Technology Integration Matrix: Google Trek

Colorado
Academic
Standards

NETS T

NETS S

Blooms
Taxonom
y

Constructi
vism

Kid Use

Direct
Instructio
n

Mathematics
1. Number
Sense,
Properties,
and
Operations
2. Patterns,
Functions,
and
Algebraic
Structures
3. Analysis,
Statistics,
and
Probability
4. Shape,
Dimension,
and
Geometric
Relationship
s
Reading, Writing, and Communicating
1. Oral
Expression
and
Listening
2. Reading
for All
Purposes
3. Writing
and
Compositio
n
4. Research

Flipped
Classroo
m

Instructio
nism

Behavior
ism

and
Reasoning
Social Studies
1. History

Teach a
history
lesson
about
problems in
the 1930s
using
Google Trek
to show
where
events took
place and
when they
happened.
This would
help kids
better
understand
where
things were
taking
place. 3.
Model
digital age
work and
learning. c.
Communica
te relevant
information
and ideas
effectively
to students,
parents,
and peers
using a
variety of
digital age
media and
formats.

Students
make their
own Google
Trek about
a cultural
group that
experience
d
displaceme
nt and
show their
journey
through
Google Trek
to educate
fellow
students. 2.
Digital
CitizenStudents
recognize
the rights,
responsibilit
ies and
opportuniti
es of living,
learning
and
working in
an
interconnec
ted digital
world, and
they act
and model
in ways
that are
safe, legal
and ethical.

2.
Geography

Use a
Google Trek
to teach
students
about other
cultures.
Set stops
at different
geographic
locations
and teach
about the
cultures at
that
location. 4.
Promote
and model
digital
citizenship
and
responsibilit
y. d.
Develop
and model
cultural
understandi
ng and
global
awareness
by
engaging
with
colleagues
and
students of
other
cultures
using digital
age
communica
tion and
collaboratio
n tools.

Using a
Google
Trek could
help
students
remembe
r
important
facts
about
where
events
took place.
It is a
great way
to help
them
apply
what they
have
learned in
a creative
way.

3.
Economics
4. Civics
Science

1. Physical
Science
2. Life
Science
3. Earth
Systems
Science
Differentiation
EEOs
Gifted/
Talented
Other
Reflection: A Google Trek is a very efficient way to help show students where events in history took place. Teachers often expect
students to understand where countries and states and cities are located; however, students often go on learning without really
knowing where places are. So when a teacher uses Google Trek to actually show where an event took place using primary
sources, the student is then more equipped to remember that fact. I would like to integrate this technology into a classroom
setting.