LMTech_trip

Explore Your Earth cross-curricular lesson plan created by Scholastic and Google. Check out the contest. http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/exploreyourearth/ Visited the "My Earth Day Commitment" link. Liked the student reproducible. Wasn't able to connect to the google earth link that went along with the lesson, but could still utilize google earth. Will share this lesson with our science teacher since she usually does a unit on Earth Day. (K. Blankenship, Briggs School)

Global Schoolhouse's Geo Game http://www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/project/gg/?CFID=6540409&CFTOKEN=81682259

Google Earth Lessons site http://gelessons.com/lessons/ Loved this site. Would like to use the "Google Earth How To's" for both professional development and a student tutorial. There is also a professional development lesson plan. The teacher-lead lesson over continents was pretty cool. Hope to use this idea. (K. Blankenship, Briggs School)

Window on the World Field Trip http://www.tramline.com/cross/world/

The Greatest Places http://www.greatestplaces.org/ This site could be utilized with google earth. (K. Blankenship, Briggs School)


 * Name:** [|WikiMapia]
 * URL:** [|http://www.wikimapia.org]
 * Who It's For:** Students and Adults
 * What It Costs:** Free
 * Description:** "WikiMapia is an online map resource that combines [|Google Maps] with a [|wiki system], allowing users to add information (in the form of a note) to any location on the globe." (See [|Wikipedia]) The project intends "to describe the whole Earth." Click a location to read about it -- or add a location or tag of your own!


 * Name:** [|Desktop News]
 * URL:** http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/news/desktop.asp
 * Who It's For:** All grade levels
 * What It Costs:** Free
 * Description:** "To help kids develop an interest in current events and a better understanding of the world around them," Scholastic News Online™ has launched **Desktop News**, an interactive application that downloads news directly onto any computer. **Desktop News**, available for both Macs and PCs, operates as a homepage that delivers news to a computer's desktop, automatically checking for new content every five minutes. In addition to breaking news articles, **Desktop News** also delivers such educational content as Special Reports and regular news polls.


 * Name:** [|Pearl World Youth News]
 * URL:** http://www.iearn.org/pearlproject/index.html
 * Who It's For:** High-school students around the world with English proficiency and Internet access can participate.
 * What It Costs:** Free
 * Description:** In this project offered by iEarn, in collaboration with the Daniel Pearl Foundation, students complete a free online accreditation program designed to teach the ins, outs, and ethics of contemporary journalism -- covering everything "from writing leads (opening sentences) to finding sources and conducting interviews." After completing the accreditation program, students have the opportunity to become international correspondents for //PEARL World Youth News.//


 * Name:** [|Kids' Internet Radio Project]
 * URL:** [|http://www.projectkir.org]
 * Who It's For:** Grades 7-12
 * What It Costs:** Free
 * Description:** The Kids' Internet Radio Project is a streaming broadcast that allows students and teachers to produce and broadcast their own Internet radio shows. The project provides the software, tutorials, facilities, and production support; all students and teachers need is a computer, microphone, and Internet connection. Shows, which currently include storytelling, reporting, music, poetry, and discussions of social issues, are live in the sense that KIRP introduces pre-produced material and over the air -- not in the sense that youth producers are actually connected to the airwaves -- thus ensuring that the material aired is appropriate for teen audiences. Shows also are archived for future listeners, and feedback mechanisms let listeners provide with comments and suggestions about the shows.

From Jennifer Marlow: I’ve been working on the follow-up materials and am hooked on the Google Earth mapping activities listed under the LM/Technology for “Virtual Trip Around the World”. So far, the activities have consisted of training on how to use these amazing resources. There are vast amounts of links that show teachers how to use this technology in the classroom. Just unbelievable. http://gelessons.com/lessons/newlessonfiles/TECHNOLOGYPROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENTLESSONPLAN.pdf http://www.gearthblog.com/basics.html http://www.gelessons.com/lessons/ http://www.gearthblog.com/images/images2006/GEmousemat.jpg http://www.gisuser.com/index2.php?option=content&do_pdf=1&id=12420 These sites include student activities that I’ve played with, as well. I knew that my geography skill were poor, but I was pathetic at the games and quizzes. Global Schoolhouse's Geo Game http://www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/project/gg/?CFID=6540409&CFTOKEN=81682259

Google Earth Lessons site http://gelessons.com/lessons/

Window on the World Field Trip http://www.tramline.com/cross/world/

The Greatest Places http://www.greatestplaces.org/ I did share this site with my students. It allows you to choose words and phrases in any language that are then spoken by a native speaker. We practiced our Thai and German since we have an exchange student from each of those countries. Very fun! If you don’t speak the language of your chosen country, the many resources here will help! Besides lists of foreign languages spoken in individual countries, there are also dictionaries, international holiday and festival calendars, a foreign word-of-the-day feature, and on-line multi-language word games. This site could generate many fun activities, such as collecting certain phrases in several languages or matching languages to countries. For example, many students may not realize that Brazilians speak Portuguese or that Dutch is the main language spoken in Belgium. [|http://www.travlang.com]
 * Word fun **