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Scheduled Event:
W3: Creating Google Earth Tours for Teaching and Learning in a Geospatial Context
Date
March 2, 2015
Time:
9:00 AM-12:30 PM
Descriptiopn
Creating Google Earth tours is an exceptional way to help students organize information in spatial and temporal contexts, and create presentations that solidify their learning. Google Tour Builder is a powerful new tool that allows users with no prior Google Earth or kml experience to create informative and professional-looking tours. Use of this tool for various learning activities, such documenting field trips, analyzing geologic features, or learning about communities, will be modeled. Google Earth provides a more powerful means for creating tours, but requires more technical skill. Essentials of creating core tour artifacts, including ground overlays, screen overlays, 3D models, placemark balloons, and web pages will be covered along with the basic kml coding required. Participants should bring their own laptops with Google Earth, the Google Earth plug-in, and SketchUp installed, as well as an active gmail account. Handouts and online resources will be made available for later use.
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