Shannon Wentworth Instructional Technology Teacher Sixth Avenue Elementary School Aurora, Colorado Gwynn Moore Instructional Technology Teacher Paris Elementary School Aurora, Colorado TIE Conference 2010

 Google Earth 5.0 can be downloaded for free at

1. Search panel - Use this to find places and directions and manage search results. Google Earth EC may display additional tabs here.find places and directionsmanage search results Google Earth EC 2. 3D Viewer - View the globe and its terrain in this window. 3. Toolbar buttons - See below.See below 4. Navigation controls - Use these to zoom, look and move around. 5. Layers panel - Use this to display points of interest.Use this to display points of interest 6. Places panel - Use this to locate, save, organize and revisit placemarks.locate, save, organize and revisit placemarks 7. Add Content - Click this to import exciting content from the KML GalleryKML Gallery 8. Status bar - View coordinate, elevation, imagery date and streaming status here. 9. Overview map - Use this for an additional perspective of the Earth.additional perspective

1. View an image of your home, school or any place on Earth - Click Fly To. Enter the location in the input box and click the Search button. In the search results (Places panel), double click the location. Google Earth flies you to this location.Enter the location in the input box 2. Tour the world - In the Places panel, open the Learn and Explore folder and double click Explore. 3. Get driving directions from one place to another and fly (follow) the route. 4. View other cool locations and features created by other Google Earth users - In the Layers panel, check Community Showcase. Interesting placemarks and other features appear in the 3D viewer. Double click these points of interest to view and explore. 5. View 3D terrain of a place - This is more fun with hilly or mountainous terrain, such as the Grand Canyon. Go to a location. When the view shows the location, use the zoom slider to tilt the terrain.

 Ocean - Fly and navigate under the ocean and explore underwater terrain. You can also display the ocean surface.display the ocean surface  Touring - Record, play and share custom tours that capture your actions and movements in Google Earth.  Historical imagery - Explore images of the recent and not-so-recent past.  Mars - View imagery and terrain of the red planet.

 The Layers feature in Google Earth provides a variety of data points of geographic interest that you can select to display over your viewing area. This includes points of interest (POIs) as well as map, road, terrain, and even building data. The full list of layers is available in the Layers panel.  Layers content is created by Google or its content partners. Google publishes the content you see in the Layers panel.  Take some time to explore the Layers panel. Some of our favorites are the 3D Buildings (Statue of Liberty) and Gallery – Discovery Networks (Beijing).

Creating a Folder will keep your tour landmarks organized.  Find the Places box.  Right Click on Temporary Places.  Select Add.  Click on Folder.  Give it a name.  Click OK.

 The first step in creating a Google Earth Tour is to figure out where you want to go.  Where do you want to go today?  Make a list of 8-10 places.  Create a Placemark for each location.  Then add more details.

 Search for the first landmark or location.  Click on the Add Placemark button from the top (push pin).  Move the pin to the exact location you want marked. (Rotating and zooming the Viewer to the exact view you want students to see.)  Type in a Name.

 The Description box is where you can add narrative information about the location, as well as pictures, web links, and more. (We’ll do that later.)  Click OK.  A new location will be added to the folder you created in Temporary Places.  Repeat these steps until all locations have been added.

 Locations in your Tour folder can be rearranged by simply clicking and dragging them to the desired location.  Now let’s give your tour some pizzazz!

 First, go to the Layers menu.  Check 3D Buildings.

 Zoom in and tilt the terrain for a better view

 Right click on a Placemark.  Select Properties.  Type in any information you wish.  Then copy and paste a URL.  This will create a working hyperlink students can use to access more information.

 The default text is rather small.  Formatting text requires some basic html command codes.  Inserting line breaks  Font color before, after  Bold text before the text, after the text  Italics before the text, after the text  Center before the text, after the text  Headlines before, after – substitute a number for #, the smaller the number, the larger the font.  Click OK.

 You can insert an image into a Google Earth bubble as long as it has been posted to a website. There are many free image hosting sites.  You can also use royalty free images.  and are great to use.  Right click on a photo and go to Properties.

 Copy the Address from the Properties box.  Type the following code into the Google Earth properties box.  Paste the address into the Properties box in Google Earth replacing ***.  You can adjust the dimensions of the photo by adding width=* and height=* to the end of the address.  For example…

 Discovery Education (United) Streaming is a great place to locate images.  Go to  Sign in (Use student140 and student if you do not have a username and password.)  Right click on the image and select Properties.  Copy the file address from the properties box.

 Type the following code into the Google Earth properties box.  Replace the astericks *** with the address for the image you wish to use.  Note – if the address is too long, it may not contain the whole file name. If that is the case, simply click back to Discovery Education Streaming and copy the rest of the file name from the top of the property box.  Don’t forget to copy and paste the citation from DE Streaming into your Google Earth bubble.

 First, go to Tools and Options in the Menu Bar.  Place a Check in “Allow placemark balloons to access local files and personal data.”  Locate the file you wish to use and record its exact location.  Type in the placemark balloon, replacing the astericks *** with the file location.  Note: The local image and the.kmz file need to be saved to the same location for easier access.

 YouTube, TeacherTube, Blabberize, Voki, and other online video hosting sites can also be resources.  Locate the video you wish to use.  Find the “embed” code on the page.  Copy and paste it into the Google Earth properties box.

 You can also insert DE Streaming videos.  There are two ways to do this.  Option 1 – Insert a hyperlink to the Video  Find an appropriate video in DE Streaming.  Click on the Share button under the embedded viewer.  Click inside the Copy Link box.  Copy the shortcut and paste in it the Google Earth placemark bubble.  Students will then click on the shortcut link to access the video. (They will need to log into DE.)

 Option 2  Google Earth 5.0 no longer allows users to embed local video files into Placemarkers.  Here is a work around solution…  Create a free Glogster account ( Temporary username = s100.sixth and falcons  Embed the desired video onto a Glog.  Copy the Embed code for the Glog and paste it into the Google Earth Placemark.

 Images can also come from live Webcams.  These are inserted the same way still images are.  Type in the following code… Replace the astericks (***) with the link to the Webcam.  Note – For this to work properly, the webcam must be saved in a jpg format. Most live streaming webcams will not work. Also, copyrighted webcams will not give access to the property information.

 Right click on the location from the side panel.  Click Add then Image Overlay. This will open a new window.  Give the overlay a name and then navigate to the web based image you wish to use.  Adjust the transparency.  You may also add a description.  Click the OK button. (The overlay will show as a separate item in the side panel.)

 Select your Tour Folder.  Click File – Save As – Save Place As.  Save your file as a.kmz file.  It is now ready to be ed, posted on the Internet, or saved to a shared network drive for others to access.

 Select the Tour Folder.  Click the Play Tour button from the Sidebar.  The Control Bar will appear at the bottom left corner.

 You can tweak your tour further by going to Tools – Options and then clicking the Touring tab.

 Google Lit Trips s.com s.com  Plot your vacation  Family Tree  Locations from fiction or nonfiction books.  State history timeline

Now it is your turn to create!