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By Anosh Sethna Geospatial data was once a foreign term to the average consumer, but today Google Earth has resulted in the rapid growth of geospatial data as a factor in the everyday household. Google Earth uses high resolution satellite photography to create a highly user friendly virtual globe that can be used by anyone . . . → Read More: Democratization of Geospatial Data: Putting the Public in Control By: Caroline Rodriguez Google Earth has been applied to many different aspects of education and one specific application that has been proven to be effective is bringing to life the vivacity of the ocean. Several years ago, the launch of the Explore the Ocean layer in Google Earth “provided an opportunity to change . . . → Read More: Explore the Ocean Layer By: Eric Renkor Logo of the UNDP
At the turn of the millennium the world’s leaders gathered together to form the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), a list of goals to be completed by the year 2015. These eight goals, including halting extreme poverty, providing universal education, and . . . → Read More: UNDP: Millennium Development Goals Layer Jane Goodall is a world renowned primatologist who has studied primates for almost 50 years. For the last 45 years she has studied the social and family interactions of chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Jane Goodall Tribute Video Goodall is the only human ever accepted into chimpanzee society which remains one . . . → Read More: Jane Goodall’s Gombe Chimpanzee Blog By Ruth Zhang Classrooms: Now Seeking Shiny Content As technology progresses, its efficacy in education grows. Powerpoint, video, and other visual media appear increasingly often in the classroom, and podcasted lectures prove useful and popular. For those interested in the empirical sciences, which often use geo-dependent data, Google Earth now offers great potential for teaching . . . → Read More: Teaching Sciences with Google Earth By Ross Tucker Educational Potential of Google Earth Research indicates that 40% of college students are visual learners and may even be underperforming due to a lack of visual instruction in the classroom. The release of Google Earth has unquestionably met the demands of these learning styles by revolutionizing the visualization process. Through . . . → Read More: When in Rome, do as Google Earth does by Heehyun Lim Google Earth is a tool by which you can fly anywhere on Earth. You can put placemarks on wherever you think impressive and you can experience a tour through satellite images and various geospatial data. Also, you can move directly from space to street level to find information with . . . → Read More: Learning EOS with Google Earth By: David Harding See below for descriptions of different teaching tools that Google Earth has to offer. Teaching Tools Google Earth makes it possible for teachers to establish new and innovative teaching techniques that allow students to get a better understanding of a particular subject area. This blog post will help the reader attain a . . . → Read More: Google Earth in the Classroom By Hannah Reynolds The Environment and Geography The study of the environment is significantly linked to geographical information. Weather patterns, ecosystems, watersheds, forestry, environmental impacts and many, many more subcategories relating to the environment are directly related to location. It seems reasonable, then, that the information collected regarding these areas of study should be linked . . . → Read More: Google Earth: An Environmental Teaching Tool |
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