![]() A stunning resource that brings the ancient city life for students. I recall one morning starting the day by exploring the 3D model of the Collosseum and drawing lots of wows from the class. One of the most impressive resources I have seen was the Ancient Rome 3D model that you could download and explore in Google Earth – allowing you to explore the ancient streets and buildings. I later used the story maps idea in my session at the Google Teacher Academy in London. ![]() The engaging visual imagery helped them make a start in their story and seeing the progress or journey of our character reinforced the story structure.īefore the Roald Dahl inspired piece, I was using it to plot the course of diary entries we wrote with a Year 6 class as they took on the role of Mina Harker from Dracula who set sail from England to track down her stricken husband Jonathan in the depths of Transylvania. I found that so many children found it much easier to write about what they could see as they navigated around our story location in Google Earth. I used as a starter to a maths lesson exploring different types of 3D shapes which we spotted as we drove around San Francisco.Īnother memorable use of Google Earth and a successful writing project in my class was creating an escape story based on James and Giant Peach (make sure you follow the links to the other 4 posts). One of the most fun uses of Google Earth is the Monster Milktruck. And so I moved the Maths Maps idea across – you can see them all here or use the link at the top of the page. Google Earth kmz files were much more complicated to work with. Google Maps in the end added the collaboration that I was seeking, that made it much easier for people to add resources and ideas – and to share amongst a class. The original resource in Google Earth explored the rudimentary 3D shapes layer as well as webcams that could be viewed to count the frequency of cars on Las Vegas highways! I found this old image of Google Earth which was the starting point for Maths Maps years ago – a car park in Las Vegas. ![]() Nowadays the Forestry Commission has moved the Autumn Leaf colour project to the Google Maps platform which is similar to what I did with Maths Maps in the end. I loved how the information was live and changing constantly. It was a network link in Google Earth that showed the colour of leaves at different sites around the UK and the icons would change colour accordingly. It feels like a true Autumnal day today in England – despite the temperature anomaly we had just recently – which again reminds me of one of the first resources that I thought was truly magical from the Forestry Commission here in the UK. It has developed so much over the years – I remember using it for a Geotweets lesson, when we had to track down people replying to us on Twitter and find their exact location in Google Earth. As I put it in one of my first ever blog posts 5 years ago: “This app won me over straight away.” The engaging environment really struck a chord with me and I remember fondly my first forays into using it to support learning. The title of the video indicates that this is a holographic display, but it doesn’t appear to be three dimensional, as the Google Earth Design blog points out (it’s hard to tell on a 2D video).Google Earth was one of the very first pieces of software that I began to create educational resources with. The two finger zoom could be a bit more responsive, but it appears that this is on a projected screen rather than an actual multi-touch screen, so the lag may have something to do with that. Watch the video below to see how I’d like Google Earth to be navigated - on a giant screen with your hands. I mean, how useful is a mouse and keyboard when you have the whole world at your fingertips? And soon you might be able to use those fingertips to navigate the world. That said, I find the navigation on the program rather clunky. It’s virtual escapism that allows me to travel anywhere in the world I want during my coffee breaks. ![]() That is why Google Earth is one of my favorite programs. Instead, I find myself sitting here, at my desk, writing about technology. Quite often I feel like I should using this time in my life to travel the world and visit new places. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28.
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