A primer to get those interested in using Google Earth as a teaching tool.

1. Google Earth
Global Collaboration, Exploration, and Innovation
http://bit.ly/XWTLMP

2. Download Google Earth
from Self Service (under Geography)

3. Why Google Earth?
Cultural Explorations Geography
Architecture
Spatial Awareness Historical Tours
Rich Media
Foreign Language Tours
Historical Analysis
Visual Biographies
Authentic Math

4. Goals
Understand .kmz files
How to use Advance Search
Create a Tour in Google Earth
Create a folder, placemark, image
overlay, text, and narrate a tour.

5. Advance Search
Use the advance search feature in google to find
pre-existing .kmz google earth Files

6. Resources
●Explore Google Earth
●Google Earth Gallery
●Google Earth GCT
●Google Earth for Educators
●Lit Trips
●26 Ways to Use Google Earth
●How to Teach with Google Earth
●Math & Google Earth

7. Interface at a Glance

8. Search
Search for locations...
Your home address
Famous Monuments
Natural Wonders
Museums
Undisclosed locations in North Korea

9. .KMZ & .KML Files
●.kml= Keyhole Markup Language (zipped)
●File types are associated with specific
programs and apps like .doc, .pdf, .mov, etc..
●.kmz and .kml files are accepted by Google
Earth
●Tip: Use advance search to search for .kmz
Files

10. Making a .kmz File
Making your own .kmz file is easy and
useful.
These will be your projects that your students use.
Practice making your own files for students to navigate and
then consider teaching students how to make them for
projects.

11. Making a .kmz File
●“Right Click” or "ADD"is your friend
●In “Places” click right button and “add” a
“folder”
●Right click again and “add” a “placemark”
●Right Click>Save Place As

13. Image Overlay
●Create an image overlay for your .kmz file
●right click > Add > Image Overlay
●Resize image overlay by dragging corners
●Choose image
●Insert text
●Save & Repeat

15. Create a Tour
"Right Click" or "Add" "Tour"
Click Record
Click Mic
Should turn blue
Narrate your Tour and save it

16. Opening .kmz files from the Web
Many of the computers are incorrectly opening .kmz
files in Photoshop
If you have this issue complete the following steps:
1) right click on .kmz file you downloaded
2) click "get info"
3)Under "open with" select Google Earth
4) Click Change All and select continue to make sure all
future documents are opened accordingly

17. Global Collaboration,
Exploration and Innovation