All Discussions Tagged 'gearth' - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T06:35:39Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=gearth&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLearning with Google Earthtag:www.classroom20.com,2012-07-05:649749:Topic:8497852012-07-05T17:46:53.879ZThomas Petrahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ThomasPetra
<p>This <em>Classroom 2.0</em><i>: The Book</i> chapter can be downloaded at <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/98582395/Thomas-Petra-Learning-With-Google-Earth" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/doc/98582395/Thomas-Petra-Learning-With-Google-Earth</a></p>
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<p>Google Earth is the perfect platform for educators who want to construct progressive learning experiences for their students. It is a rich 21st Century resource for any subject area, full of materials and functionality. More…</p>
<p>This <em>Classroom 2.0</em><i>: The Book</i> chapter can be downloaded at <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/98582395/Thomas-Petra-Learning-With-Google-Earth" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/doc/98582395/Thomas-Petra-Learning-With-Google-Earth</a></p>
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<p>Google Earth is the perfect platform for educators who want to construct progressive learning experiences for their students. It is a rich 21st Century resource for any subject area, full of materials and functionality. More than a mapping tool, Google Earth is a vast collection of information where users can view layers of content or add their own. Using its simple tool set, teachers can transform traditional instruction by designing lessons that allow an active investigation of ideas. Students of different learning styles will be able to explore concepts in depth and develop higher-level thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and creativity. Real life activities portrayed in a virtual globe add purpose and context to their learning. Google Earth is the perfect application for project-based learning, cross-curricular units, or exploring global themes.</p>
<p>Open source material, such as those provide by <a href="http://www.googlelittrips.com" target="_blank">Google Lit Trips</a> and <a href="http://www.realworldmath.org/" target="_blank">Real World Math</a>, serve not only as resources for others but as models of inspiration. Teachers of any subject area or grade level can design customized lessons for their students. I hope you take time to read my <em>Classroom 2.0: The Book</em> chapter and consider how you can use Google Earth in your classroom.</p>
<p>Please feel free to add comments and suggestions below. This is the peer review stage of the book and I welcome your feedback.</p>
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<p></p> No Tech Until High School?tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-10-24:649749:Topic:7653992011-10-24T04:13:07.174ZMr Stuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MrStu
<p>Here's an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html" target="_blank">interesting article on technology</a> in - or in the case, not - the classroom.</p>
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<p>A montessori school in the heart of Silicon Valley eschews technology until 8th grade, and even then it's limited.</p>
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<p>I'm curious, what's the best use of technology you've seen in K-8? Do you think it really teaches?</p>
<p>Here's an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html" target="_blank">interesting article on technology</a> in - or in the case, not - the classroom.</p>
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<p>A montessori school in the heart of Silicon Valley eschews technology until 8th grade, and even then it's limited.</p>
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<p>I'm curious, what's the best use of technology you've seen in K-8? Do you think it really teaches?</p> Google Earth Effective???tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-04-10:649749:Topic:6233022011-04-10T10:18:46.667ZMr Stuhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MrStu
<p>Hello there. My students and I have just completed an online project where anyone around the world can explore the China's Forbidden City with Google Earth and watch short student videos (<a href="http://mrstuartralston.weebly.com/vft_ge_forbidden_city.html" target="_blank">link</a>).</p>
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<p>I am curious about</p>
<p>- if you would use this in your classroom, and what classes and grades you teach</p>
<p>- if there are any issues with viewing the site</p>
<p>- any recommendations…</p>
<p>Hello there. My students and I have just completed an online project where anyone around the world can explore the China's Forbidden City with Google Earth and watch short student videos (<a href="http://mrstuartralston.weebly.com/vft_ge_forbidden_city.html" target="_blank">link</a>).</p>
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<p>I am curious about</p>
<p>- if you would use this in your classroom, and what classes and grades you teach</p>
<p>- if there are any issues with viewing the site</p>
<p>- any recommendations you have on improving the site</p>
<p>- references to anyone else you have seen doing similar work</p>
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<p>Thanks for your feedback!</p>
<p>(It's best to view the site if you are using the Chrome web browser or if you have have the <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/plugin.html" target="_blank">Google Earth plug-in</a>)</p>
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<p><a href="http://mrstuartralston.weebly.com/vft_ge_forbidden_city.html" target="_blank"><img width="450" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1798928563?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="450" class="align-full"/></a></p> New website for teaching math with Google Earthtag:www.classroom20.com,2008-04-08:649749:Topic:1276322008-04-08T08:17:01.421ZThomas Petrahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ThomasPetra
