Description of Google Tour Builder
Google
Tour Builder is a great tool for
storytelling that allows its users to preserve their memories and stories with
the help of maps. By using different kinds of multimedia content as well as
Google maps, Google tour builder connects people and places together. It is a
great educational tool and students’ learning and engagement can be increased
by using it. It also allows its users to add photos, videos and other sort of content to Google maps. You can
pick any location that you want. Originally, this tool was built for veterans
so that they can preserve the memories of their service but later on, it was
made available for everyone so that everyone can experience an immersive and a beautiful
storytelling experience.
How Google
Tour Builder Works
Here is how Google Tour Builder
works:
1. Open your web browser and type Tourbuilder.withgoogle.com
in the address bar. Press enter.
2. Once you press enter, you will see
the homepage of Google tour builder. Here you can build your own tour. If you
want, you can also check existing tours.
3. The next step is to sign in. You can
sign in by using your Google Apps
account, or your Gmail account.
4. On the top right corner of the
homepage, you will see a “Create new tour” button. Click on this button if you
want to create your own tour.
a. Add the name of your organization
and tour e.g. visit to D.C.
c. Add location and then locate the
places that you want to include in your tour e.g. monuments, parks, museums,
etc. Click on “add to tour”.
6. If you want to explore other tours
that are shared publicly by other users, then click on the “Gallery” button. It
will also give you an idea of how to make
a great tour for your class by using Google tour builder.
7. If you want to explore the tours
that other users have shared with you, click on “Shared tours” button.
Note: You will have to install Google
earth plugin first before you can use Google tour builder.
Using Google Tour Builder with elementary students
Google
tour builder is a great tool to help your students explore new places around
the globe. There are many great ideas about how you can use it in your
classroom. Here are some examples:
*Ideas are inspired by members of the Technology Teacher Tribe Facebook Group
Explore
Europe
Ask
your students to research on 2-3 European explorers and then create a tour
including 5-8 stops. You can also ask them to include a photo along with an
interesting fact about every stop.
Visit
a state
Build
a tour of the state that no one in your class has visited. This is an
interesting activity for kids to explore their own country.
Dream
Trip
Ask
your students to create a bucket list about where they want to travel and then
build a tour of those places.
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