Google News and Updates
- Mysterious pattern in Egypt
- Massive herd of water buffalo in Tanzania
- New Google Sites: group items vertically
- Bringing Within to WebVR
Featured Content
Google Maps is Google's map program. It offers satellite imagery, street maps, 360° panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions (Google Traffic), and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bicycle (in beta), or public transportation.
- Easy access to Google Maps Street View
- 3D lets you see cities, other landscape stuff in 3D
- Look at places in history, in literature, in news, in popular culture
- Cards give you information at your fingertips you might not know otherwise (like integrating a Google search)
- Voyager: collections of images, street views, “interactive stories”
- Hold in shift for “helicopter view”
- I’m feeling lucky: find places you might not otherwise
- Can still
- When you switch locations, it zooms out and back in so you know where you were and where you’re going (orientation on the globe)
- Google Earth educator resources: http://ift.tt/2pbgB9y
- Reading ABC’s from space
- Trek Across the Galapagos
- Wonders of the Ancient and Modern World
- Follow the Google Earth Community
Resources
- Google Earth Lit Trips on Chromebooks by Eric Curts
- Ben Friesen’s New Google Earth resource page
- Create your own Google Earth tours with geteach.com/tour (blog post)
- EdTech Team’s blog and infographic: 10 Google Earth Updates That Will Change Your GEO Life
Assign a Google Voyage as an assignment in Classroom (YouTube)
Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag
- Holly Messner (Grade 5 teacher from Kansas City, MO)
- Craig Klement - Insert a video into Google slides using the iPad
On The Blogs
- Matt - Writing papers and research reports the Google way
- Kasey - 20 NEW Ways to Use Google Classroom
Countdown to Closing VIP Become a Google Certified Trainer Course (closes Midnight on May 21)
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