Google Earth notes, June 25

Notes, Summercore, Wednesday, June 25

Class : Google Earth

Ways of using Google Earth in classroom :
• Heather : Tour of DC before DC trip for 8s (guided tours)
• Sarah : Air Quality
• Carolina : to show glacier ‘between Argentina & Chile b/c it’s in danger (people trying to steal gold)

Instructions for using it : see chapter on Step-by-Step for instructions ; see also summercore wiki site for ways to use Google Earth

*2nd editiion of Google Earth now has street views—amazing detail ! Constantly updated.
Look on « layers » and check « 3D bldings » and « Street View »
Use this for showing streets of Paris, Bordeaux, French places around the world

ON LEFT SIDE of Google : controlling area
Top area : search area
Bottom : layers that come w/ Google Earth ; they’re like transparent overlays, and they constantly change
To turn off all the layers, click on « Primary Database »
On new editiion, Lynne suggests always turning on both Street View & 3D
Weather feature added in newer edition : can show clouds (in real time), radar conditions, and weather forecast Doppler radar = tells you not only where clouds are but how they’re moving, and amount of precepitation within clouds. The more you zoom in, the more info you get.
Borders and Labels (will show states and name them)
Gallery
Global Awareness – provides info on hot spots, issues of day. Ex. Darfur
*Can check « Alternate Place names » (to get names in french)
*Don’t turn on TOO many layers—can look to cluttered, so learn to turn on and off as necessary

MIDDLE AREA of left side= Guided Tours
Created by anyone—hundreds and hundreds of them
Saved in kml =Keynote Markup Language
Example : Odysseus’ ten-year journey. Under « Places » – can click on it. *Also Bayeux Tapestry tour.
A class could create a tour.
Go to Preferences, then click on TOURING tab : should always have Show Balloon when tour is paused. Then look at Tour Pause ; you can change the length of time the tour pauses along the journey.
Option : if you don’t want to take the automatic tour, you can also click on each ‘slide’ rather than have it move automatically. (Similar to PPT)
Examples of lessons for teachers

Guided Tour of Paris, France : Scavenger Hunt
Gave them a certain # of euros ; had to find a place to eat, go to cinema, find metro stops along the way, then write journal write up in blog about their day

Find business :
Type in café and it shows several cafes in area ! You can click on them and get info.
OR to to google maps and get even get to links to their web sites
then, cinema. Anytime you click on one of the places, it opens another screen and takes you to Google Maps and sometimes it has a web site link

Another projecet with a history teacher : ancient Egypt, great Pyramids.
First, showed great pyramids. But then used the view to discuss why built in their locations. Then, guided tour of King Tut’s tomb in Goodle Sketch

Check out 9th grade Google Earth tours made by Chris, Peggy, Laura

HOW TO FIND THE GUIDED TOURS :
Go to earth.google.com
Click on Gallery. You’ll find tons of tours created by people all over the world.
Alternative way to find them Go to google.com
Go to Advanced Search.
Go to « File type « and choose KML
NOTE : THIS IS HELPFUL JUST TO LOOK FOR PPTS in any subject (passé composé, etc. BUT choose File Type PPT, not KML)

*Once you find the links, they’re not links to a web page. You have to DOWNLOAD them. SO, hold down right control key (ctrl) and choose « SAVE LINK AS » Save that file (onto desktop temporarily ?) When you double click on it, it automatically opens up Goodle Earth and goes to Places, My Places

One more feature : click on the Saturn icon. Cick and you get to Google SKY. Tours of Google Sky !