Besides the fact that Google Earth is an effective tool to use in learning experience plans, it is also a lot of fun. After engaging with the tool at http://earth.google.com/, I was able to see my house and many known parts of Gympie which I found extremely interesting and fun. Using this in an educational setting would be ideal in the KLA of SOSE but really could be incorporated into other areas if needed. Ideally I believe this would be more effective for the older students compared to early grades because they would appreciate the idea more and understand the technology side of it a lot easier. If it had to be used in a grade 1 classroom, as a class students and the teacher could search specific places and look at the different ways to view them. Google Earth is an effective tool and I am sure it will be implemented into my classroom at some point in time no matter what year level I have.
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