Google Earth Virtual Tour

On my virtual tour my first graders will make stops around the world. At each stop students will click on a link and explore that country. While exploring the country they will have to answer a question about that countries culture. The questions can be about the countries food, music, traditions, or language. I found Google Earth very easy to use. I think the my students will enjoy using this site to look at different places in their neighborhood and around the world. Creating a virtual tour would have to be done as a whole class activity. I would have my first graders list the places to visit and think of the questions to place at each destination. I would have to be the person actually typing out the locations and questions. I would post our final tour to my class blog and have students complete the tour at home with their parents.

Click here to take the world culture tour

Google Docs Intergration #2

For my second use of google docs, I decided to post a welcome back survey for parents to fill out. I currently send home the survey at the beginning of the year on a piece of paper. I like the idea of having parents complete the survey online and all the information being in a spreadsheet for me. I would like to have the survey either posted on my moodle page or up on the computers during meet the teacher night.

Click here to view my survey!