Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Week 7: Google Street View

If you haven't checked out Google Street View yet, the time has come. You’d be surprised where you and your class can go. Reading a book set in Iowa? Might as well “drive” down Temple Ave. in Shell Rock so that students can get a glimpse of the vast terrain. Or maybe “drive” by the Guggenheim on 5th Ave. in New York City. Or if those options are too luxurious for you, you can also walk to Starbucks from Lake Wilderness. It’s easy—just visit Google Maps, plug in an address or just zoom in on an area you wish to “visit.” Look for the little yellow guy (Pegman) and drag him over to one of the street views that are available in that area (available streets will be highlighted in blue).





This week, tell us how you might use Google Street View in your classroom. Be creative! OR If there isn't a way you could use Street View, visit the Google for Educators page or the Google blog (side note: it's really amazing what Google offers beyond search) to learn about some of the other great resources Google offers that might be useful to you and your students. Let us know what you find and how you might use it.

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Alison Querro · 763 weeks ago

I have used Google Maps to look at the remote wilderness of Alaska to support how remote an island might be for teenage boy. We found some remote islands off the coast, and then put the kids to work inferencing all the risks that a person might face that cut off from the world. The kids were shocked about how remote mainland Alaska is too, and how large the bears are.
A lot of times in Physical Education I introduce an activity with a story to encourage the kids to use their imagination or from a teacher standpoint it helps me to get them to "buy in" to the activity that we are about to do. I can see using the streetview to tie in certain settings for the activity. Sometimes I will tell the children a part of the country where the game originated at. It would be fun to take them there visually. I know this would engage the students more than just verbally hearing me explain the place. Great idea to incorporate this tool into the classroom. I would have never thought of this before. Thank you.
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Christine Thurston · 763 weeks ago

I'm glad that you thought of a way to incorporate this into your classroom. I could also see you using Google Images to find photos of children playing the games you introduce in your PE classes.

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