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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 

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.

 

 

Google Earth Resources