Skyline Globe

 3D visualization, Photographs  Comments Off
Oct 092006
 

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.
terraexplorer click to enlarge

Photostory 3 INSET notes

 Asides, Teaching resources, video  Comments Off
Oct 082006
 

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?)

Jurassic coast in Google Earth

 Google Earth, Photographs, Teaching resources  5 Responses »
Sep 262006
 

I’ve put together a really simple Google Earth file containing some placemarks for selected geographical features of the Jurassic coast, a geology map and links to Flickr photos. The file can be played as a tour if desired.

Update:
The file has been slightly improved with a couple more placemarks and photographs. I’m using it to introduce coastal landforms, the idea is that students identify the features labelled with placemarks using the picture clues.

jurassicclick to enlarge

icon Download Google Earth file of the Jurassic Coast

There is a new network link for Flickr that pulls in geotagged images available here.

Flickr launches official Geotagging application

 Photographs  Comments Off
Aug 292006
 

Thanks to The Map Room for news of Flickrs’ latest development. Photos can now be tagged with their location directly within Flickr. Helpful videos and a fairly intuitive drag and drop interface make the process fairly simple. Unfortunately for UK users, the service is based on Yahoo maps, and they don’t cover the UK at the required scale for accurate geotagging. Here for example are photos that I’d previously geotagged. Pretty useless really.

In the meantime, Yuan.CC Maps or ITag probably represent the best free of charge alternatives for geotagging Flickr pictures in the UK.

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