I had a lot of fun with Google Earth. My favorite features that I got to play with was the night sky part and the 3D buildings part. I loved all the things that you can do with it and I want to play with it more!
I definitely see using this in my future classroom. How could I not want to with all the features it has. I have already recommended the night sky part of it to a fellow student teacher who is teaching a unit on constellations and I know her students would absolutely love to see if their constellations are actually visible right now.
The huge downside that I see to this program is the availability for my students to use it on their own. I know that the computers at my school probably wouldn't work well if we tried to download it. However if we could at least put it on the teacher's computer and use it with the smart board then the social studies lessons would take on a whole new perspective for my students.
The possibilities of Google Earth are just too numerous that I don't see a reason for me to not try to make it available in my classroom
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