TPACK virual touring

What is the content I will be using?
For this activity I will be using Standard 1: students will understand how geography influences community location and development, Objective 3:Students will understand how geography influences community location and development, A: Identify ways people use the physical environment (e.g. agriculture, recreation, energy, industry) and E: Make inferences about the positive and negative impacts of human-caused change to the physical environment. I want the students to be exposed to a different culture and see how certain cultures preserve their history and allow it to become part of who they are. The students will be visiting a path of four major cities in Spain. Each city has different culture influences like, the Muslim architecture, Gothic style, and several other styles.

What is the pedagogy I will be using and why is it a good fit?
I would start this lesson off by showing them different pictures of buildings and other culture related things that are found all over the world. I would then generate a discussion about differences and why that is important and makes the world a better place. After that we would focus in on Spain and introduce a little about its history. Then I would show the tour to the children so they would be able to make connections to what we discussed in class.

What is the technology I will be using and why is it a good fit?
I will be using the virtual tour for this activity. This will be great for the students because instead of just talking about it and maybe showing a couple of pictures, they will be able to get a greater picture of what it is really like. This will help them make more connections and learn more about the culture differences in Spain compared to the United States.

Virtual Tour Planning...

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1. Sevilla, Spain	Looking at the Cathedral that is located here and analyze ways the culture preserves this environment for the Spaniards	Pictures and Videos of the Cathedral from: http://wiki.worldflicks.org/seville.html#null
2. La Alhambra (Granada, Spain)	Looking at the culture and ways that is is developed and preserved	Photos from: http://www.pbase.com/abwhitt/alhambra_granada Slide show from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ73Y7kNBf8
3. Barcelona, Spain	Looking at the famous gothic cathedral that is located here and seeing how the culture preserves and values this	Slide show found at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNlxB69bHTc
4. El Prado Museum/ Botanical Garden (Madrid, Spain)	Taking a tour through the gardens and seeing how culture takes care of the different parts of the country	Garden pictures: http://mindymcadams.com/photos/flowers/ Slide show for Prado: http://www.stoa.org/gallery/slideshow.php?set_albumName=album149
Details of image overlay / path / polygon:	The path is going to be taking a little trip to these four different places in Spain. I will be connecting these four different cities and having the children see the different cultures and how these cultures are so different from the United Stats!