summercore

Goggle earth 6/25/08

Summercore wiki guide to making a Google earth tour, also in green book

Weather feature is in real time
Doppler radar included, as are conditions and forecasts

Gallery

Global awareness – acetate overlays provide info about hot spots and current issues –
Darfur, climate change, includes text as well – can turn on various layers sequentially – photos and stories

Places is where guided tours reside
KMLKeynote Markup Language
MyPlaces are for tours which you make or import
Prefrences –touring tab – can change speed of show. Also how long balloons stay on screen (on Google Earth menu,( under name of program)

Scavenger hut in Paris
Fine cafes, then goto various ones to see what they offer, and their location and website if available. The go to cinema

How to tine them
1. earth.google.com click on ‘gallery’ has files which can be uploaded
2. google.com ‘advanced search’and look for specific file. Can look for specific format, ie: Powerpoint or KML or KMZ (zipped ML file) under ‘file type’ also search for topic.
Control-click and check save link as to download the file and stores sit in my places

Saturn –like icon turns it to Google skywhich has its own set of layers. Sky is from wherever you ere last in Google earth.

busy day – too busy at night  to do much except family stuff.  Still, I got a few minutes this  morning to review some of what we did.  It helps things to sink in to do them over and over.  One rule I will have difficulty employing on blogs is to write in complete sentences.  I CAN do it, but I often think in fragments. 

My first blog post!

I found the homework enlightening. Some of it I know, and much of it I didn’t know.

I found this morning informative, and am eager to get going creating stuff and figuring out how to apply it to my US History classes.

Can I add to the original post? I guess so, because I am doing it now. I am not sure why I am modifying the original post and not creating a new post, but I guess that will be revealed in good time.

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