1. The document provides an overview of Google Earth and lists 10 reasons to use it in education, such as allowing students to virtually visit locations they may never see. 2. It describes features of Google Earth like recording tours, viewing locations over time, and exploring Mars. It also explains how to find and use KMZ/KML files to mark locations. 3. Resources are provided for using Google Earth with Google Maps, simulations, SketchUp, and for the iPhone, as well as links to tutorials, communities, and news articles about its educational uses.

1. Google Earth Where do you want to go today?

2. Google Earth Resources Google Earth Resources http:// delicious.com/JLWagner/googleearth Click on this link to subscribe to my delicious links for google earth: http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/JLWagner/googleearth?count=15 http://jlwagner.pbworks.com/GoogleEarth

3. 10 Reasons Why 10. Totally changes "where I went on my summer vacation" journal entry. 9. Be teamed with another class (ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD) and collaborate ( http:// earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_collaborate.html ) 8. Lesson plans, kmz's, and tutorials, that have been lined up with standards, are available!! 7. Eliminates the need of flat, wall maps. 6. Bring the locale of a book to life by use of tours. (IE Make Way For Ducklings , Little House On the Prairie or for older students: Around the World in 80 days , Grapes of Wrath )

4. 10 Reasons Why 5. Make the world a smaller place. Create placemarks of family members, e-mail pals, etc. 4. Ability to turn ANY lesson (geography, history, literature) into a more engaging and memorable experience. 3. Pre-Visit your upcoming field trip including distance and directions. 2. Latitude and Longitude coordinates take on much more meaning and understanding. 1. Visit locations (both present and past -- on earth and in space) that you and your students will probably never see in a lifetime.

5. New Features Record Tours Jump Into Google Maps Time Slider 3 Views Mars

6. KMZ’s & KML’s KMZ/KML FILES A KMZ or KML is a google earth landmark(s). Once you open the KMZ, it immediately takes you to the location(s) in Google Earth. ( A KMZ file is simply a "zipped" KML file.) KML Gallery - http:// earth.google.com /gallery/

8. Overlays

9. TimeLiner

10. Google Ocean

11. Google Mars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_mr-lDng7k

12. Google Earth into Google Maps Washington, D.C.

13. From Here To There

14. WILD SANCTUARY http:// earth.wildsanctuary.com /

15. Flight Simulator http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/index.html

16. Google Earth for iphone/itouch http://mashable.com/2008/10/27/google-earth-iphone/

17. Sketch Up http:// sketchup.google.com / http:// sketchup.google.com/vtutorials.html http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/EarthModels http://www.sheetmetalguy.com/sketchup-books.htm http://online.caup.washington.edu/courses/larc440/sketchup/sketchup_home.htm http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/418795/page/vc/vc/1 http://www.sketchucation.com/old/

18. And Don’t Forget… http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php/Cat/0 http://www.gearthblog.com/basics.html http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/ Be Sure To Visit http://www.googlelittrips.org/ Google Earth In The News: http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=164396

19. Jen Wagner jlwagner.pbworks.com