Integrating Google My Maps and language learning: the collaborative creation of virtual tour guides by Brazilian students

Electronic Village

Technology Showcase & EV Fair Classics

Marcos Racilan

Daniel Oliveira

Context and Needs analysis

High school students in an Institute of Technology

• regular curriculum

• technical education curriculum

Real beginners

Have students experiment with language

• group work facilitating peer

• a textual genre approach

• development of oral and written texts

• formative evaluation feedback

Objectives

Involve students with a meaningful learning task

Integrate new technologies in the learning process

Foster the use of authentic material from the net

Promote the development of autonomy

Engage students in collaborative work

General view

Drawing lines

Editing lines

Choosing icons

Finding a hotel

Sightseeing

Pictures and Texts

Pictures and Texts

Videos - future attractions

Videos - current attraction

Trying local cuisine

Variation from original project

Google Earth Virtual Tour

http://youtu.be/KKvYH-zEql0

Integrating Google My Maps and language learning: the collaborative creation of virtual tour guides by Brazilian

students

Marcos Racilanmarcosracilan@timoteo.cefetmg.br

Daniel Oliveira