Google Earth 4.3… Back to the Wow Factor

My love affair with Google Earth continues on at a torrid pace. Last summer my presentation at BLC, Moving Beyond the WoW in Google Earth tried to focus on the powerful learning that GE offers. This winter I created a series of tutorials for Atomic Learning.

This latest version of Google Earth brings me back to [...]

Street View gets scary

I love the Street View feature in Google maps. Currently there are over 20 cities in the US that offer this close up view of all streets.  If you’re not familiar with Street View, check out these screencasts for more detail. 

I like the way this video combines Street View and humor. This is the [...]

A Community Walk…Skype Me

This morning I worked with Grade 5 and 6 students who all have a tablet PC.  I’ve been talking to them about building networks and wanted to demonstrate mine in meaningful, fun, engaging way.

So I decided to take them on a tour, using some interactive maps and showed them the power of networks, open [...]

Video Adventures in Google Earth

The ability to add video in Google Earth is one feature I’ve been waiting for for quite some time. This takes the idea of location based learning one step further. My first attempt in using this was to take 10 of my youtube videos and place them on the exact locations of their filming.

Have [...]

Moving Beyond the WOW Factor in Google Earth

I had the privilege to present at this amazing conference. It was also great to have a number of my friends in my session as well as some new ones. While I felt a bit limited with the time and the speed of my connection, I had many positive comments (People are so [...]

 
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