Title :
The Application of Google Earth in Education
Author :
Zhong, Zheng ; Hu, Junqiang ; Tan, Guoxin ; Sun, Chuanming
Author_Institution :
Eng. Res. Center of Educ. Inf. Technol., Huazhong Normal Univ., Wuhan
Abstract :
Google Earth is a powerful geographic browser for viewing, creating, and sharing interactive files containing highly visual location-specific information. It allows the learners for collaborative learning and communion to share images, place marks, shapes, and folder data with other participants. This paper elaborates its applications in education from mainly three aspects (i.e., network learning platform, making teaching materials, and assisted classroom instruction). Finally, the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in Chinese textbooks is used to illustrate its application.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; teaching; Google Earth; collaborative learning; education; geographic browser; teaching materials; Application software; Computer aided instruction; Computer science education; Earth; Educational technology; Geoscience; Internet; Power engineering education; Roads; Virtual reality; Google Earth; education; placemark; teaching materials;
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Computer Science, 2009. ETCS '09. First International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan, Hubei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3581-4
DOI :
10.1109/ETCS.2009.10