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Archive for October, 2006
I’ve updated the Diamond Trade Google Earth resource file after the path to the images broke.
The accompanying learning materials can be found at Juicy Geography. This lesson was developed with the support of the photojounalist Kadir Van Lohuizen whose stunning collection of images entitled Diamond Matters is available from Amazon books.
It’s now possible to view the Diamond Trade file in Google Maps, very useful in the classroom if Google Earth isn’t available. (This trick works with many Google Earth files - just paste the path to the .kmz file into the Google Map address bar. Overlays aren’t supported yet.) Click the image below to go to the Diamond Trade Google Map:
This is the first of the movies I’ve made using a cheap web cam. The whole class was involved and I edited it in a few minutes using Windows Movie Maker. Sorry if you’re looking at a blank space; that’s because your network is probably filtering You Tube.
The webcam is very simple to use and provides suprisingly good images. It is a great way of working with students who find it hard to express themselves on paper.
Instructions on making the flume as used in the film may be found at Juicy Geography.
A high quality version of this film (11mb) can be downloaded here.
Earth Album is a gorgeous Flickr and Google Maps mashup. Very simple and produces many superb images.
Thanks to Ogle Earth for news about a new Google Earth competitor; Skyline Globe from Skyline Software Systems.
The virtual globe is accessed through the TerraExplorer viewer. There are plenty of similarities with Google Earth, though if I were the company responsible, I would not have made a point of interest out of the old Wembley stadium as it rather dates the imagery! Screenshot below.
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I led an INSET last week on Photostory 3 Although several of my case studies used copyrighted music, this one doesn’t so you can download my clouds photostory if you like.
As a plenary we came up with a Top Five uses of Photostory in case an inspector pops in with a check list and you need to look like you’re taking learning seriously.
- “What is the word?” Write down the theme of the photostory on a slate and get the students to guess it after watching the presentation.
- “Student narration” Create a photostory (and save the Project files) and play it with no music. Then plug in a microphone and get students to record the narration themselves.
- “Silent running” Play a photostory with the sound turned off. Students have to guess what sort of music is used and why.
- “What happens next?” Pause a Photostory and get students to predict the next photograph.
- “5 W’s” Students come up with 5W’s before the presentation finishes (What? Where? Why? When? Who?)
A couple of absolutely brilliant Google Videos make a superb case study of river pollution.
As well as describing the state of the New River, (possibly the most polluted river in North America) the video also refers to undocumented migrants swimming across the river, safe in the knowledge that the border patrol guards won’t follow them into the dangerously contaminated water! Try playing the first video with the sound turned off to get students to guess what it’s about.
The second video discusses the proposed improvements to the waterway.
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