“ What on (Google) Earth is that ?” Alan Parkinson Secondary Curriculum Development Leader Geographical Association South Sheffield City Learning Centre 31 st March 2009 http://earth.google.com http://googlearthusersguide.blogspot.com [email_address]

My contact details alanparkinsonatthega [email_address] @GeoBlogs GeoBlogs

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

The Ocean Layer Ecosystems & Earthquakes

Ecosystems & Earthquakes

Google Earth Street View Added last week – the GA were involved in the launch of the technology, which has been slightly controversial... Face-blurring technology Sheffield one of 25 settlements to be featured in the first tranche...

Added last week – the GA were involved in the launch of the technology, which has been slightly controversial...

Face-blurring technology

Sheffield one of 25 settlements to be featured in the first tranche...

What uses could you put this to ?

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 using Google Earth Students as producers rather than consumers AUDIENCE & PURPOSE

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

Contains video tutorials on most common tasks that can be done using Google Earth

Students as producers rather than consumers

AUDIENCE & PURPOSE

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

Other sites you need to use Google Outreach (different curriculum areas) http://gearthblog.com The latest news on GE from Frank Taylor http://earth.google.com/outreach/showcase.html

Google Outreach (different curriculum areas)

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

360 Cities http://www.360cities.net

Big Huge Labs

‘ Comparative’ measures...

Placemarks Can have digital media included in them Can also choose your own image to have as the placemark

Can have digital media included in them

Can also choose your own image to have as the placemark

Host your pictures / videos online... Why not use the GA’s NING networking site to host your images ? http://geographical.ning.com Over 570 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 570 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

Kunstlercast.com http://odblog.blogspot.com Walking tour Similar to handsets in art exhibitions... ‘ Podcast’ with points to look out... Numbered bookmarks... Town trails...

Walking tour

Similar to handsets in art exhibitions...

‘ Podcast’ with points to look out...

Numbered bookmarks...

Town trails...

http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/index.html

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