One of the arguments that I have been faced with as an educator is whether or not to entertain students as a way of reaching them. This is my conclusion...yes I should. Technology has been shaping the world and how our kids respond to learning. I don't have to go through the litany of tech tools that entertain students. In saying that, if we want to be effective teachers, then we have to be open to using technology to entertain our students as well. One old, but very useful tech tool is Google Lit Trips. It based on the idea of taking a book and tracing the journey of the characters using Google Earth. There are basically two ways of delivering Google Lit Trips: creating a GLT as teacher or having students create them. This provides a entertaining way for students to really engage in a book and truly relate to the places that the characters have been. How wonderful it is to be provided with such a powerful tool that can virtually take them to a place that they probably have not traveled to before.
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