Short presentation on Using Street View in teaching and learning Presented at JISC Turbotel 2013

1. (Using Google Street view in Teaching and Learning)
You
Are
Here!
Where are we now??
(Image from Google maps street view)
Lawrence Westland, eLearning advisor – City of Bristol College

2. How do they do it?
dodecahedral camera array
with multiple cameras that
snap 360-degree views, plus
GPS units for tracking location,
mounted on…
(Images from Google images via CC Search tagged
‘labeled for commercial reuse with modification’)

3. So What can you use it for?
Virtual Tours – Geography awareness projects,
language learning, Geology and History
Mapping exercises
Treasure/scavenger Hunts
Direction finding – Public Transport, driving,
biking, walking
Creative photography/art projects
The immersive nature of street view provides a ‘real’ connection for
users, which arguably enhances learning potential.

4. Where are we now??
Geoguessr – a virtual
travel guessing game
Hyperlapse – time
lapse of a journey
Examples

5. (Image from Google maps street view)
Strange street view image 1 – Horse Boy Aberdeen

6. Language Learning –
Virtual Field Trips, tour
guide, sign translation
etc…
Where are we now??

7. (Image from Google maps street view)
Strange street view image 2 – Dog stuck in Gate (location
unknown)

8. Maths in Madrid – Use of
‘My Maps’ to create real
world maths activities.
Where are we now??
My maps allows you to create your own maps for free and
collaborate with others.
The example above involved making a ‘crowdsourced’
learning activity for maths teachers.

9. (Image from Google maps street view)
Strange street view image 3 – Horse Boy Aberdeen
(again!)

10. Art – Google Art
Project
Street view Artist
Photographer Jon
Rafman
Go inside and see the art close up using ‘museum
view’

11. (Image from Google maps street view)
Strange street view image 4 – Seagull Brighton

12. Where else are we now??
Grand Canyon Street View
Galapagos Islands Project
Shackletons Hut
Heron island
All potentially useful in teaching
across various subjects.

13. What about the legal situation when using
street view content?
‘Google has stated that it will not
pursue anyone using its imagery for
artistic purposes’ (the Independent July 2012)
Street View imagery may be incorporated into your project if
1) the imagery comes directly from the Google Maps API (Application
Programming interface)
or 2) the imagery is embedded or linked to on your website using the HTML
and URL provided on Google Maps. These solutions ensure that if Google
edits or removes imagery in response to user requests, these changes will
be reflected in your project as well.
You may print Google-owned Street View content from Maps and Earth for
personal use but not for distribution to others. If your project is both academic
and non-commercial, you may also print a small number of Street View images
(10 or fewer panoramas) for use in your materials, if the imagery does not
contain people or identifiable vehicle license plate numbers. In all cases, you
must attribute the imagery to Google.
(Google permission guidelines for maps and earth)

14. But what about our Privacy??
Google blurs faces and number plates automatically to prevent identification,
some are concerned about their homes being viewed by ne’er do wells (some
townspeople in Germany have requested entire streets of buildings blurred out
on streetview).
It’s not as if the images are current , certainly not in real time anyway – or are
they……………..?
(Video from Youtube – by the vacationeers)
Here is a video on the subject

15. You can embed street view in your powerpoints too! – just download the live
web add -in for ppt at http://www.howtogeek.com/
This presentation was just a short collection of
possibilities and ideas to encourage teachers and
trainers to start thinking about using this brilliant
(free) resource in their teaching – by exploring you
can discover new ways of engaging and enthusing
students.
Lawrence.
Feel free to contact me and share ideas/ask questions:
lawrence.westland@cityofbristol.ac.uk