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Building Tours in Google Earth
If you attended my Bring Your Own Laptop session at the 2009 Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) conference, thank you! All of the materials we used, step-by-step directions for the processes I showed, and any sites I referenced are linked from this page, along with other information for you to explore... »
Adding Your Media to a Google Earth Tour
It’s very easy to add images, audio, video and other media pieces to your balloons in a Google Earth layer as long as they are already on the web. Many media sharing sites like Flickr and YouTube give you the necessary code right on the same page. However, it’s not all that difficult to use... »
Creating Projects in Google Earth
Thank you for attending the workshop. While we didn’t have time to turn you into an expert, I hope you left with some good ideas of how you can create your own layers in Google Earth. This page includes links to all the activities we used during the session along with many more to help... »
Introduction to Google Sketchup
There are many tutorials for learning Google’s SketchUp software on the web, including a large collection of videos on YouTube. On this page you’ll find links to some of the best introductory training, many of which were used as the core activities during our workshop, along with other resources for continuing your learning about SketchUp. Overview What... »
Instructional Uses for Google Earth
The content of this page is hardly comprehensive but it’s the beginning of a list of ideas for teachers who would like to use Google Earth in their classrooms. More ideas for educational uses, as well as some excellent materials for learning how to use the many features of the software, can be found in... »
