Change+It+Up!+Using+Google+Voice+and+Google+Maps+to+Add+Excitement+to+Your+Classroom

Clemmie_Everett@ryecountryday.org NYSAIS TWT17
 * Using Google Voice and Google Maps in the Classroom **

Go to Google Maps ([]) and punch in “Red Square, Moscow, Russia.” Find the yellow streetview man in the lower right corner. Click and drag the yellow man onto a blue line (the blue lines will appear when you drag him) in Red Square.
 * Stop 1: Red Square, Moscow, Russia **

You have two objectives for your trip to Red Square: 1. Get used to moving around in Google Streetview 2. Get a sense of the architecture in Moscow.

Now, punch in “Versailles, France.” Have a look at where in France Versailles is located. Zoom in, find a part of the palace/grounds that you would like to explore, and drag the orange street view man onto the map (the map should show blue spots where there are available photos). Spend some time looking around Versailles. Be sure to explore __both__ the inside and outside of the building as well as the gardens in the back.
 * Stop 2: Versailles, France **

// What is your impression of Versailles? When Louis XIV had Versailles built in the 1600s, what do you think he was trying to achieve? //

Now look up “St. Petersburg, Russia.” Using the satellite view in the lower left corner, get a general sense of the location and topography – what made this an appealing location to Peter the Great when he had the city built in the 1700s? What do you think it was like to be one of the serfs constructing the city?
 * Stop 3: St. Petersburg, Russia **

Use the street view tool again to have a look around the following locations in St. Petersburg:
 * Peterhof (Summer Palace outside of city, address is Razvodnaya ulitsa, 2, St Petersburg )
 * Winter Palace/Hermitage Museum (look both inside and outside of the building)
 * Kazan Cathedral OR St Isaac’s Cathedral

// What evidence do you see of earlier Russian culture and influence on the art and architecture of St. Petersburg? // // What evidence do you see of Western European influence? Other influences? //

Call Clemmie at 914 417 9015 and do one of the following: // You only have three minutes, so get to the punchline! //
 * Your task, should you choose to accept it: **
 * Describe one thing you learned about St. Petersburg, Russia
 * Describe one thing you learned about Google Maps/Streetview
 * Tell a really funny joke.

Here's how to get started with Google Voice.
Here are some other assignments I use Google Voice for: Uncle Archibald Field Trip to Downtown Rye