1. Google Earth in the Classroom
Seeing is Believing
November 16, 2008
Glenn Wiebe
glennw@essdack.org

2. Just a
nibble!

3. “If you wanted to
create an educational
environment that was
directly opposed to
what the brain is good at
doing . . .

4. “. . . you would
probably design
something like a
modern
classroom.”
John Medina
Brain Rules

5. This is Erin

6. Erin hates
geography

7. She’s not
that fond
of history
either

8. and

9. she’s not
alone

10. Today’s students
are no longer
the people our
educational system
was designed to
teach.”
Marc Prensky

11. “I have to power
down when I get to
school.”
HS student

13. There are over
150 million people
using Social Networks

14. The top 10 jobs
predicted for 2010
didn’t exist in
2004

15. China has more
gifted kids
than we have kids

16. A seven year-old signed a
six figure endorsement deal
to play professional video games
thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/06/did-you-know-20.html

17. Yeah . . . so?

18. “If students are prepared only for the
foundational literacies of paper &
pencil technologies, they will be
unprepared for a future in which
new literacies are required.”
Rachel Karchmer
Innovative Approaches to Literacy Education

19. So . . . what does
that look like?

20. bit based

21. not just tree based

22. Collaborate
Create
Communicate

24. Whadda you
know?

25. Examples
Resources
Q&A
Tour creation
Plan time

26. Crack the Code!

27. Get goodies at:
historytech.wordpress.com
“Presentations”
- “Google Earth”

28. What can you adapt?
What do you like?
What are some possible challenges?

29. Placemarks & tours
Let’s create
our own!

30. German Coast Guard and
Google Earth?

31. Tech integration questions?
Social studies issues? I would
love to hear from you!
Glenn Wiebe
glennw@essdack.org
socialstudiescentral.com
historytech.wordpress.com
View presentations at:
slideshare.net/glennw98