Presentation at WestCAST 2011 by Kyle Webb, Cassie Eskra, and Nicole VanCaeseele.
In education, Google has traditionally been seen as simply a search engine. However, in recent years, Google has been developing their own resources that present many new learning opportunities in the classroom. Google Earth, Google SketchUp, and WolframAlpha will be presented as well as examples of how they can be used. We will focus primarily on their applications to math education, but also explore their potential for cross-curricular use.
11. 5 Reasons
To Use Google Earth
5. Cross Curricular
4. Digital Story Telling
3. Inquiry Based Learning
2. Fun and Engaging
1. Free!
http://www.gearthblog.com/images/images1206/satellites.jpg
12. The Bad & Ugly
Things about Google Earth
http://www.gearthblog.com/images/images407/aimusers.jpg
1. Needs a powerful computer to use.
2. Requires strong internet
connection, consumes bandwidth.
3. Can take a long time to load.
4. Easy to get off task, distracted.
20. 5 Reasons
To Use Google SketchUp
5. Cross Curricular
4. Inquiry/Project Based
Learning
3. Intuitive and Easy to
Learn
2. Develops Math
Processes
1. Free! http://webin8r.com/wp-content/uploads/barn_large.jpg
21. The Bad & Ugly
Things about SketchUp
1. Takes some time to learn
how to use.
2. Requires a powerful computer.
3. Gets glitchy.
http://download.chip.eu/ii/192689189_6a38e790a8.jpg
32. Technology
Good or Evil?
“Technology is a tool. Is a hammer
good? It’s good if you build a
house with it, it’s bad if you hit
somebody over the head with it.
It’s a copout to call it good or evil.
It’s each individual making a
decision for themselves. Our
choice is to use them wisely or to
http://flic.kr/p/4p8ptP use them poorly.”
- Jack Grushcow