Read Great Literature!

This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!

What’s New in Google Lit Trips... February 2, 2010 Updated version of The Grapes of Wrath posted! January 25, 2010 A special thanks to Lit Trip contributor Teresa Pombo Pereira who not only developed the first Google Lit Trip in Portuguese, but has now collaborated with Mario Aller from Spain to bring the project concept to Spain. January 6, 2010 Night by Elie Wiesel Lit Trip links and images updated. November 30, 2009 New Lit Trip for Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. November 15, 2009 New version of Paddle To The Sea Google Lit Trip posted New version of Fifteen Poets Google Lit Trip posted October 6, 2009 If you like Google Lit Trips, you might be interested in Google Historical Voyages and Events, a project by Google Lit Trips developer Carol LaRow. According to Carol, “This site is dedicated to the explorers, voyages, events, and historical backgrounds of countries throughout the World.” Download Google Historical Voyages Invite.pdf. September 21, 2009 New Lit Trip for We All Went on Safari, by Laurie Krebs. September 11, 2009 An amazing new direction for Google Lit Trips! Author Homes and Literary Landmarks bring the power of Google Earth and Google Sketchup to Google Lit Trips. August 30, 2009 Google Lit Trips featured on the School Library Journal website in author Marc Aronson’s Nonfiction Matters blog. August 12, 2009 Congratulations! Anne Brusca, developer of the A Family Apart Lit Trip, is featured on the George Lucas Education Foundation’s Edutopia website. 9-12/Entries/2006/11/1_The_Grapes_of_Wrath_by_John_Steinbeck.htmlhttp://viagensliterarias.wordpress.com/9-12/Entries/2009/3/16_Os_Lusiadas_by_Luis_Vaz_de_Camoes.htmlhttp://www.educacontic.es/blog/explorando-con-google-earth-viajes-literarios9-12/Entries/2006/9/30_Night_by_Elie_Wiesel.html6-8/Entries/2009/11/28_Walk_Two_Moons_by_Sharon_Creech.htmlK-5/Entries/2007/12/6_Paddle-to-the-Sea_by_Holling_Clancy_Holling.html9-12/Entries/2008/10/27_Fifteen_Poets.htmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/larow2/Voyages/index.htmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/larow2/Voyages/index.htmlHome_files/Google%20Historical%20Voyages%20Invite.pdfK-5/Entries/2009/9/18_We_All_Went_on_Safari_by_Laurie_Krebs.htmlSpecial_Projects/Entries/2009/9/10_Author_Homes_by_Beryl_Reid.htmlSpecial_Projects/Entries/2009/9/10_Author_Homes_by_Beryl_Reid.htmlSpecial_Projects/Entries/2009/9/9_Literary_Landmarks_by_Beryl_Reid.htmlhttp://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/http://www.marcaronson.com/http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1880000388/post/110048411.htmlK-5/Entries/2009/4/30_A_Family_Apart_by_Joan_Lowery_Nixon.htmlK-5/Entries/2009/4/30_A_Family_Apart_by_Joan_Lowery_Nixon.htmlhttp://www.edutopia.org/economic-stimulus-education-technology-new-yorkshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1shapeimage_7_link_2shapeimage_7_link_3shapeimage_7_link_4shapeimage_7_link_5shapeimage_7_link_6shapeimage_7_link_7shapeimage_7_link_8shapeimage_7_link_9shapeimage_7_link_10shapeimage_7_link_11shapeimage_7_link_12shapeimage_7_link_13shapeimage_7_link_14shapeimage_7_link_15shapeimage_7_link_16shapeimage_7_link_17shapeimage_7_link_18shapeimage_7_link_19shapeimage_7_link_20




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Jerome Burg


JeromeBurg@GoogleLitTrips.com




Google Lit Trips is a project being developed as part of the Google Certified Teachers program. However, Google Lit Trips is not affiliated with or sponsored by Google Inc.