Journal 7: Google Earth

The technology that I researched on Classroom 2.0 was Google Earth. I had heard of it before but had never used it before. Google Earth is a virtual map information program that was originally called Earth Viewer. It uses satellite imagery that maps the Earth and gives aerial photography of the globe. On the website Classroom 2.0 I viewed a discussion that dealt with using Google Earth to teach math lessons. The tool is called Real World Math- Using Google Earth in the Math Curriculum. It provides lessons, activities, and new ideas for math instruction. It also is a way to integrate technology in a middle school or high school setting. Using the satellite imagery makes it possible for math students to think effectively. There are currently 20 lessons but with the help of other educators that number can grow. Another post revolved around using this tool in the math class and one teacher used it for plotting graphs. The teacher used Google Earth to plot recent typhoons that have it their island and the students would use the data for plotting and added a path and image. Students did not even feel like they were doing math and that is what the teacher loved about this lesson. They were creating line graphs and representing values in multiple ways. This lesson also reflected every one of the NETS standards for teaching.
Here is the link to the article I read about Google Earth:
http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:58381

Copyright (NETS-T IV)

For this assignment I collaborated with two other people to create a document illustrating the website Fair Use Harbor. This website listed the rules for copyrighting and the laws against it for educators. The project met the NETS IV standards by directly advocating, models, and teaches safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.


Copyright Assignment

PowerPoint (NETS-T III)

In this assignment I created a PowerPoint that demonstrated knowledge of the 2007 ISTE NETS-S and the performance indicators for the middle school grades. I included a hyperlink to the ISTE NETS for students on one of the slides. I made it visually pleasing by using colors and graphics. I used transitions between the slides and used custom animation. This assignment promotes digital age work and learning.


Nets

Inspiration (NETS-T III)

The Inspiration assignment required us to go over all of the ISTE Educational Technology Standards for teachers. For each of the five standards we chose two of the four subtopics that define what is expected for proficiency in each standard. Those two topics reflect and explain a project that we have done in class. This project modeled digital age work and learning and met NETS III standards.