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=Google Earth Screencast 1= What Google Earth Does

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=Google Earth Screencast 2= How to Use Google Earth in your Classroom media type="custom" key="19303364"

Web sites:
Google Download Here are more Web sites you can view to find lesson plans and features about Google Earth:

This Web site is hosted by Google Earth. @http://sitescontent.google.com/google-earth-for-educators/

This Web site is a LiveBinder where it has 19 different Web sites you can view within this one Web site. Be sure to check it out! Caution: all the material might overwhelm you. Don't forget to start simply when using Google Earth in your classroom. @http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=54477

This Web site really has some neat lesson plans and exploring opportunities ready to go. Check out the Shipwrecks and 3-D Castles and Palaces. It has lessons divided into elementary, middle school and high school and beyond.



@http://www.associatesdegree.com/2010/03/14/google-earth-for-educators-50-exciting-ideas-for-the-classroom/

Emily Pokorny- Google Book Search Google Book Search reminds me of browsing through a library, but on the Internet. You can go through categories, then look at the book's cover as well as 'flip through some pages', just like at the library. What takes Google Book Search to the next level is you can read reviews and add them to various 'bookshelves' on your account. Two ways a librarian could easily incorporate Google Book Search is to have this browser open on a computer that students use for OPAC. Students could use OPAC to see what the library has and if it's available, then switch windows and look at Google Book Search to see a preview of the book as well as reviews. Another way Google Book Search could be used is through it's translate button. An ESL/ELL student could highlight pages of a book, click the translate button and read the book in their native language. I like how all of this can be done for free!

Gail Tumminello- Google Video Google Video is a mega Internet search engine. When I first saw it I thought why not just use YouTube or TeacherTube? Then I saw Gail pointed out Google Video searches from both of those servers and many more. Another nice feature is narrowing down the search by length of the video. The best feature of Google Video is the Safe Search option. As an elementary teacher, I always have to be very careful and preview videos before class. I could see as a librarian, if a topic comes up in class that would best be explained as a video, a librarian could go to Google Video and turn Safe Search onto strict and then not have to worry about what videos are being presented in front of students. What a great tool to have in their 'toolbox'!