Did you come to my talk? Here’s a link to the PPT on SlideShare.
Not all the links will work, so a copy of the original PPT and all the resources is available by request. I can send this either by email or CDROM.
Archive for November, 2006
I forgot to mention the news from earlier this week of an important update to Live Local (or is it Virtual Earth?) Downloading a small plug-in brings 3D enhancement, and in my part of the UK at least, the images are of far higher quality than Google Earth. Unsuprisingly, the plug-in only works with Internet Explorer 6/7. The interface is now remarkably similar to Google Earth:
This is a view of my house:
The site is fast and very easy to use, and sharing placemarks is very easy. I see this being used a lot in the classroom, where Google Earth is not available, or where the resolution is inadequate. Stefan Geens has posted a very helpful summary of the merits of Live Local / Virtual Earth 3D.
The whole movie took 40 minutes to put together, from uploading the video clips, adding transitions and annotation, and final publishing. Well easy!
Hint: Press play, then pause the movie to allow buffering time.
Another example of the potential of web cams in the classroom. In the video a year 7 student explains how she created her model river. In doing so she reveals her creativity, resourcefulness and geographical understanding.
Recently Ogle Earth mentioned the GeoIQ API friom Fortiusone that can generate heat maps from geospatial data. The demographic battle between NYC and San Francisco demonstrates the potential.
As one zooms to street level the data is recalculated, and switching to satellite view enables a close analysis of the data. Fun, and useful not only as a GIS demonstration, but as a resource for teaching urban geography.
Jumpcut is a terrific web-based video editing application, that I discovered after Ollie Bray mentioned it on his blog. You upload movie clips and then edit and remix them. Here for example, is a short film that I created from some BBC Creative Archive footage.
The original clip is here. Why not remix it yourself?
The implications are fairly obvious; students can edit a short film as a homework assignment without requiring video editing software. Teachers can provide suitable source material. Audio clips and various effects can be added and the resulting movies tagged and shared via email, or embedded in websites. The BBC Creative Archive has been withdrawn at the end of its trial period while they consider the implications of the service. Hopefully it will be back soon.
Jumpcut is another sign that the day of a PC with zero applications installed, apart from a web browser, is approaching. Read My Uninstalled Life for more!
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