DEN+Session-3

Session #3- Google Earth Hall Davidson Director, Discovery Education Handout for this session can be retrieved at http://discoveryedspeakersbureau.com/node/119

There is a professional vesion that is free for educators by emailing geec@google.com for the application. There is additional plugs ins available under tools and select options to change how terrain looks etc. There are stories that have been built using Google Earth. Features:
 * Add content: Click on Add Content that is located next to places. When you click on it, it opens a Google search engine that you can overlay the earth and allows you to plot areas for your purpose.
 * N automatically redirects the planet for North.
 * Layers can allow to select additional features like borders,
 * Gallary has options like: Discovery videos. You can also deselect features that you may not want students to view for content, book search-shows books that are copyright free
 * Gigapxl Photos has autor fly-in to view the picture.the clarity of the photos is amazing.it also has a view to show how up close you have go into the picture.
 * Rumsey Historical Maps
 * To add pictures from the web you need the url by right clicking and selecting properties then copy the URL into the New Image Overlay window. Pictures from the hard drive are done similarly. The graphic is then add to the computers copy of Google Earth.
 * To add several pictures to a place Under PLACES create a folder then click and drag the places into the folder. When completed Google Earth will travel in order to each place. Under options you can select the pause balloons so that students can view and read additional information
 * http://googletrips.com and http://googlesightseeing has many trips planned out based on books and content subjects.
 * Placemarks can be used to mark significant locations on your map. After marking a location right click and select properties and copy and paste URL's for videos, picts etc. This can be save and emailed by selecting send under the add menu.
 * Ruler is used to find distance between locations.The rules allows measurements to be converted to aother measurements. Path is an option to measure a path that is not linear.
 * Route will also lay a route that is used to follow as you zoom.
 * Using Google you can search to find additonal files by typing //keyword// filetype:kmz then click GO
 * [|www.archive.org] a great resource for free domain video clips and segments.
 * KMZ files can be saved in another ara by computers.