Transcript Google Earth in the Classroom:

Google Earth in the
Classroom:
Using Google Earth in
Language Arts & Social
Studies
Danny Maas
EmTech AISI Consultant
[email protected]
Rationale for Using Google Earth
•Universal Design for Learning
• Multiple Means of Expression
Presenting information and content in
different ways (the "what" of learning)
• Multiple Means of Representation
Differentiating the ways that students
can express what they know (the
"how" of learning)
• Multiple Means of Engagement
Stimulating 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 unusuallyshaped, 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 unusuallyshaped, 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
“AddFolder” 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&sortorder=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/google
earth.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
• [email protected]