Not just for Geography!How to Engage Students with the

technology available to you

Google Earth for Classroom UsePresenter: Jodie JohnstonBlue Valley Education Servicesjjohnston01@bluevalleyk12.org

How often is this the view from the front of the room?

How can we help improve interaction?

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What Does Google Earth Have to Offer?

Google Earth is Free (PC or mobile app)

Can be incorporated at every grade level & all content

areas

Can be used for creating interactive lessons by the teacher

Can be used by the students to create presentations

Google Earth files can be shared in a variety of ways for

students to revisit and review

Start Where You AreUse What You Have

Do What You Can-Arthur Ashe

A Great Place to StartGoogle Street View

• Types of Houses for different landscapes Discover accommodations for environment • Visit Monuments• Visit coastal areas, desert or swamps during a habitat unit• Pre-visit a place before a class Field Trip• Visit the location that was in a book. Walk down a city street in Paris. Retrace a characters route.• Mount Everest is mapped to the top• Grand Canyon is mapped to the bottom

http://youtu.be/H0_lTKDu0IY Link to Google Street View Car “Behind the scenes.”

Basic Street View Steps

1. Sign in if you are wanting to add pins/placemarks for future use.2. Search for location 3. Use + to zoom close enough to view streets4. Drag orange man to any blue lined street and let go5. Use the mouse to look 360 degrees.6. Double click on the street to “drive” forward.

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Studying Rural, Suburban & Urban Areas

Click here for a sample field trip: http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cIXXYtV85R

Suburban: CHE Elementary- Overland Park, KS Rural: Ness City Elementary- Ness City, KS (Western KS) Urban: PS290 Manhattan, NY

Student Reactions-engaged, alert, inquisitive

Teacher Reactions-better discussions-noticed students talked like they were there -surprised how easy learning street view was

Google Tour Builder

Tour Builderhttps://tourbuilder.withgoogle.com

Personalize places and experiences Add photos, text, and video Student Presentations Share out to an audience

Jane Goodall Institute Tour

Tour Builder in the Classroom

Teacher Made Tour of Southwest Region

Google Lit Tripshttp://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html

Search the trip gallery Let Students explore & research Alternative to test or book report

Demos & School Stories

Download Completed Trips Here

Tutorial Help Section

Watch this short tour of what Google Earth is all about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsNncKEIWuw

Tutorials to learn the basicshttp://www.google.com/earth/learn/

http://www.google.com/earth/learn/beginner.html#tab=placemarks-and-toursCreating place marks:

http://maps.google.com/help/maps/education/Google Educators site

http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/K-5.htmlGoogle Lit trips

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2013/09/great-google-earth-resources-teachers.htmlGoogle Earth Blog

https://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/tourbuilder.htmlTour Builder for Storytelling

Any time you talk about a location in a story or as part of your curriculum

GO THERE! Students will be more engaged and remember more details about the

place then if they only read about it.