This document discusses how to use Google Earth and Google Maps for educational activities. It provides an overview of the features of Google Earth, including satellite imagery, layers of information, and the ability to view constellations. It also describes Google Maps' features like street views, directions, and the ability to add locations to maps. The document suggests that these tools can be used to enhance research, promote visual literacy, foster collaboration, and promote global awareness for activities like taking screenshots of locations, plotting places in literature, determining field trips, and hosting collaborative mapping projects. It concludes by providing examples of resources and a sample activity using these tools.

1. Developing Educational
Activities Using Google
Earth and Google Maps
Lucy Gray
The Urban Education Institute at
The University of Chicago
elemenous@gmail.com
http://lucygray.org
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2. What is Google Earth?
http://earth.google.com/
Free software available via download
Satellite imagery of Earth that includes layers of information
Can also view constellations
Content partners include Discovery Education, National
Geographic, and Wikipedia.
Create still images
Share files (.kml or .kmz)with others via email
Google Earth files can be sent to Google Maps
Interoperability with Google SketchUp
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3. placemark
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5. Maps
http://maps.google.com/
My Maps and Search Results Tabs
Provides directions
Several views: Street View, Traffic, Map and Terrain
Can add searched items to My Maps
Can add publically listed maps to My Maps
Maps can be linked to and embedded in web sites and blogs
Maps can be sent to Google Earth
Google Sky allows viewing of constellations
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6. Myanmar
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7. Tour de France
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11. Google Sky
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12. Why Use These Tools?
Research
Visual Literacy
Collaboration
Global Awareness
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13. Enhance Research
Enable layers of rich content from Wikipedia,
Discovery Education, National Geographic and
other content partners
Take screenshots of locations to use in other
multimedia projects and reports
Take guided tours of geographic locations
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14. Promote Visual Literacy
Examine current events from an interactive
perspective
Plot locations mentioned in literature and
textbooks
Determine field trip routes
Use with interactive whiteboards
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15. Foster Collaboration
Discover and explore locations of schools
working on collaborative projects
Invite relatives to indicate their birthplaces
on a map
Develop maps related to a classroom unit in
which teams of students are responsible for
certain content (dates, events, places etc.)
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16. Promote Global Awareness
Take teacher (or student)created geography
quizzes
Plot locations of schools working on
collaborative projects
Host collaborative mapping projects
Investigate hot topics
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17. Google Earth/Map
Resources
Google Lit Trips
USGS GE Files
National Weather
Service GIS Links
Google Earth
Community
Google Almanac
Grazing for Digital
Natives>>Google
7 Things You
Should Know About
Google Earth
Google Maps Mania
Google Earth
Workshop
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18. Hands On Activity
Teacher Meme
Original directions: http://tinyurl.com/
teachermeme
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/
teachermememap
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19. Diigo Resources
Google in Education group
http://groups.diigo.com/groups/google-in-
education
iSummit Group
http://groups.diigo.com/groups/i_summit
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