The Google Earth Experience

        Trying to incorporate Google Earth into the classroom includes mostly trying to figure the best way to apply all of its features towards a multitude of classes. Google Earth has astounding capacity to teach what will be my core classes, history, geography, and possibly earth sciences.

       Google uses modern satellite images and incorporates their own custom features as well. One of the most universal aspects is being able to locate a location by address or coordinates; this would make looking up specific cities (or towns) moderately straightforward. This feature would be useful for historical research, as Google Earth incorporates images that go back some period of time (often dependent on the particular location). Another particularly good feature is the ability to apply points to specific locations on the globe, making the ‘tagging’ of places a feature that could be used for a multitude of applications. I could easily assign seek and tag assignment that are applicable to an assignment, offering the chance for students to learn (and see) about this place, possibilities are quite vast.

        Please visit: https://www.google.com/earth/for more information. The learning curve is relatively simple, many people use it with much frivolity, it is quite easy and powerful if used correctly.