FIRST ITM / CALLING PLANET EARTH
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Thanks for watching the premiere episode of the ITM! We know it was a long episode, but we just had so much to say. We promise to make them shorter in the future, and we hope to vary the topics more too. Please be patient as we figure out how to get the most from this great medium. And feel free to send us your ideas and comments!Show Notes:Textmapping is a graphic organizer technique that can be used to teach reading comprehension and writing skills, study skills, and course content. The Textmapping website has great examples, lesson plans, and email discussion groups.
The Inertia video was created by Erica Eng when she was a Senior at Skyline High School in Oakland, CA. More examples of student produced media can be found at Listen Up!
Hart Island is just outside New York City, NY. You can get historical information here and look at the detailed satellite images here.
The new Google Educators website has lots of resources to help K-12 educators get the most from GoogleÂs FREE tools.
Hall Davidson runs the CA Student Multimedia Festival, and he works for the Discovery Educator Network. He is a board member of Computer Using Educators, and he is a popular speaker at education conferences. He visited Franklin Elementary School in Hollywood, CA for his "field trip."
Google Earth is free to download and use.
The Jane Goodall Institute is a global nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living things. Jane Goodall has dedicated most of her life to the study and preservation of chimpanzees in Tanzania. The virtual tour of her work can be downloaded here for use in Google Earth.
Learn more about the educational uses of Google Earth at the Juicy Geography website.
A "mashup" is when you combine two or more technologies or media products together to create something even better. Learn more about mashups on Wikipedia or see some great mashups that use Google maps at Google Maps Mania.
You can find, download, and share "placemarks" for Google Earth at the Google Earth Community
Get the World War II "Places, Battles, and Special Ops" placemark to use in Google Earth.
Check out Wikipedia's full entries for World War II.
Thanks to the students from Mr. Hernandez' class at Price Elementary School in Anaheim, CA, for their great introduction to the Infinite Thinking Machine!
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Here you find the first contribution of the ITM.
Have a look and enjoy...
I really like the style and hope that there will be a lot more to come...
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