Google Tour builder is a tool created by google that allows the user to create a "tour" of places they have visited. A teacher could even use the tour builder as a way to enhance a topic that would benefit the students' understanding with a visual representation of geographical locations. Tour Builder was originally created to give veterans a way to record the places they went throughout their service. And fortunately everyone can now take advantage of this awesome tool!
You can access the tour I built here!
If you're interested in creating your own tour click here! Check out the tutorial below if you need some more help.
Google Earth is a wonderful tool that allows the user to view the world from a more virtual perspective. You can also interact with google earth. One of the tools I love from Google Earth is called the Tour Guide. When you choose a location to check out you can open the Tour Guide feature and a list of pictures of popular monuments or places from that location will pop up. If you click on one of the pictures it will take you on a tour of it automatically! Pretty cool, huh?
Another tool that blew me away was the moon view tool. You can actually take a tour of the moon! I mean that is awesome! When you're checking out the moon you can see different artifacts that were left by humans.
If you are interested in downloading Google Earth click here!
The tutorial below will give you some more information if you need a little help figuring this tool out!
I definitely enjoyed Google Earth more because it was more of a fun way to play around with the tool. I have not done near as much as I could possibly do with Google Earth, but I will be using it more in my classroom to give my students tours of different monuments in the country. I think that Google Tour Builder is perfect for introducing a new topic or giving a presentation about yourself in a unique way. However, Google Earth is a more interactive tool that students could manipulate themselves.
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