Well that concludes the end of another week of expert presenters. Wayd & Geoff presented in today’s class Google Earth. When Google Earth first came about many years a go I remember playing for hours in awe of this new technology. As with all new novelties this soon became boring and I ’swept it under the mat’ so to speak! Only a few weeks a go with the release of street view I did the same thing checked out all the important places to me, home, work, and international icons.
Today was a chance for me to revisit this application from Google. Wayd & Geoff presented some interesting features of the application such as visiting landmarks and basic navigation. Their point about the educative value was valid and I concur that it is an extremely valuable tool in a class. It could be compared to an ‘interactive atlas’.
I think that one day when I eventually have my own class that Google Earth will be one of the first tools that I will ensure is on my students computers. The power that it has be able to assist with SOSE will be unbelievable!
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