I would like to announce the launching of a new online resource for math teachers. <b>Real World Math – Using Google Earth in the Math Curriculum</b> 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 math students' higher-level thinking skills.<br />
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I would like to announce the launching of a new online resource for math teachers. <b>Real World Math – Using Google Earth in the Math Curriculum</b> 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 math students' higher-level thinking skills.<br />
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There are currently 20 lessons on the site and more to come with your help. Educators are encouraged to participate on the website's <i>Community</i> page by offering advice, feedback, or by submitting Google Earth lessons themselves. Please visit the site @ <a href="http://realworldmath.org/">realworldmath.org</a> and have a look. Help spread the word by recommending the site to others!<br />
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If you've been following the other Google Earth discussion on Classroom 2.0, you will remember that I wanted to bring more meaningful content into my math lessons. Thank you to all of you who added to that discussion and all of your kind suggestions. A little collaboration and some creativity can go a long way. Pardon my bias, but I think a lot of the Instructional Technology tools utilized by educators thus far have been linguistic in nature. Don't get me wrong, I think blogs, wikis, podcasts, and social networks such as this one are terrific, but they have left the math department a bit envious. This is one reason why I have created Real World Math.<br />
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And so, I would like to start a new thread of discussion based on my experiences constructing these Google Earth lessons and the website to display them. Primarily in the non-linguistic subject areas, how can we nudge IT experiences that way? How do you conceptualize, design, build, and promote content-based material for a subject such as Science?<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1798927022?profile=original" alt="" width="249" height="253"/></p> Cross-curricular uses of Google Earthtag:www.classroom20.com,2007-10-14:649749:Topic:583812007-10-14T12:43:46.095ZThomas Petrahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ThomasPetra
Hello,<br />
I am working with Google Earth in my middle school math classes this year. I have found that students are very excited to work with it and so we have already had some lessons on how to use the different tools, such as adding placemarks, creating paths, and measuring with the ruler. Google Earth is a good resource because it can be used asynchronously and the files can be downloaded or emailed. The students also learned how to annotate their work and add citations.<br />
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What I am interested…
Hello,<br />
I am working with Google Earth in my middle school math classes this year. I have found that students are very excited to work with it and so we have already had some lessons on how to use the different tools, such as adding placemarks, creating paths, and measuring with the ruler. Google Earth is a good resource because it can be used asynchronously and the files can be downloaded or emailed. The students also learned how to annotate their work and add citations.<br />
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What I am interested in is how to use Google Earth beyond the obvious. It's pretty cool to find your house or go to Paris, but how can it be incorporated in a math class? True the measuring tool is very useful; you can measure in miles, kilometers, and more. But what else?<br />
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We have used Google Earth to plot some historic typhoons that have struck our island. The students used typhoon data for the plotting, added a path and image, and annotated everything. They liked the assignment but several times students wondered aloud "What's this have to do with math?". That's what I liked about it. They were using math and didn't realize it. They were creating a graphic representation of an historic event - a geographic line graph. They were using data, representing values in a variety of ways, measuring, predicting, adding meaning to numbers, etc. I would agree it wasn't the typical textbook math lesson and that may be why they enjoyed it. This lesson covered just about every NETS standard as well.<br />
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It was real. They remembered the typhoon and shared their experiences with one another. They talked to their parents about it. I offered this assignment to my colleagues as a chance for cross-curricular lessons. I was disappointed when the English and History teachers didn't take me up on it as a writing portion, but they had their own things to do, I guess.<br />
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I also had a class of 8th graders use Google Earth. This was an open-ended problem solving activity in which they played the role of the Coast Guard and had to conduct a search and rescue operation. I gave them wind, currents, and other parameters and they had to devise a search plan and map it on Google Earth. I created a file of a missing boat and when the students had finished, we were able to conclude whether it was a successful rescue or not. Sound interesting?<br />
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Coincidently, as we were doing this assignment <a href="http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/09/help_find_steve_fosset_with_google.html">Steve Fossett disappeared</a>. The news reported that Google Earth was being used by people on the Internet to search for him!<br />
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Do you have any ideas on using Google Earth in math or other subject areas that you would like to share?<br />
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PS: The attachment below is a screen image of the typhoon assignment.