Location	Activity Description	Google Earth Content
1. Acadia National Park	At Acadia National Park there is an island called Bar Island. You can walk to this island. How can you do that? Click the squares around the island to find out. Then imagine what it would be like to walk to Bar Island and write a paragraph about it. Make sure to use descriptive words.	Students will use the square icons to find information, along with looking at photos.
2. Craters of the Moon National Park	This park is a barren area of lava flows, mini volcanoes (called cinder cones), and volcanic tubes. It was called "Craters of the Moon" because people thought the moon looked like this National Park landscape. Use the street view function, zoom, and look at the pictures to get ideas about what the landscape looks like. Draw a picture of what this national park would look like if you were there.	Students will view pictures, use the street view, and zoom function.
3. Glacier Bay National Park	Here in Glacier Bay National Park there are mountains over 15,000 feet tall, coastal beaches with coves, tidewater glaciers, and freshwater lakes. The shorelines and islands you can see today were covered by ice over 200 yrs. ago. The land by the mouth of the bay is now covered by forests of spruce and hemlock trees. Look to see where the forests are around the national park. Why do you think the trees and plants don't go inland further? What other types of plants do you think could grow in this climate? Write your answers down on a piece of paper.	Students will use the zoom function, as well as clicking on various places to view pictures.
4. Arches National Parks	This park was established to protect over 2,000 natural sandstone arches. These arches are rock formations that have been eroded over millions of years. Using the weather function, find out what kind of climate this park has. Also look at the street view to see what the landscape looks like. What kinds of plants and animals do you think live here? How does this national park compare to Glacier Bay National Park? What kinds of plants and animals do you think live in the Glacier park? Why are the plants and animals different in these two different parks? Write your answers down on a piece of paper.	Students will use the weather function, along with the street view and zoom. Also viewing pictures.

Digital Storytelling

I think the most difficult challenge with implementing a digital storytelling project in an elementary education classroom would mainly be organizing it to not only make it worthwhile for the students, but a good learning opportunity. Setting up groups, or having them do it individually, setting up the requirements, and teaching them how to use the resources available to them would add to the challenge. But despite the time and hassle it might cause, the overall experience would not only excite the students, but teach them another way to share their thoughts and ideas to others.

The ABC's of BYU Dating

TPACK & storyboard

TPACK is different kinds of technology and how they work together. Teachers really should have an understanding of TPACK because not all technology works for certain objectives they might have. For example, with TCK, a scientist might use a telescope to look at insects; whereas, with TPK, a teacher needs to know how to manage a classroom that has a laptop for each student. Understanding the different types of technology and how they work together will help teachers use them more efficiently and correctly.

My group's storyboard is the ABC's of BYU dating. We have chosen different facets of dating that correspond with each letter of the alphabet, with a picture to represent each one. Using a digital story to teach this content will be beneficial in not only educating others about BYU dating, but also adding a humorous flair to make it fun along with being educational. Each picture with it's description will aid the students in comprehending the different aspects of BYU dating, which are otherwise implied but not expanded upon in public.

This week's assignment

Learning how to create a website was really amazing this week! I've never done that before, and now I know how. Being able to create new pages, link google maps and documents, videos, pictures, and website links was something I didn't know how to do, and now I do. I enjoyed making a poster on glogster.com, that resourse is fun!
So overall, I learned a lot of things this week that I plan to not only keep up on, but continue to use throughout the years.

Technology background & experience

My technology background is basic; I can get around quite well on the Internet, have a face book account, email account, enjoy instant messenger, and have a cell phone, laptop, and mp3 player. I don't know the basic forms of technology, but there is so much more that keeps coming out that I haven't heard of yet. I'm excited to learn more!