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
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Marly, I love Google Earth!!! I have used Google Earth before and I think it is such a creative and cool thing. I never thought Goodle Earth could be incorporated in a math lesson which is interesting to me beacuse I also want to be a math teacher. It is something I will keep in mind for when I am a teacher. Students can be intimidated by math lessons, I feel using Google Maps, is a fun way to incorporate math into a lesson without being intimidating to kids.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Earth sounds like a very exciting tool for students and teachers. Math is one of the subjects that students might get a little discouraged because all they see is numbers, however giving them tools like google earth gives them an opportunity to put in practice what they learned and at the same time they have fun.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Earth is such a cool piece of technology. I would have never thought of using it for educational purposes though, which is extremely cool! I know I would enjoy math lessons more if it involved google earth!
ReplyDeleteGoogle Earth is AWESOME. After using it, it will be cool to try to use it in class. I think the kids would like just messing around with it, too.
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