Betty’s Instructional Technology Blog

In my Web 2.0 workshop, the participants moved through stations using various software/web sites. As part of the station, they posted their ideas on how to use the software in their classrooms. Their ideas on using Google Earth are listed below: 

1) Google Earth would definitely be an excellent resource to use for our Social Studies curriculum. It’s a wonderful way to have students take tours through Ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt!

2) This is a great resource to being students to historical sites, landmarks, or monuments.

3) Students can research travel distance from one designated point to another using math skills to convert to various units of measure.   Students could further calculate time needed to travel by foot, lessons in longitude and latitude, and other map skills.

4) We also found this resource to be a great way to search for the well-known tourist sites, picture galleries, and transporation within each country, plus lots of other options!

5) Provide images of various biomes studied within the science unit Environments.

6) Calculating distances to illustrate relative measurements and sizes.

7) Find places of interest ( Golden Gate Bridge, Washington Monument, etc) or locate Regions of the United States to go along with the Social Studies Curriculum.   

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