Google+Earth+-+Virtual+Tours+and+Literacy+Trips

Presenter: Tim Leister School: Garden Spot High School, Eastern Lancaster County School District (ELANCO) Contact: tim_leister@elanco.org Session: Improving your Lesson with Tools

__Description of Presentation__
This session will focus on the integration of literacy tours in Google Earth. We will discuss the ability of digital maps to assist students and teachers to better visualize and understand areas of the world that are associated with American and World Literature.

**Google Earth**
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 * Layers > Gallery > Ancient Rome, 360 Cities, Street View, etc.
 * ===Google Lit Trips - "This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!" ===
 * KML or KMZ files
 * Tools - Add Placemarks & Record Tours
 * Knowledge of a little html code can enhance placemarks
 * Inserting and editing place marks from Danbury Public Schools J. Kilcourse 3/2009
 * Link to Annotate Google Earth Tutorial


 * Google Maps**
 * Integration with Google Docs Spreadsheet & Map Gadgets, Link to Google Doc Form, Click Here.
 * Quickmaps.com

> [|Cathedrals 3D Tour.kmz]- turn on 3d buildings > [|google_earth_user_guide.pdf]
 * Other Google Earth Resources**
 * Google Earth Gallery - A collection of more KML files to open in Google Earth
 * Example of other .KMZ files
 * Google Earth Blog
 * [|Google LatLong Blog]
 * Link to Download Google Earth 5.0
 * [|Online User Guide]
 * Keyboard Shortcuts

Other Digital Map Resources associated with Statistics

 * Gapminder** - Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view.[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://iu13cff.wikispaces.com/file/view/Gapminder_Tutorial.pdf"]] [|Gapminder_Tutorial.pdf]
 * How to creating your own Motion Chart using Google Docs Spreadsheet Gadgets, click here > >


 * UUorld -** (pronounced "world") provides an immersive mapping environment, high-quality data, and critical analysis tools.


 * TruliaHindsight-** combining aerial photographs with property development over time.


 * Globalis** - an interactive World Map


 * Worldmapper -** Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.