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ESL_Language - Google Earth

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Tierra - 地球  - Erde - Terra 

 

How can you take your students on a global adventure in a matter of seconds without leaving the classroom?

 

 

Google Earth   


 

 

 

 

 

 

What is Google Earth?

Google Earth is an online tool that allows people to explore the world and Universe in a whole new way!  "Google Earth is a map of the world on steroids. You can zoom and glide over stitched together satellite photos of the world. Use Google Earth to find driving directions, find nearby restaurants, measure the distance between two locations, do serious research, or go on virtual vacations." http://google.about.com/od/googledesktopsoftware/fr/earthrev.htm The images are created from aerial photographs and satellite images. It also includes the following features: Wikipedia and Panoramio integration, flight simulator, sky mode, street view, ocean, historical imagery, Mars and Moon.  

It's free, downloadable and tons of fun! It is even available in 37 languages! 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth Check out everything you can do at 

http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/

 


 

Additional Tutorial Resources for Future Learning:

 

 

     This video is how to use a hidden function of Google Earth as a Flight Simulator.  It takes you through finding an airport, take off and landing.  Students can explore their fine motor skills and look at airports around the world. 

 

 

 

This is a video of different lessons you can use with Google Earth in an ESL classroom.  It shows ways to use Google Earth in students' first langauge and also ideas for basic development of the English Language

 

This is a simple and easy to follow Google earth lesson that can be used in an ELA classroom.  Students will be able to learn and expand on geographical knowledge through the use of this lesson. 

 

 

This tutorial is designed to teach 4th and 5th grade students area and perimeter using Google earth.  ELL students would benefit from the simple and easy to follow presentation of this lesson.  Also, the wonderful visuals from Google earth will ensure that all ELL students have access to the lesson.

 

http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/

 

This web-site gives its user a general overview of Google earth.  It walks the user through all of the features and uses of the program.  It would be a wonderful place for either the teacher or the student to familiarize themselves with the program.  Excellent visuals are presented to add that extra piece for ELL students.

 


 

Application in the ESL and World Language Classroom: 

 

Google earth is an ideal program for ESL and world language classrooms because of the highly visual appeal as well as being able to travel within the classroom. 

 

Language and culture are so closely intertwined that it is imperative to include the countries of origins of the languages in instruction. With Google earth, the students can see what the native culture is like where the language is spoken. Of course, these are just images to support additional instruction regarding all aspects of the culture, but authentic photographs give the students a more realistic idea of the culture. These may even reveal connections to parts of the languages that do not directly translate to English. If no images are readily available for viewing, it is important for the students to understand the relative locations where the languages are spoken. I hope this will spark a passion for traveling to other lands. 

 

The support of visual images is extremely important for English Language Learners (ELLs) because they can still understand the lesson even if their proficiency level in English does not permit them to fully understand linguistically. Images and videos are also important to demonstrate abstract concepts and to make connections through multiple modalities to cater to multiple learning styles.

  

Google Earth is an excellent resource for learning about new concepts of our earth through satellite tools, visual animation tools, and a variety of different videos. For instance, if you are looking at the undersea environment, there is a lot that you can learn about through different videos and pictures showing different angles of locations for students to study and comprehend.

If a student does not understand what weather patterns are or how earthquakes are caused, they can look at visual representations for further explanations.  Google Earth can be incorporated into a Science lesson by showing students the process of how a tree grows, an animals habitat, the solar system and landforms.  After they learn and see the steps for how a tree is planted, they can then practice what they learn through an activity where they might plant a small sapling. The step by step procedures that Google Earth offers about our environment allow for more thorough instruction for ESL students who may have difficulties understanding concepts because of language barriers.

 

Need more ideas for the classroom? 

Check these out! 

 

 

 


 

Resources for Application: 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9MbmBPp4xs

 

This video offers specific activities to incorporate Google earth into the foreign language classroom. It incorporates language and geography in an authentic setting.

 

http://www.ig.utexas.edu/outreach/googleearth/pdf/CribSheet.Earth5.pdf

http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googleearth.htm

 

These files are excellent resources for educators wanting to learn about and apply Google earth. It includes basic information, application at each the elementary, middle and high school levels, a specific project, and even more resources! 

 

More specific projects and ideas in the classroom can be found at the following: 

 

  1. Teaching slope: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=153866&title=Use_Google_Earth_in_Flipcharts_to_Teach_Slope
  2. Teaching Native Americans: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=142685&title=Using_Google_Earth_w__Native_American_Tribes
  3. Alexander the Great: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=71568&title=Alexander_the_Great_in_Google_earth
  4.  Learning more about Google Earth in the classroom: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=140013&title=Google_Earth_in_the_Classroom
  5.  Latitude and Longitude: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=71502&title=Google_Earth_Latitude_Longitude
  6. 6 ideas on how to use Google Earth is Lesson plans:  http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth_discovery.html

    7.  Google Earth across the curriculum

         Bloghttp://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/01/google-earth-across-curriculum.html

     8. Google Earth Tourshttp://vimeo.com/23080360

     9. Google Earth in the Elementary Classroomhttp://cnx.org/content/m19821/latest/

     10. Google Earth for Educatorshttp://sitescontent.google.com/google-earth-for-educators/   

 

Sources to pictures:

1.         http://www.gearthblog.com/images/images207

2.  http://www.techalphabet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/google_earth_nyc_801.jpg

3. http://media.paperblog.fr/i/155/1550436/google-earth-5-nouveautes-L-2.jpeg

 

 

 

 

 

Give Google earth a try and let us know what you think! 

Thank you. 

Brittney White, Brittany Girard, and Devin McDaniel

 

 

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