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January 23, 2012

New Google Lit Trip for White Jade Tiger by Julie Lawson posted!

December 8, 2011

New Google Lit Trip for Pedro’s Journal by Pam Conrad posted!

November 29, 2011

Newly Updated Version of Google Lit Trip for Night by Elie Wiesel posted!

November 5, 2011

New Google Lit Trip for Bonyo Bonyo by Vanita Oelschlager posted

November 2, 2011

Google Lit Trip for Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan developed by Vanessa Morris and Roberta Witte, of Sacred Heart School in Saratoga, CA.

September 22, 2011

Google Lit Trip for A Small Dog’s Big Life: Around the World with Owney, by Irene Kelly developed by Linda S. White.

September 10, 2011

Reading About Reading: iPads Make Better Readers, Writers

September 3, 2011

Reading About Reading: 10 Books about 9/11 to share with kids and teens.

August 16, 2011

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Google Lit Trips passes the 1 million visitor mark!

August 5, 2011

A new Special Project  for The Fourth Part of the World, by Toby Lester posted. Lester’s book is a fascinating documentation of the story behind the Waldseemüller Map. Often referred to as America’s birth certificate, the Waldseemüller Map is the first map known to have included the word “America.”

This Special Project was developed as a collaboration between Toby Lester, author of The Fourth Part of the World, Google Lit Trips, Google and the National Council for Geographic Education to be presented at the National Council for Geographic Education Conference in Portland Oregon. All of the presentation resources are available here.

July 30, 2011

Student created Google Lit Trip for Hard Gold by Avi, developed by student Jackson M. and submitted by his teacher Ms Holly Butora.

July 18, 2011

Student created Google Lit Trip for Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swansen, developed by student Christopher K. and submitted by his teacher Ms Holly Butora.

July 2, 2011

Student created Google Lit Trip for the short story, “The Big Two-Hearted River” by Ernest Hemingway, developed by Maddie Hart and David Hart.

May 19, 2011

Updated: Lit Trip for Night by Elie Weisel posted  (v.3)

May 12, 2011

Of interest to fans of all Google Geo tools...For years, Google's geo products have been identified as a powerful learning toolkit that can help students conceptualize, visualize, share, and communicate information about the world around them.

This fall, Google will host two Google Geo Teachers Institutes: September 23 and 24, 2011 in Washington DC at National Geographic Headquarters and September 26 and 27, 2011 at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College in Lewiston, Maine...[Read More]

May 5, 2011

Google Lit Trip for Priscilla and the Hollyhocks developed by Jessica Graham. This is the first Google Lit Trips designed specifically as a “Teacher’s Edition.” Includes “tons” of extra resources and classroom activities!

May 1, 2011

It looks like Bookmapping: Lit Trips and Beyond is finally officially published. Whoo Hoo! 

April 8, 2011

ISTE Cast: It looks like Bookmapping: Lit Trips and Beyond (see link above) is really about to come out. Tentative release last week of April or first week of May. Listen to a recent interview I did with my co-author Terence Cavanaugh.

Google Lit Trips featured at the 30th Annual Steinbeck Festival at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, CA!

October 6, 2009

If you like Google Lit Trips, you might be interested in Google Historical Voyages and Events, a project by Google Lit Trips developer Carol LaRow. According to Carol, “This site is dedicated to the explorers, voyages, events, and historical backgrounds of countries throughout the World.” Download Google Historical Voyages Invite.pdf.