BECAUSE LITERARY READING BRINGS WISDOM TO THE INFORMATION AGE
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." — Mark Twain

New to Google Lit Trips? Here's How to Get Started

Download pdf Getting Started with Google Lit Trips

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Coming Events

September 25, 2016

Krause Center for Innovation, Google for Education Summit    12345 El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
"Building Place-Based Projects with Google Earth & TourBuilder" and
"Introduction to Google Lit Trips (Level 1)" by Jerome Burg

June 23, 2016

Virginia Society for Technology in Education   Googlepalooza Tidewater in Hampton, VA   
Presentation: Travel Through a Lit Trip by Cathy A. Maher, M.Ed.

June 27, 2016

International Society for Technology in Education Conference, ISTE 2016   Denver, CO   
Presentation: Gearing Up with Google Geography by GLT Global ED board member Kevin Amboe, Google Teaching Room 3:00 p.m.

July 25-26 Google's Mountain View, CA campus Google Lit Trips founder Jerome Burg will present multiple sessions relating to Google Lit Trips, TourBuilder, and place-based storytelling with Google mapping tools.

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Students as Explorers: Using Google Earth with Literature

   Education Week's Article on Global Learning by guest blogger Jerome Burg

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What is a Google Lit Trip? Lit Trips are downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth. Along the way, placemarks with pop-up windows contain "just in time" resources including relevant media, thought-provoking discussion starters, and links to supplementary information about "real world" references in that portion of the story. Our focus is on creating engaging and relevant literary experiences for students. Watch the video on the left for a simulation of the experience.

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What's New in the GLT Library?

2016 New Titles

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Until the Last Spike, the Journal of Sean Sullivan,
a Transcontinental Railroad Worker, Nebraska and Points West, 1867 by William Durbin
The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Eugene O'Neill's Tao House by Jerome Burg

In the Works

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara

You can now offer suggestions for new Lit Trips on the Request a Lit Trip page.

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Introducing an Exciting New Concept for Literary Locations

Virtual Field Trip, Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site

We're taking our Literary Locations Lit Trip concept to a whole new level with the publication of our walking tour of Eugene O'Neill's Tao House in Danville, California. The tour is constructed from 43 constellation photographs taken throughout the home and around the property. What makes these images unique is that while "virtually standing" in any of the locations where the constellation images were captured, you can look in any direction.

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December 7-9, 2015

LACUE 2015    Louisiana Computer Using Educators   New Orleans, LA  
Google and Promethean: Who would have thought that combining these two can make for an exciting, engagement-rich learning environment in any school capacity? Danette McManus, Ed.S., will be presenting on Tuesday, December 8, AXI Educational Solutions Booth, including an Overview of Google Lit Trips.

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An Educator's Reading List

GLT at The Tech Awards 2010