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Google Earth, Sky, and Sea and Google Maps
Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others. Create personalized, annotated, customized maps using Google Maps. Your maps can contain placemarks, lines, and shapes. Once you have created a map, you can add descriptive text, including rich text and HTML, embed photos and videos in your map, and share your maps with others.

To become comfortable enough with Google Earth and Google Maps to use these tools for instruction and as tools for student activities. To envision and plan lessons using these tools that engage students, address standards, and foster collaboration and understanding.
 * Objectives for the day:**

ISTE NETS 2008 for TEACHERS
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers: Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers: Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
 * 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity**
 * a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
 * b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources
 * c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
 * d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments
 * 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments**
 * c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
 * 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning**
 * a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
 * b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation
 * d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning

Course Outline:
8:00 - 11:00 Google Earth Please go to the Google Form and enter your information so we can collaborate after lunch. @https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?service=mail&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2Fe-11-cecb5dd952fb732b52c1d399c6ce5-bb5dc1146c3744374df633e8802dbd34195d246f
 * After Creating your Google Account (or before lunch if you already have one)**

Washington, DC Clarksville, TN Any address! (Search, Zoom, Pan, etc.)
 * Google Earth Overview**

Roads (Washington DC, parallel, intersect...) Borders (Globe to local) Building View - Vegas Geographic Features Explore!
 * Layers**

Ruler (O'Hare International - compare airplanes, math ideas?) Thumbtack - Add, Description, Hyperlink, Image, Delete, Moving Around (Hoover Dam) (Fort Campbell, Helicopters...find the Chinooks?) Google Man to Street View Explore!
 * Tools (Manipulate before closing box)**

Polygon Path Record a Tour Historical Sunlight (Globe view)

Long/Lat Imagery Date

USGS Tectonics Explore! Temporary vs. Saved
 * Google Earth Hacks**

11:00 - 12:00 Break for Lunch 12:00 - 1:30 Google Maps

Link from Google Earth Link from web Streetview Man Directions Traffic - Show All - Use FLA or DC for Webcams Videos are linked to Youtube - Teachers can view. Please preview!
 * Google Maps**

[|Tutorial] Show Tutorial Record Tour Path Tour Folder Tour
 * Google Tours**

Example: [|Monarch Butterfly] - [|Titanic] [|Intro to Google Lit Trip Part 1] [|Google Lit Trip Part 2] [|Charles Dickens]

Google Earth Lit Trips [|GoogleLitTrips.org]


 * Google Earth**
 * Google Sky**
 * Google Mars**
 * Google Moon**

[|Google For Educators] [|Google Educators (Duke)]

1:30 - 3:00 Further Exploration and Planning Lessons using Google Earth and/or Google Maps

Before you can use Google Earth / Google Sky with your classroom you will need to go to Google Earth home page and download the software to your computer.

__**Getting to Know Google Earth**__ Beginner Tutorials (videos) Quickly find your way around Google Earth by viewing the User's Guide for the latest version. Presentation notes from Hall Davidson, a great overview of using Google Earth. (pdf download) Google Earth Tutorials

Become an Explorer
Learn tips and tricks to explore the world, find interesting places and share content with others. Follow this step-by-step guided features tour at your own pace to become a true explorer!

A great collection of Google Earth hacks (kml or kmz files, overlays) and the 10 best things to do with Google Earth. Another great resource for getting started with Google Earth. GE Across the Curriculum

__**Using** **Google Sky**__ For an excellent video tutorial, visit @http://earth.google.com/sky/skyedu.html. For an excellent video tutorial, visit @http://www.google.com/earth/explore/showcase/moon.html http://www.google.com/earth/learn/beginner.html#exploring-mars-moon-and-sky __**Ideas for Using Google Earth and Sky in the Classroom**__ Need ideas for using Google Earth and Google Sky in your classroom? Visit Google for Educators - Geo Educationor Google Earth Lessons for Educators and note the other resources available on the upper right corner of the page as well as those listed on the main page. Real World Math - Using Google Earth in the Math Curriculum provides lessons, activities, and new ideas that bring math instruction into this millennium. Intended for grades 5 and up, this material offers an Instructional Technology approach to learning. Google's free 3D world of satellite imagery is used in active learning exercises designed to stimulate higher-level thinking skills. //from T. Petra at Google Educators//
 * Using Google Moon**
 * Using Google Moon, Mars, and Sky**

Your students can use Google Earth screen shots to create posters. Don't forget to check out the other available activities from Big Huge Labs while you are there.

