The document presents updates on Google Earth 5, highlighting new features such as underwater exploration, path flying, and polygon creation for mapping. It includes resources for educators, with links to guides, teaching ideas, and community networking for geographers. Additionally, it mentions ways to incorporate multimedia in placemarks and showcases various practical applications in the classroom.

1. “ What on (Google) Earth is that ?” A quick update Alan Parkinson Geographical Association CENT, Rotherham – 9 th Feb 2009 http://earth.google.com http://googlearthusersguide.blogspot.com [email_address]

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

3. The Ocean Layer Ecosystems & Earthquakes

4. 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

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

6. Other sites you need to use Google Outreach (different curriculum areas) e.g: Culture, Arts & Humanities Environment and Science http://gearthblog.com – the latest news on GE from Frank Taylor http://earth.google.com/outreach/showcase.html

7. 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

8. Placemarks Can have digital media included in them Can also choose your own image to have as the placemark WILL DEMONSTRATE THIS AS REQUIRED

9. Host your pictures / videos online... Why not use the GA’s NING networking site to host your images ? http://geographical.ning.com Over 430 geographers already there... Can then use the location of the image when adding the placemark code

10. Paths Click at locations along a path and then fly along the route. New TOURING feature in Google Earth 5

11. 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.

12. 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

13. Sunlight Slide across and see the light change

14. Tom Barrett Story Telling with Google Earth An excellent series of blog posts: Google Earth is our Paper http://tbarrett.edublogs.org

15. Practical session / idea sharing Uses of VOCAROO : embedded sounds in placemarks Thanks to Tom Barrett for the images – captured using JING

16. 3D Ancient Rome – Classics / History Open the GALLERY LAYER