Google Earth for Educators
Udemy
Course Summary
Learn Google Earth and how to use it in the classroom and online. Project examples for every subject area.
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Course Description
Google Earth for Educators is aimed at K-12 and Higher Ed teachers and administrators who would like simple, real world ways to implement Google Earth in their classes. If you're not already using Google Earth in your class, or you think that Google Earth won't fit into your subject's curriculum, you need to take this course. Google Earth is an amazing tool that every educator needs to be using right now. What's Covered in This Course?
- What Google Earth Is
- What Google Earth Can Do
- Why You Should Use Google Earth in Your Classroom
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites Overview
- Google Earth Test Drive
- Student Project Examples by Subject Area
- Example Class Projects
- Learn the Basics of Navigating Google Earth
- Download Google Earth Projects for Education
- Learn Advanced Google Earth Skills
- Tons of Additional Resources, Including Project Ideas, Lesson Plans, Project Galleries, Great Blogs and Educator Resources
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Course Syllabus
- Introduction to Google Earth
- Who Is Stone River eLearning?
- Introduction
- Overview of the Couse
- What Is Google Earth?
- What Can Google Earth Do?
- The Types of Visualizations
- Why Use Google Earth in Your Classroom?
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Street View Test Drive
- Student Projects
- Project Ideas by Subject Area
- Links for Project Ideas
- Portland's Water Student Project
- Ancient Rome Student Project
- Ancient Americas Student Project
- Learn the Basics of Google Earth Navigation
- Introduction to Learning Google Earth
- 1 - Downloading Google Earth
- 2 - Finding a Location
- 3 - Zooming
- 4 - Panning
- 5 - Tilting
- 6 - Rotating
- 7 - Saving Locations to My Places
- 8 - Adding Placemarks
- 9 - Saving Placemarks in a .KMZ File
- 10 - Opening a .KMZ File
- 11 - Creating a Tour with Placemarks
- 12 - Displaying Layers
- 13 - Displaying Featured Content
- 14 - Using Google Search
- 15 - Driving Directions
- 16 - Using the Ruler to Estimate Distance
- 17 - Using the Path Tool
- 18 Adding Image Overlays
- Importing KML, KMZ and GPS Data
- 19 - Printing and E-mailing Images
- Advanced Google Earth Skills
- Using Historical Imagery
- Teaching Area and Perimeter
- Advanced - Recording a Tour
- A World of Information
- Download Google Earth Projects for Education
- Additional Google Earth Resources for Teachers
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