“ What on (Google) Earth is that ?” A quick update Alan Parkinson Geographical Association CENT, Rotherham – 9 th Feb 2009 http://earth.google.com http://googlearthusersguide.blogspot.com [email_address]

Google Earth 5 – new features Are you up to date ? Fly beneath the oceans... Intro launch movie....

The Ocean Layer Ecosystems & Earthquakes

Ecosystems & Earthquakes

The Official Guide (Not completely up to date now...) http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/ Contains video tutorials on most common tasks that can be done

http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/

Contains video tutorials on most common tasks that can be done

The ‘unofficial’ guide... http://googlearthusersguide.com Teaching ideas and updates

Other sites you need to use Google Outreach (different curriculum areas) e.g: Culture, Arts & Humanities Environment and Science http://gearthblog.com – the latest news on GE from Frank Taylor http://earth.google.com/outreach/showcase.html

Google Outreach (different curriculum areas)

e.g: Culture, Arts & Humanities

Environment and Science

http://gearthblog.com – the latest news on GE from Frank Taylor

Digital Explorer Jamie Buchanan Dunlop http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/resources/manuals / Booklets to download – Basic and Advanced Ideas for fieldwork and activities in the school ground (‘virtual fieldwork’) Step by step user guides with screenshots

Booklets to download – Basic and Advanced

Ideas for fieldwork and activities in the school ground (‘virtual fieldwork’)

Step by step user guides with screenshots

Placemarks Can have digital media included in them Can also choose your own image to have as the placemark WILL DEMONSTRATE THIS AS REQUIRED

Can have digital media included in them

Can also choose your own image to have as the placemark

WILL DEMONSTRATE THIS AS REQUIRED

Host your pictures / videos online... Why not use the GA’s NING networking site to host your images ? http://geographical.ning.com Over 430 geographers already there... Can then use the location of the image when adding the placemark code

Why not use the GA’s NING networking site to host your images ?

http://geographical.ning.com

Over 430 geographers already there...

Can then use the location of the image when adding the placemark code

Paths Click at locations along a path and then fly along the route. New TOURING feature in Google Earth 5

Click at locations along a path and then fly along the route.

New TOURING feature in Google Earth 5

Polygons Can be used to ‘shade in’ areas on a map, or to create boxes which mark the locations of buildings, events, data collection points. They can be flown round by adding a tour once created.

Can be used to ‘shade in’ areas on a map, or to create boxes which mark the locations of buildings, events, data collection points.

They can be flown round by adding a tour once created.

Ollie Bray Learning Teaching Scotland Noel Jenkins http://www.olliebray.com http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk IDEAS FOR USING IN THE CLASSROOM http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk/archives/2009/02/teaching-with-google-earth-5-the-mystery-of-history-and-other-new-developments

http://www.olliebray.com

http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk

IDEAS FOR USING IN THE CLASSROOM

Sunlight Slide across and see the light change

Tom Barrett Story Telling with Google Earth An excellent series of blog posts: Google Earth is our Paper http://tbarrett.edublogs.org

Practical session / idea sharing Uses of VOCAROO : embedded sounds in placemarks Thanks to Tom Barrett for the images – captured using JING

Uses of VOCAROO : embedded sounds in placemarks

3D Ancient Rome – Classics / History Open the GALLERY LAYER

Open the GALLERY LAYER