Mac - shift/apple(command)/4
 * //*To take screen shots://**
 * Windows XP** - Alt/print screen //(Get exactly what you want in your screen shot to show in the// //active window.// //The picture of the active window is placed on the clipboard. Paste// //into// //Paint to see the image. In Paint, go to File...Save As...give your image a title, choose where you want to save it, and change the file type to JPEG.//)
 * Windows7** - //Open Snipping Tool (from Programs) drag a box around the area you want to capture, click the disk to save....give your image a title and save it to the location you choose (desktop for convenience).//


 * Other Google Earth/Sky/Sea/Mars lesson plan links:**
 * @http://realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/RealWorldMath.org.html
 * @http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/GeogP/gearthplan/
 * @http://www.atsolutions.info/google_earth/index.asp
 * @http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/03/award-winning-google-earth-lesson-plans.html
 * @http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/exploreyourearth/

__**Adding Content to Google Earth/Sky with Google Hacks**__ Google Hacks are tiny, additional files you download that will add unbelievable flexibility and enhancements to your Google Earth/Google Sky. There are literally thousands of them out there so be strategic in your choices. More are added constantly. These are .kml files, and once downloaded and opened, they run with Google Earth to show the specific locations and data contained. You can also find additional content for Google Earth by clicking "Add Content" in the Places Panel. Google Earth Gallery

Another valuable way to use Google Earth is by creating a Google Lit Trip. This teaching strategy really connects your curriculum and students to the real world. After you look around on this website and investigate several Lit Trips that have been created, click on the Getting Started link at the top of the page and you will be redirected to a tutorial on creating your very own Google Lit Trip. Lit trips are simply .kml files that have been created to enhance student understanding of the geographical context of the places in a book.

__**Creating Content for Google Earth using Google Maps**__ Google Mapscan be used to create custom .kml files to enhance instruction in many curriculum areas. Teachers can prepare lesson specific "hacks" or older students can create these .kml files. Note the Interactive Tutorial (after you click on the My Places tab) available to you to get you started!

Sign into Google Account. Click on Google Maps. On the left, click on the "My Maps" tab. Click "Create New Map". Create a descriptive name for your map in the Title field. Describe your mapping project. Beneath those fields, set the privacy settings by choosing public or unlisted.
 * Step One:**
 * Step Two:**
 * Step Three:**

Type the name (for a less specific location), the address, or the coordinates for the first place you want to include on your map in the search bar at the top of the window. Click "Search Maps."
 * Step Four:**

You will see a green arrow on the map to indicate the location of the place you entered. Click on the blue balloon icon (the place marker) at the top of your map and drag it to the point of the green arrow. If you don't get it placed just right the first time, look in the bottom left corner of the description window that pops up for the delete option.) Once your place marker is in the correct position, enter a title for your location and the description in the spaces provided. //*Note - If your description window disappears, click on your place marker to bring it back.// To format text, add links to Internet pages, or add images, click "Rich Text" above the bos where you typed your description. By moving your mouse over the icons that appear, you can clearly see the function of each of the icons.
 * Step Five:**

Enter your next and all subsequent locations to your map by repeating Steps Four and Five. When you are finished entering your locations, click "Done" in the column on the left.
 * Step Six:**
 * //*To find latitude and longitude coordinates for placement on Google Maps//**, try @http://stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php or wolframalpha.com


 * Options for Sharing Your Map:**
 * 1) To **//view//** your map in Google Earth, Click "View in Google Earth" above your map. You will be prompted to either open the map using Google Earth or to save the file to disk. Choosing "save to disk" will result in a kml file (Google Hack) being downloaded to your computer. When you open the file, Google Earth will launch. You can **//share this file//** with others by placing it on the server or on a Web page for others to download.
 * 2) You can invite others to add content or **//edit//** your map by clicking on the word "Collaborate" just below the frame where your maps are listed. This allows those you invite to edit the content of your map. On the right you choose whether or not those you invite as collaborators can invite others to edit your map project.
 * 3) You can send an email inviting others to **//view//** your map by clicking "Send" at the top (right) of your map.
 * 4) You can get the **//link//** to your map for pasting into an email or IM OR the code to **//embed//** it into a webpage by clicking on "Link to this page" at the top right of your map.


 * Suggestions for Creating a Google Lit Trip or other content map with groups of students:**
 * 1) Read and discuss the book or content to be mapped with students first. Discuss and clearly outline the goal of the map or kml file being created so that all group members understand the mission.
 * 2) Set up Google Accounts for students before tackling the project. This requires email addresses. Technology coaches will be happy to help you in setting up a group of accounts for classroom use if you need assistance.
 * 3) Think about the purpose and scope of your project and your intended outcome. Assign tasks to students based on interest and/or strengths. For instance, if your kml file is have places and paths marked, text, links and pictures, your assignment list might look something like this:
 * Place locator(s)
 * Text writers/editors *Editors are important because space is limited and text must be fairly concise.
 * Photo finder
 * Path inserter/distance finder
 * Researcher (to find information about the places not included in the text that you wish to include)
 * 1) Work on a staggered schedule. The project progresses more smoothly if everyone in the group is not editing the same location at the same time.

The LONG list of Tutorials (from basic to advanced) for creating Google Maps.


 * Publish your students' work. Embed your map on a wiki page!**