I was recently trying to think of a new way to have students demonstrate their learning about a U.S. state they have been researching. They had used multiple websites to gather geographical information about the state, and I wanted them to utilize that information in a map-based activity. Last week, I was listening to an episode of the Google Teacher Tribe Podcast called "App Smashing with G Suite." In this episode, Matt Miller ( @jmattmiller ) explained how to use Google Maps Street View and Screencastify ( screencastify.com ) to create virtual walking tours. I immediately started thinking about how I could use this activity to reach our learning goals for this unit. In the show notes for the podcast, Matt Miller included a link to a blog post he had written about this activity. It included an extremely helpful tutorial video about how to use the street view tool in Google Maps. I prepared a lesson for students to try creating their own virtual walking to