After working with Google Earth on last weeks assignment, and having to write a social studies lesson plan in another class, I began doing a little more research. I found there is a resource page guided for educators and Google Earth.
The link above will take you to the site I am discussing mainly in this blog. Once there, the "classroom resources" link will explain some ways in which Google Earth can be beneficial in a classroom. Not only is the explaination of how Google Earth works and how it can be beneficial, but also ideas and suggestions of projects and lesson plans based around this technology are on that page. The "Talk Teacher-to-Teacher" link is really awesome, because just as its labeled, teachers can communicate with each other and share different ideas, lesson plans, experiences, or questions in either a large group, or smaller chat. "Student Work Showcase" illustrates various works students have done using Google Earth. It also has a link to the Google Earth Gallery as well as captions under the work visible explaining a bit more about the work, and it's creators. The last three links are very self explanatory, "Tutorials and Tips", "Google Earth Pro Grants Wizard", and "What Educators Are Saying".
From a future educators standpoint, I really appreciate the resources and accessibility to this technology Google has given with classrooms in mind.
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