Title: Two Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere in the World
1Two Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere in the World
Jannita Demian
2- Discovery Education unitedstreaming is a digital
video-based learning resource that provides
on-demand access to 50,000 content-specific
segments from 5,000 full-length educational
videos. Today, educators at more than half the
schools across the United States use
unitedstreaming to integrate vibrant digital
content into the curricula of more than 30
million students. - www.unitedstreaming.com
- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and
the power of Google Search to put the world's
geographic information at your fingertips. View
exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as
points of interest such as local restaurants,
hospitals, schools, and more. - http//earth.google.com/
3Google Earth Quick Start User Guide
- Search Panel- Use to find places and directions
- Overview Map- Use for an additional perspective
- Hide/Show sidebar- Click to conceal or display
side bar - Placemark- Click to add a placemark
- Polygon- Click to add a polygon
- Path- Click to add a path
- Image Overlay- Click to add an image
- Measure- Click to measure distance
- Email- Click to email view or image
- Print- Click to print current view
- Navigation Controls- Use to tilt, zoom and move
- Layers Panel- Use to display points of interests
- Places Panel- Use to locate, save, and organize
placemarks - 3D Viewer- View the globe and terrain
- Status Bar- View streaming status
4Adding Placemarks
- Create a Folder (CtrlShiftN)
- This will help us keep our placemarks organized.
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5Adding Placemarks
- 2. Add Placemark (CtrlShiftP)
- To change the placemark icon, click the icon to
the right of the placemark name. - To include a description type in the white box.
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6Adding Placemarks
- 3. Adding Sounds or Video
- Find media online
- Rt Click on play icon and copy short cut
- OR as it streams Rt Click, then click properties,
and copy location - Paste in Placemark description
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7Additional Placemarks Image Overlays
- Add another placemark by pressing
(CtrlShiftP) or go to menu bar and click Add
then Placemark
- To add an additional placemark within the same
folder, please click on and highlight your folder
- To add an Image Overlay press (CtrlShiftO) or
from the menu bar click Add then Image
Overlay - Rt Click on web image, then click properties, and
copy address. (Note make sure you get all
correlating lines of the address) - Adjust green box to desired image size
- Paste image address in the link box
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8Add Quizzes or Assignments
- In addition to videos, you can also add quizzes
and assignments to your placemark - To find quizzes or assignments go to
unitedstreamings Quiz and Assignment Builder
located in the Teacher Center. - Now you can create your own or search
- If you search, simply copy the quiz or assignment
into your folder in My Content - Go to My Content and open the quiz. It will open
the Quiz Summary and you can simply copy the URL
Return to Google Earth and open the Properties
box of your placemark Type some text in the
Description box and paste your url. Now, when you
click on the placemark icon your text will appear
with the link to the quiz or assignment
9Fly Over and Saving
- When you are ready to save your file. Highlight
your folder, then click on File Save Save
Place as - This will save it as a .kmz. This small file can
easily be emailed. - When someone opens the .kmz file, Google Earth
will automatically be launched or users will be
encouraged to download the program.
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- To fly over all your place marks click, highlight
your folder and click the play button.
10Ruler
- To find out distance traveled, from the menu bar
select Tools then Ruler - By clicking different points with your mouse you
can create a line or a path. - To convert units of measure select from the drop
down menu.
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11Find Businesses
- To look for businesses (i.e. Starbucks, Pizza
Parlors) in a particular location, type in the
name of the company, city or zip code and enter. - You will be able to find reviews, addresses,
phone numbers, and even get directions.
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12Layers 3D Buildings
- To turn on 3D buildings, go down to the Layers
menu and check 3D Buildings - For added fun, zoom in, tilt your screen and fly
through the streets
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13Layers Earthquakes
- In the Layer menu under Geographic Features
is a check box for Earthquakes - When you enable this icon, images will be
displayed of the locations of a variety of
earthquakes. Click on the icon to see date,
magnitude, and a weblink. - To view several earthquakes along a fault line
type in Area 51 in the fly to box.
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14Community
For extra help, support, and unique and
interesting places, visit the Google Earth
Community under the Help menu.
15Additional Resources
In addition to the great resources provided by
unitedstreaming and Google, these other resources
are exemplary media sites.
- Sounds Sound Effects
- http//www.findsounds.com/
- http//www.freeplaymusic.com/
- http//www.smartsound.com/
- http//www.naturesongs.com/
- http//soundamerica.com/
- Videos
- http//www.kitzu.org/
- http//www.archive.org/index.php
- http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
- Pictures
- www.pics4learning.com
- Speeches and Narrations
- http//www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive1.ht
ml - http//www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline/
- http//www.archive.org/index.php
- www.librivox.org
- www.gutenberg.org
- http//creativecommons.org/audio/
- Lets share other sources you use?
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