You Got Your Discovery Education Streaming in My Google Earth Brad Fountain Discovery Educator Network

Google Earth Free Google Earth Plus Google Earth Pro What is Google Earth?

For Free Google Earth Pro license (for educators) You will be sent a qualifying questionnaire.

Why use it? Students can use Google Earth to: study natural and political maps learn map reading and navigation visually explore historical, news, and census data annotate locations and share with others create their own 3D models to overlay on maps download geographically-referenced information

Basic Integration Ideas Meteor Impacts Around the World in 80 Days Sir Ernest Shackleton in AntarticaSir Ernest Shackleton in Antartica

Google Earth…Cool!!!

Okay, I Found My House…

Google Earth Quick Start User Guide 1.Search Panel- Use to find places and directions 2.Overview Map- Use for an additional perspective 3.Hide/Show sidebar- Click to conceal or display side bar 4.Placemark- Click to add a placemark 5.Polygon- Click to add a polygon 6.Path- Click to add a path 7.Image Overlay- Click to add an image 8.Measure- Click to measure distance 9. - Click to view or image 10.Print- Click to print current view 11.Navigation Controls- Use to tilt, zoom and move 12.Layers Panel- Use to display points of interests 13.Places Panel- Use to locate, save, and organize placemarks 14.3D Viewer- View the globe and terrain 15.Status Bar- View streaming status

Navigation Tools Zoom in Zoom out or Double click

Navigation Tools Tilt Down Tilt Up

Navigation Tools - some advanced controls Try this for accents

Sidebar Lots and lots of cool things here.

Sidebar Contemporary view in Google Earth

Sidebar Overlay view with Rumsey Historical Maps

Network Menu Panel: Ruler Other 20% To find out distance traveled, from the menu bar select “Tools” then “Ruler” By clicking different points with your mouse you can create a line or a path. A Line measures distance between two points. A Path measures distances on a path with many points. To convert units of measure select from the drop down menu. A Path is the way to connect Placemarks or Image Overlays on a Google Lit trip or Google History Expedition, etc.! Kids or teachers can build them.

80% Network Adding Placemarks Other 20%

80% Network Adding Placemarks that play video from URL links - Free sites Other 20% 80% Adding Sounds or Video from free sites 1.Find media online 2.Click to Stream. 3.As it streams Right Click, then click properties, and copy location. 4.Paste in Google Earth Placemark Description box _256k.asf

80% Network Other 20% Adding Video from (unitedstreaming) a.Right Click on green play icon b.In the box that opens, select Copy Shortcut. c.Paste in the Google Earth Placemark Description box. Adding Placemarks that play video from URL links - Discovery Education streaming Clicking on the link will launch a browser that will play the video

Okay, I get the Idea Get to the Good Stuff

That Was GREAT… How Do You Do It? What Do I Need Google Earth Discovery Education Streaming (or other video content) Converter to flash – – And…some HTML

HTML Code….Now You Lost Me

Not So Fast…Can You Copy and Paste?

Let’s Give it a Try!!

80% Adding Image Overlays Other 20% To add an Image Overlay press (Ctrl+Shift+O) or from the menu bar click “Add” then “Image Overlay” Web - Right Click on web image, then click properties and copy and paste address. (Note: Make sure you get all correlating lines of the address) Hard Drive - Browse to the folder with images. (Note: Don’t move them later!) Adjust green box to desired image size Paste image address in the link box There are two kinds of Image Overlays: From the Web - works anywhere in the world From your hard drive - works only on your computer

80% Adding Placemarks to play audio Adding Sounds, Stories, or Streaming Podcasts 4.Copy location from Properties window or from the web address line in the browser (e.g., Explorer) 5.Paste in Google Earth Placemark Description box. 3

What does this look like in the classroom?

Saving and sharing You can share your Placemarks, Overlays, and Description boxes with videos, webcams, and text. Just save the file. It will be small. Then it, post it, leave it on the shared drive or otherwise share it!!

Preferences: 3D View and others

80% Network Preferences: Touring Other 20% You can control the flying speed You can control or eliminate pauses You can repeat the tours (for Open House) or reinforcement You can open information balloons on tours Control Driving Tours here

Google Earth Hidden Features Flight Simulator Macs Apple + Option + A WindowsControl + Alt + A After the first trip, it appears in tools

Where can I learn more? Google Earth Google Earth Community Google Earth Blog Juicy Geography Google Littrips GELessons Google Earth Tours