Post on 14-Jan-2016
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Google Earth in the Classroom:
Danny MaasEmTech AISI ConsultantDaniel.Maas@ecsd.net
Using Google Earth in Language Arts &
Social Studies
Rationale for Using Google Earth•Universal Design for Learning
• Multiple Means of ExpressionPresenting information and content in different ways (the "what" of learning)
• Multiple Means of RepresentationDifferentiating the ways that students can express what they know (the "how" of learning)
• Multiple Means of EngagementStimulating interest and motivation for learning (the "why" of learning)
http://www.cast.org/research/faq/index.html#q1
Hands On With Google Earth
• Placemarks
• Drawing Paths & Polygons
• Adding Web 2.0 Elements onto Google Earth
• Recording a Tour
• Exporting Items to a .KMZ file
• Learn more about Google Earth at http://www.google.com/earth/learn/index.html
Adding Placemarks
•Along the top toolbar, the Placemarks button looks like a yellow pushpin
•When Clicked, an untitled placemark will be placed onto the screen.
•Drag the placemark to the location you want.
•In the “New Placemark” window, add a name.
•Optionally, add a description or change the style & color.
•Clicking on the yellow pin icon can change the image represented
Drawing Polygons• Click the Polygon tool button
• Click once for the first point of your polygon
• Click again at key points around the shape
• Click on your starting point to finish the shape
• Name your shape
• On the ‘Style, Color’ tab choose the color and opacity of your shape
• If your shape is unusually-shaped, you can click and drag the entire path (versus clicking at key points only)
Drawing Paths• Click the Path tool button
• Click once for the first point of your path
• Click again at key points around the path
• Name your path
• On the ‘Style, Color’ tab choose the color and thickness of your path
• If your path is unusually-shaped, you can click and drag the entire path (versus clicking at key points only)
Adding Web 2.0 Elements
• Many web 2.0 tools offer an ‘embed’ feature to embed the multimedia onto other websites, blogs, etc. (E.g. YouTube, Animoto, Voki, etc.)
• To embed on Googe Earth, first add a placemark
• Copy the ‘embed’ HTML code from the web 2.0 website
• Paste the embed code into the description area of the placemark
• The next time you click on the placemark your web 2.0 element should display
Recording a Tour
• Click the ‘Record a Tour’ button
• If you have a path and elements to record in your tour already, click the ‘Play Tour’ button as well
• When the ‘Record’ button is pressed, audio and screen movements will be captured
• Click the disk icon to name and save your tour which will be added to your ‘Places’ list
Exporting Items to a .KMZ file• Any group of placemarks, polygons, paths, and tours can be grouped together and saved as a single .KMZ file
• Right-click on My Places and choose “AddFolder” and name that folder
• Click/Drag all the items you want into the new folder
• Right-click the folder and choose “Save Place As”
• Name the .KMZ file and choose a save location
Language Arts•Google Lit Trips – http://www.googlelittrips.org
•Have students create a virtual autobiography (where they were born, where they live & go to school, any extracurricular activity locations – turn it into a tour)
•Use a location of somewhere in the world as a creative writing starter
•Book trailers, 6-word stories/memoirs, visual poetry
• GeoGreeting – Create a message from Google Earth locations http://www.geogreeting.com/main.html
Social Studies
•Travel to and view locations being studied in class• Gigapan http://www.gigapan.org/ • View Google Earth Global Awareness layer• Search the Culture & History section of Google Earth gallery http://www.google.com/gadgets/directory?synd=earth&sort-order=desc&cat=culture
Other Uses
•Visit a field trip location on Google Earth before you travel•Download pre-made Google Earth tours and information layers•http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googleearth.htm •http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/activities.html•http://www.gelessons.com/lessons/•http://www.gearthblog.com/
http://maasd.wordpress.com/google-earth
• Daniel.Maas@ecsd.net