around the world in ten minutes? maybe thirty!

Itchy Feet? Bored students?

How about a tour around the world? Try Google Earth (demo’s, downloads, instructions).

Google Earth uses Google Search technology, satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to give you a birds-eye view of the globe.

Using Google Earth, not only can you visit places around the world. You can placemark them, put organise them into folders and then automate your tour, save it as a movie, upload to your site and carry it around on your flash drive/iPod. make sure you check ot the Hints & Tips first.

  • Take your students to historic places around the globe
  • Get rich multimedia content from National Geographic and web communities
  • Upload your tour to Google Touring and send the link to anyone
  • Create your own travel diary – I created mine, check it out here.

Here are some shots from my tour;

Alex’s Primary School - Thornleigh West Public SchoolAmsterdamSydney Harbour

For more info, check out the Google Earth Blog.

One Comment to “around the world in ten minutes? maybe thirty!”

  1. michael 3 May 2007 at 11:08 pm #

    I love GoogleEarth tours for intros… if you keep them short and snappy! A student did one the other month which was fantastic… a 6 week bicycle trip through Europe… great way to get to know each other.

    Miller wrote:

    You can [...] save it as a movie

    Only if you’ve got the Pro version :(


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