8th April 2006

Podcast51: Discovering Google Earth

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During the week of the Florida Educational Technology Conference in March 2006, Paul Clark, Bob Goeman, and Mark Carnevalo spent several hours playing with Google Earth software and available KML files on the Internet. KML files contain information that links data and media from Internet websites to earth locations represented in the Google Earth program. This podcast is a recording of an informal interview with Paul, Bob and Mark the last night of FETC 2006. Clearly the instructional possibilities for using Google Earth to engage students in ill-structured problem solving are limited only by our imaginations, and the time we are willing to dedicate to both learning about geographic information systems (GIS) via Google Earth and helping others learn.

Program Length: 42 min, 19 sec
File size: 10.2 MB

Podcast 08 April 2006(Click here to listen to this podcast)

Show notes for this podcast include:

  1. Google Earth
  2. Google Earth: LAX, BOS, ORD, ATL, JFK, MIA, SEA Inbound Flights
  3. Google Earth maps of avian flu spread
  4. Google Code: Google Earth KML Tutorial
  5. Google Earth Hacks
  6. My Google Earth social bookmarks
  7. University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Education

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  1. 1 On April 10th, 2006, Dean Shareski said:

    Wes,

    I’ve been a Google Earth user since last April. I never cease to be amazed at its power. I posted specifically on the John Kuglin presentation at FETC. Since that time I’ve been in contact with John regarding several issues and updates.

    1. Google Earth Pro is available free to educators. You need to contact them directly but they’ve give you a key for 2 installs.

    2. A fellow Canadian created a Moodle course for Google Earth for educators.

    3. Here’s a couple of my favourite google earth blog subscriptions:

    http://www.gearthblog.com/
    http://www.googlesightseeing.com/

  2. 2 On May 9th, 2006, Steve said:

    Wesley, along the lines of Google Earth is Stellarium - free, open source planetarium software. I can imagine educators using (and having their students) use these two packages - both available cross-platform - to better explore their own world and its place in the greater cosmos.