what on (google) earth is that ?
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An update on new Google Earth tools presented to Rotherham Geography Teachers at CENT on the 9th of Feb 2009TRANSCRIPT
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“What on (Google) Earth is that ?”A quick updateAlan Parkinson
Geographical AssociationCENT, Rotherham – 9th Feb 2009
http://earth.google.comhttp://googlearthusersguide.blogspot.com
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Google Earth 5 – new featuresAre you up to date ?
Fly beneath the oceans...Intro launch movie....
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The Ocean LayerEcosystems & Earthquakes
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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
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The ‘unofficial’ guide...http://googlearthusersguide.com
Teaching ideas and updates
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Other sites you need to use
• Google Outreach (different curriculum areas)e.g: Culture, Arts & Humanities
Environment and Sciencehttp://gearthblog.com – the latest news on GE
from Frank Taylor
http://earth.google.com/outreach/showcase.html
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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
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Placemarks
• Can have digital media included in them• Can also choose your own image to have as
the placemark• WILL DEMONSTRATE THIS AS REQUIRED
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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
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Paths• Click at locations along a path and then fly
along the route.• New TOURING feature in Google Earth 5
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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.
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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
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SunlightSlide across and see the light change
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Tom BarrettStory Telling with Google Earth
An excellent series of blog posts: Google Earth is our Paper
http://tbarrett.edublogs.org
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Practical session / idea sharing
• Uses of VOCAROO: embedded sounds in placemarks
Thanks to Tom Barrett for the images – captured using JING
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3D Ancient Rome – Classics / History
• Open the GALLERY LAYER