Download Google Earth
Google Earth User Guide
Getting to know Google Earth
Navigating in Google Earth
Finding places and directions
Showing or hiding points of interest
Creating Placemarks
Create Your Own Media-Rich Placemarks
Blog post about embedding media into Google Earth - this is what started me down the path of realizing how embedding rich media can transform learning in new and meaningful ways.
Creating Content in Google Earth (from David Jakes) - a printable tutorial that outlines the embedding process.
Online HTML Editor - use this to create the necessary HTML to embed into your placemarks.
Brookhaven National Laboratory Online HTML Editor - take your pick!
Digital Building Blocks - my ongoing collection of audio, video, and image resources that you can embed into a Google Earth placemark.
How to Embed MP3 files - if you want to host your file on your server or link to a file elsewhere on the web and you don't mind tinkering with HTML code, there are some good sets of code you can use.
External sites that generate embeddable HTML code
- VoiceThread - voice annotated slides but definitely not PowerPoint.
- bubbl.us - online mind mapping tool
- SlideShare - online slide presentations (sort of like PowerPoint but you can embed it)
- Voki - design your own speaking avatar. This would be great for embedding a narrator in your Google Earth tour.
- Youtube - embed any YouTube video
- Vimeo - alternative to YouTube
- Houndbite - sort of a YouTube for audio files. Host them there and generate HTML code to embed to a placemark.
KMZ file with some examples of specific third party sites you can embed.
Student Projects and Ideas
All About Me
Landmarks of the World - Google Earth
Famous Texas History Landmarks
Hurricane Ike Damage Overlay
Musical Tour of the World
The Places We Will Go
Google Lit Trips
Arizona Backpacking Trip - shows how Google Earth can be used to chronicle events, vacations, etc. Examples of geotagging photos are shown.
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