EdTech Tool Name: | Google Earth |
Bref Description: | A virtual globe, map and geographical information programme. |
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EdTech Tool Usage Keywords: | discovery learning, collaboration, explore, measure |
EdTech Tool Uses: | Google Earth can bring the world of information alive for students. You can use it at multiple grade levels and in multiple subjects. For a subject, for example, you can take Geography from a a book to Google Earth and go much deeper with it and get students much more excited about it. You can see some popular features here that give a really good idea of what you can do with it to inspire your students to explore the world around them. One example of how I use is is I like to set up scavenger hunts based on a topic of study and give clues, and put students in teams or pairs. I then get them to explore a country, or area and track down the answer based on the clues. There is an entire education section here for teachers that want to use it in their classroom - http://sitescontent.google.com/google-earth-for-educators/classroom-resources. |
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Academic Subjects: | Geography, History, Languages, Civic studies, Social Studies, Business Studies, Science, |
EdTech Tool Pricing Structure: | Completely, 100% free Educational License/Discount: Google Earth Pro is free for Schools also: http://maps.google.com/help/maps/education/. |