Google Earth Education Weblinks

Here are a some weblinks to find out more about the use of Google Earth in Education.

Give your comments, share ideas or contribute a link!

http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualize04/tool_examples/google_earth.html

Use of Google Earth for different subjects like History, Literature, Science, etc.

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/08/back_to_school.html

GOOGLE EARTH

GOOGLE EARTH:

In this familiarization trip, we can understand how the school and community can collaborate to develop knowledge and information about their surroundings.

1. Launch Google Earth on your desktop

2. Familiarize with the controls on the top-right corner (you can also use mouse/keyboard):

a. Rotate [click and drag]

b. Move [Left/Right/Up/Down]

c. Tilt [top slide-bar]

d. Zoom in/out [+/- side-bar OR mouse wheel]

3. Go to the Top-left: Search window.

a. Search for "Jurong Secondary School, Singapore"

b. Navigate, Zoom in/out and click on the various placemarks for more info

Let's go East to Pulau Ubin!

c. Search for "Pulau Ubin, Singapore" or navigate your way there

d. Click on the various placemarks for more info

4. Find your way to "Melbourne, Australia" to discover more about the Most Liveable City in the World! or explore the world on your own.

Give your comments, share ideas or contribute a link!

STOMP - links for exploration:

How could we build on our students' enthusiasm and abilities in digital media to synthesize their learning experiences through their own creative expressions?

Traveller's Tales - Vietnam: Your next destination

http://diy.stomp.com.sg/video_details.php?id=170

Traveller's Tales - Angkor Wat explored

http://diy.stomp.com.sg/video_details.php?id=182

Community concerns through citizen journalism:

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost3568.aspx

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost3580.aspx

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost3499.aspx

[Additional] Students' blog posts on STOMP:

http://mediaclub.stomp.com.sg/hotstuff/hotstuff_9.php

http://mediaclub.stomp.com.sg/hotstuff/hotstuff_10.php

INTRODUCTION: JSS Workshop/Lab session - Google Earth and STOMP

Greetings!

This blog has been set-up to bring us through some quick insights into how IDM tools like Google Earth and STOMP could be used for teaching and learning. These 2 tools/resources have been selected as possible examples of online media for (community-based) interaction and collaboration. 

If you are already familiar with these technologies, please feel free to navigate on your own and/or add-on comments to this blog which will be appreciated!