“What on (Google) Earth is that ?”

Alan ParkinsonSecondary Curriculum Development Leader

Geographical AssociationSouth Sheffield City Learning Centre

31st March 2009

http://earth.google.comhttp://googlearthusersguide.blogspot.com

aparkinson@geography.org.uk

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Google Earth 5 – new featuresAre you up to date ?

Fly beneath the oceans...Intro launch movie....

The Ocean LayerEcosystems & Earthquakes

Google Earth Street View

• Added last week – the GA were involved in the launch of the technology, which has been slightly controversial...

• Face-blurring technology• Sheffield one of 25 settlements to be

featured in the first tranche...

What uses could you put this to ?

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 using Google Earth

• Students as producers rather than consumers• AUDIENCE & PURPOSE

The ‘unofficial’ guide...http://googlearthusersguide.com

Teaching ideas and updates

Other sites you need to use

Google Outreach (different curriculum areas)http://gearthblog.com The latest news on GE from Frank Taylor

http://earth.google.com/outreach/showcase.html

Digital ExplorerJamie 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

360 Cities http://www.360cities.net

Big Huge Labs

‘Comparative’ measures...

Placemarks

• Can have digital media included in them• Can also choose your own image to have as

the placemark

Host your pictures / videos online...

• Why not use the GA’s NING networking site to host your images ?

• http://geographical.ning.com• Over 570 geographers already there...

• Can then use the location of the image when adding the placemark code

Paths• Click at locations along a path and then fly

along the route.• New TOURING feature in Google Earth 5

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.

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

SunlightSlide across and see the light change

Tom BarrettStory Telling with Google Earth

An excellent series of blog posts: Google Earth is our Paper

http://tbarrett.edublogs.org

Practical session / idea sharing

• Uses of VOCAROO: embedded sounds in placemarks

Thanks to Tom Barrett for the images – captured using JING

Kunstlercast.comhttp://odblog.blogspot.com

• Walking tour• Similar to handsets in art exhibitions...• ‘Podcast’ with points to look out...• Numbered bookmarks...• Town trails...

http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/index.html

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