Google+Earth

=Web 2.0 Hot Spot =

Developed by Mr. Scott Staub

 *  Google Earth **

[|Google Earth Tutorials] [|Google Earth User Guide]
 * Resources**

Google Earth places all the maps you can get on Google Maps. [|Google Earth], Google's satellite imagery-based mapping product puts the whole world on a student's computer. It enables users to "fly" from space to street level to find geographic information and explore places around the world. Like a video game and a search engine rolled into one, Earth is basically a 3D model of the entire planet that lets you grab, spin and zoom down into any place on Earth. You can tour distant cities with Google StreetView, view photo-realistic 3D buildings, and even show your students sunset around the world with the new Sunlight feature (Source: http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html). This a great tool to engage students in history and geography.

You can draw your own building in Google Sketchup (http://sketchup.google.com/).

Tours and files can be shared very easily with others that have Google Earth. They are relatively small files that can be emailed or linked for a download. Google Earth tours can be found and downloaded online.

A Google Earth Tour is a way for people to share geographic-based information. Using Google Earth, which combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings, a personalized Google Earth Tour is ideal for school-based projects. Sample educational uses of Google Earth for students include:

• Develop a map of their community • Trace a family’s ancestry • Chart US imports and exports • Map out the game results over the course of a sport season • Document science-related information like drought, flooding, deforestation, etc…

A Google Earth Tour consists of a set of Placemarks “pinned” to Google Earth. Once the Placemarks are established and text and/or images have been included, the file can be shared with others and viewed through the Google Earth application. Viewers will learn about each locational Placemark based on the information provided by the tour creator (Source: Google Earth Project Guide).

Resources for Teachers: [|Google Earth Lessons]: A Free Public Resource - Providing Teachers with the tools needed to enhance their instruction using [|Google Earth®], [|Google Touring]: This quick tutorial explains how you can create a Google Tour yourself.


 *  PageFlakes **

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Create a page in PageFlakes.

**Flash Earth **

Flash Earth is very similar to Google Earth. Requires no software download and it is much faster. You cannot create tours like you can in Google Earth.