Timelines and Google Tour Builder
As a student, I remember numerous occasions where I was asked to create a timeline. I stumbled upon Google Tour Builder last week, so I wanted to share it with you. Originally created so veterans could document and preserve their memories of their time in military service for their families, Google Tour Builder allows you to document places on Google Earth and incorporate text and images along the way. I immediately saw this being used to recreate the settings of a book or in social studies to document different historical locations. Students could use it to share important life events of their own as a getting-to-know you activity at the beginning of the year. Because it is Google, your account is already linked, though you may have to sign in. You get started by giving your "tour" a name. I did a test tour on a book that I'm reading, so I called my tour the name of the book. Once your tour is created, you can start adding pins to the...