Two Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere in the World

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Two Roundtrip Tickets to Anywhere in the World
Jannita Demian
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• Discovery Education unitedstreaming is a digital
  video-based learning resource that provides
  on-demand access to 50,000 content-specific
  segments from 5,000 full-length educational
  videos. Today, educators at more than half the
  schools across the United States use
  unitedstreaming to integrate vibrant digital
  content into the curricula of more than 30
  million students.
• www.unitedstreaming.com

• Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and
  the power of Google Search to put the world's
  geographic information at your fingertips. View
  exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as
  points of interest such as local restaurants,
  hospitals, schools, and more.
• http//earth.google.com/

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Google Earth Quick Start User Guide

• Search Panel- Use to find places and directions
• Overview Map- Use for an additional perspective
• Hide/Show sidebar- Click to conceal or display
  side bar
• Placemark- Click to add a placemark
• Polygon- Click to add a polygon
• Path- Click to add a path
• Image Overlay- Click to add an image
• Measure- Click to measure distance
• Email- Click to email view or image
• Print- Click to print current view
• Navigation Controls- Use to tilt, zoom and move
• Layers Panel- Use to display points of interests
• Places Panel- Use to locate, save, and organize
  placemarks
• 3D Viewer- View the globe and terrain
• Status Bar- View streaming status

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Adding Placemarks

• Create a Folder (CtrlShiftN)
• This will help us keep our placemarks organized.

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Adding Placemarks

• 2. Add Placemark (CtrlShiftP)
• To change the placemark icon, click the icon to
  the right of the placemark name.
• To include a description type in the white box.

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Adding Placemarks

• 3. Adding Sounds or Video
• Find media online
• Rt Click on play icon and copy short cut
• OR as it streams Rt Click, then click properties,
  and copy location
• Paste in Placemark description

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Additional Placemarks Image Overlays

• Add another placemark by pressing
  (CtrlShiftP) or go to menu bar and click Add
  then Placemark

• To add an additional placemark within the same
  folder, please click on and highlight your folder

• To add an Image Overlay press (CtrlShiftO) or
  from the menu bar click Add then Image
  Overlay
• Rt Click on web image, then click properties, and
  copy address. (Note make sure you get all
  correlating lines of the address)
• Adjust green box to desired image size
• Paste image address in the link box

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Add Quizzes or Assignments

• In addition to videos, you can also add quizzes
  and assignments to your placemark
• To find quizzes or assignments go to
  unitedstreamings Quiz and Assignment Builder
  located in the Teacher Center.
• Now you can create your own or search

• If you search, simply copy the quiz or assignment
  into your folder in My Content
• Go to My Content and open the quiz. It will open
  the Quiz Summary and you can simply copy the URL

Return to Google Earth and open the Properties
box of your placemark Type some text in the
Description box and paste your url. Now, when you
click on the placemark icon your text will appear
with the link to the quiz or assignment
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Fly Over and Saving

• When you are ready to save your file. Highlight
  your folder, then click on File Save Save
  Place as
• This will save it as a .kmz. This small file can
  easily be emailed.
• When someone opens the .kmz file, Google Earth
  will automatically be launched or users will be
  encouraged to download the program.

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• To fly over all your place marks click, highlight
  your folder and click the play button.

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Ruler

• To find out distance traveled, from the menu bar
  select Tools then Ruler
• By clicking different points with your mouse you
  can create a line or a path.
• To convert units of measure select from the drop
  down menu.

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Find Businesses

• To look for businesses (i.e. Starbucks, Pizza
  Parlors) in a particular location, type in the
  name of the company, city or zip code and enter.
• You will be able to find reviews, addresses,
  phone numbers, and even get directions.

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Layers 3D Buildings

• To turn on 3D buildings, go down to the Layers
  menu and check 3D Buildings
• For added fun, zoom in, tilt your screen and fly
  through the streets

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Layers Earthquakes

• In the Layer menu under Geographic Features
  is a check box for Earthquakes
• When you enable this icon, images will be
  displayed of the locations of a variety of
  earthquakes. Click on the icon to see date,
  magnitude, and a weblink.
• To view several earthquakes along a fault line
  type in Area 51 in the fly to box.

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Community
For extra help, support, and unique and
interesting places, visit the Google Earth
Community under the Help menu.
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Additional Resources
In addition to the great resources provided by
unitedstreaming and Google, these other resources
are exemplary media sites.

• Sounds Sound Effects
• http//www.findsounds.com/
• http//www.freeplaymusic.com/
• http//www.smartsound.com/
• http//www.naturesongs.com/
• http//soundamerica.com/
• Videos
• http//www.kitzu.org/
• http//www.archive.org/index.php
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
• Pictures
• www.pics4learning.com

• Speeches and Narrations
• http//www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive1.ht
  ml
• http//www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline/
• http//www.archive.org/index.php
• www.librivox.org
• www.gutenberg.org
• http//creativecommons.org/audio/
• Lets share other sources you use?
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