Please watch a recording of my use of Google Earth below:
After being given a selection of tools to try I just couldn't go past Google Earth. I can recall being a teenager when it was first released and being absolutely mesmerized by it. Having only have traveled out of Queensland twice and never out of Australia, I reveled in searching dream travel destinations such as Paris and Canada and experiencing the visual of virtually "flying" from Mackay, Australia to a luxurious, exotic place. As I am largely a visual learner I enjoy being able to physically understand my position from a global perspective - making me realise I am just a tiny dot in the grand scheme of things.
Google Earth would be fantastic for the classroom within any lesson when talking about places in the world because a simple search and click brings up an interactive globe that can be viewed at a street, city, state, national or international level. It brings a global aspect to the classroom and can make it personal for a student when there is a visual connection between where they live and a place they are learning about.
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