Slideshow for educators showing how Google Earth can cultivate the students mind

1. To Cultivate the “Five Minds”
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By: Andrew Baker
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2. Howard Gardner:
“Five Minds for the Future”
•The Disciplined Mind
the mastery of a topic – facts only
•The Synthesizing Mind
the arrangement & adaptation of facts
to ask penetrating questions
•The Creating Mind
going past the facts to ask new questions
and develop new theories
•The Respectful Mind http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=253841C4-4168-434E-876B-70191AD6B1CA&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
seeking to understand and work
effectively with others
•The Ethical Mind
striving towards good work and good citizenship

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Create a Virtual Field Trip using Google Earth while cultivating the “Five Minds”.
Use the trip creator to find, bookmark and
organize locations you would like to visit,
then add notes for reference…
Just the facts, ma’am…
•Where on the earth are we going?
•What is here that makes this so
important?
•Who built what is here?
•When was it built?

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Begin to ask why something is the way that it is…
•Why was this built?
•Why is it here?
•How is it still standing?
View structures in 3-D from the ground.

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Put the student in another’s shoes and let them design, create and justify…
•Why were these structures built?
•What is unique about their designs?
•Using technology of the time, how
would you design and construct a
similar structure?
Add extra activities and thoughts by
creating bubbles of information, website
links and challenges for the students!

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Examine the differences between people or cultures without
mocking or ridiculing them or yourself…
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•What motivates a
culture to do what it
does?
•Explore the beliefs of
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•Why do we do what we do?
•What makes us different
from others?
•Are the views of others
wrong if they do not
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7. To Cultivate the “Five Minds”
Citations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/web-marketing/852126927/sizes/m/in/photostream/
•Text Reference: Gardner, Howard; Five Minds for the Future; 2006
•Google Earth Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/web-marketing/852126927/sizes/m/in/photostream
•Brain Image: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=253841C4-4168-434E-876B-
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•Google Earth Logo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvery/2413511031/sizes/m/in/photostream
•Google Earth w/toolbar: http://www.flickr.com/photos/techman_b/7161390149/
•Djoser Pyramid: http://www.flickr.com/photos/techman_b/7346599094/
•Ziggurat of UR: http://www.flickr.com/photos/techman_b/7161390189/
•Solomon’s Temple: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=D0785B05-6F6F-4F5D-
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•Uncle Sam / Rosie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkadog/3206541859/
•Ramses II: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=209AB733-2543-427C-
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•Soviet Strength / Unity: http://www.flickr.com/photos/juggernautco/541956981/sizes/m/in/photostream
•Athena’s Temple: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=16AC25E4-956B-46A0-
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