Google Earth - The New Training for "Teaching Tools on Your Time"

As part of the NCS Library’s "Teaching Tools on Your Time" series, we are hosting a new Alternative Presentation Tools training session on one of the hottest new sites in education: Google Earth.

How Can You Use Google Earth as a Presentation

Google Earth, as well as Google Maps online, are robust programs that can be used for a variety of purposes.  The downloadable Google Earth program is particularly good at creating detailed visual-based presentations that incorporate satellite data and 3D modeling.  

Presentations with Google Earth can be cross-discipline.  Create a "Lit Trip" based on a novel, allowing you to zoom in and out on various paths protagonists take through the story.  Calculate surface areas of famous landmarks across the world for a unique math project.  Annotate Placemarks on a map with images and video to create a detailed interactive final project for a research assignment.

Schedule a Training

To set up a time for training, email Chip Chase and list your available times.

We are still training users on Voicethread and Glogster, so if you'd like to learn how to use those websites, let us know.

Also, if there is a specific technology tool that you would like to implement in your classroom, but not covered in our Teaching Tools on Your Time website, please let us know and we'd be glad to help provide training for you or your students.

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