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code - You joined the Main Room. ( 6:24 PM ) - Melissa Henning 6:30 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 6:30 PM - David joined the Main Room. ( 6:38 PM ) - Melissa Henning 6:38 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 David 6:39 PM Thank you! I did! lol thanks 6:39 PM - Connie joined the Main Room. ( 6:40 PM ) - Melissa Henning 6:41 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 - Lisa Roman joined the Main Room. ( 6:42 PM ) - Melissa Henning 6:42 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Lisa Roman 6:44 PM Hi. Thanks. - Gretchen Sting joined the Main Room. ( 6:44 PM ) - - Polly Mertz joined the Main Room. ( 6:44 PM ) - Melissa Henning 6:44 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Polly Mertz 6:44 PM Hello - wsjbsameer joined the Main Room. ( 6:46 PM ) - - Louise Maine joined the Main Room. ( 6:46 PM ) - wsjbsameer 6:46 PM Hello Melissa Henning 6:47 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Connie 6:49 PM Hi Everyone! Gretchen Sting 6:49 PM Welcome Melissa Henning 6:51 PM Louise - please see moderators chat Connie 6:53 PM A friend shared the website Lisa Roman 6:53 PM I recieved an email from Edweb. I am new to this! - Lisa Gossard joined the Main Room. ( 6:54 PM ) - Melissa Henning 6:54 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Lisa Gossard 6:54 PM Hi, there. I'm glad to be here! What do I click on? - Jan joined the Main Room. ( 6:55 PM ) - Melissa Henning 6:55 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Lisa Gossard 6:55 PM Sorry! - Leann Wartella joined the Main Room. ( 6:56 PM ) - Melissa Henning 6:56 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Lisa Gossard 6:57 PM I've taken other OK2Ask sessions--Google forms, Google Docs Jan 6:57 PM I did a session a few days ago on the interactive board Gretchen Sting 6:57 PM Awesome! Hope you learned alot Jan 6:57 PM I did! wsjbsameer 6:58 PM i cant hear anything Lisa Gossard 6:58 PM I'm downloading Google Earth now. Connie 6:58 PM I will be taking google docs on aug 16. wsjbsameer 6:58 PM eventhough microphone setting is ok - Landa Leavy joined the Main Room. ( 6:58 PM ) - Melissa Henning 6:58 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 wsjbsameer - can you hear us talking at all?? 7:00 PM wsjbsameer 7:00 PM ok - landa leavy joined the Main Room. ( 7:00 PM ) - Melissa Henning 7:00 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Gretchen Sting 7:02 PM Wsjb can you hear now? Louise Maine to Landa Leavy 7:02 PM are you able to hear the audio okay? - wsjbsameer left the Main Room. ( 7:02 PM ) - Louise Maine to Leann Wartella 7:02 PM Are you able to ehar the audio okay? Melissa Henning 7:03 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 - kat patterson joined the Main Room. ( 7:04 PM ) - Gretchen Sting 7:04 PM Hi Kat Welcome 7:04 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 7:04 PM Lisa Gossard 7:04 PM Should we launch Google Earth? Jan 7:05 PM I am in Chicago. I teach third grade. David 7:05 PM I'm from NYC and I teach ESL and ELA Lisa Gossard 7:05 PM I teach at Preston Hollow Presbyterian school in Dallas, TX. I'm the Tech Coordinator. Leann Wartella 7:05 PM Flint, Michigan teaching 6th grade social studies Connie 7:05 PM I am from a small rural town in florida and I teach 130 7th grade students Language Arts kat patterson 7:05 PM kat from fresno, ca and i'm a teacher librarian - rtambe joined the Main Room. ( 7:05 PM ) - Melissa Henning 7:06 PM Welcome rtambe - Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Lisa Roman 7:06 PM I am a second grade teacher in Clinton, CT. I am in a program to become a LMS teacher. rtambe 7:06 PM I teach 4th grade in Cupertino California landa leavy 7:06 PM I am a middle school social studies teacher in a small private school in Connecticut. I teach highschool as well. 7:07 PM David 7:07 PM So do I. so far it has been high school. 7:08 PM - Fran Lo 2 joined the Main Room. ( 7:08 PM ) - Melissa Henning 7:08 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Fran Lo 2 7:09 PM Hi! Had to reboot my computer so it would behave:p Gretchen Sting 7:09 PM Welcome back Fran Lo 2 7:10 PM Thanks! Just learned I'm teaching social studies this fall, so this is perfect! Gretchen Sting 7:10 PM What grade level? Fran Lo 2 7:11 PM Grade 8, American history landa leavy 7:12 PM I am teaching grade 8 american history as well. Melissa Henning 7:12 PM GE is great in all subjects, but especially social studies! rtambe 7:13 PM C Lisa Gossard 7:14 PM I found some kmz files somewhere that had "lessons" in them. rtambe 7:14 PM can we access your presentation somewhere online? Fran Lo 2 7:15 PM landa - where do you teach? I'm in CT landa leavy 7:15 PM I teach at the Master's School in Simsbury Fran Lo 2 7:16 PM St Bernard School in Uncasville landa leavy 7:16 PM independent or public Fran Lo 2 7:16 PM independent (parochial) landa leavy 7:16 PM mine as well - Debbie Salahi joined the Main Room. ( 7:19 PM ) - Gretchen Sting 7:19 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Lisa Gossard 7:19 PM If you add an image to the placemarker, does it show up on the map or just if you click the placemarker? David 7:23 PM looks awesome landa leavy 7:25 PM amazing--can't wait to try those Lisa Roman 7:27 PM KMZ file? - wsjbsameer 1 joined the Main Room. ( 7:28 PM ) - Lisa Gossard 7:28 PM Can you save a whole tour? - Lorraine Leo joined the Main Room. ( 7:29 PM ) - Gretchen Sting 7:29 PM Welcome to OK2Ask Google Earth! Please bookmark our session start page. https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 Louise Maine 7:29 PM Welcome Lorraine! Can you hear us okay and see the chat? Lisa Gossard 7:30 PM Yes, it did. Thanks Fran Lo 2 7:30 PM Do images have to have URL or can you upload an image? Lorraine Leo 7:30 PM @Louise yes, thank you Leann Wartella 7:30 PM can students access the tours when i take them to our computer lab or just as a demonstration from my computer? landa leavy 7:31 PM could you save the file in a drop box Leann Wartella 7:31 PM thanks landa leavy 7:31 PM i love drop box and shared folders - Debbie Salahi left the Main Room. ( 7:32 PM ) - Lisa Gossard 7:33 PM Once you create a tour, does it stay in My Places? How do you start a new one? But does it save within Google Earth or are you saving it outside of the program? 7:34 PM landa leavy 7:34 PM how do i delete all of those place I already saved in my places--before I knew better Jan 7:34 PM each time you want to go to street level you have to bring over the orange guy? Lisa Gossard 7:35 PM Thanks...I thought when you were saving as kmz you were exporting. Jan 7:35 PM thanks Fran Lo 2 7:36 PM What if you don't have an address - can you just click on a location? - wsjbsameer 1 left the Main Room. ( 7:36 PM ) - Leann Wartella 7:37 PM once you add placemarks how do you play the tour again? Jan 7:37 PM can you ever adjust the speed that the tour goes at besides hitting pause? Lisa Roman 7:39 PM How up to date are the maps of neighborhoods? Fran Lo 2 7:39 PM Is there a way to zoom in and out between tour locations, so students can see places in context? Polly Mertz 7:40 PM after you have made your first placemarker, how do you get the second one? landa leavy 7:40 PM i have done 3 place markers, now how do i make a tour Lorraine Leo 7:41 PM Can you save the audio tour? As a .mov file? Lisa Roman 7:42 PM Oh I see. My neighborhood does not show any houses! Ha! Fran Lo 2 7:42 PM Thanks! Lorraine Leo 7:43 PM Okay, thank you. Lisa Roman 7:43 PM Where do you find the tours that go with books and stories? David 7:44 PM It does not show the places which are not popular known. For example, my home town in Russia is showed as a generic picture from 80s video games lol Gretchen Sting 7:44 PM LOuise mod chat Lisa Gossard 7:44 PM I did a tour like yours of places that I've lived. kat patterson 7:44 PM google earth wouldn Leann Wartella 7:44 PM earth gallery on population density kat patterson 7:44 PM 't open for me Jan 7:44 PM I started a tour of major landmarks in chicago landa leavy 7:44 PM I need to practice the tour--hmm, i clicked my places and start tour, but found myself in France--not texas Lisa Roman 7:45 PM I did some place markers. landa leavy 7:45 PM I did place markers in texas-- kat patterson 7:45 PM yes Polly Mertz 7:45 PM could you show again where to find My Places Louise Maine 7:45 PM How to create a simple tour: [] kat patterson 7:46 PM i will play with it later Gretchen Sting 7:46 PM Did you download it? Lisa Gossard 7:46 PM Is there a way to group all the places in my tour and name it? Fran Lo 2 7:46 PM When I try to play the tour I made, it's taking me to all these other places all over the world. I don't have anything clicked but those 2 locations. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. landa leavy 7:46 PM that is what happend to me too Louise Maine 7:46 PM Kat, it won't open at all? kat patterson 7:46 PM it trie to initialize, but it failed landa leavy 7:46 PM must be a connecticut thing kat patterson 7:46 PM working on an older computer landa leavy 7:47 PM no, the boxes are not checked i have not been anywhere 7:47 PM Gretchen Sting 7:47 PM Did you run the exe file to install KAt? Fran Lo 2 7:47 PM No boxes are checked except the 2 spots I picked. Polly Mertz 7:47 PM i found it. thanks Connie 7:47 PM Yes I had to go in and uncheck the places i didn't want to go Gretchen Sting 7:48 PM My places is on the left side Polly Melissa Henning 7:49 PM [] CORRECT LINK - [] 7:49 PM Lisa Gossard 7:49 PM Louise, thanks for that link. Polly Mertz 7:50 PM where was that link? Gretchen Sting 7:50 PM [|http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorials.html#] CORRECT LINK - [] 7:51 PM Louise Maine 7:51 PM Polly: [] Fran Lo 2 7:53 PM I looked at video about embedding Tour, etc. on a website. It's not clear - will this play whether or not the person who cllicks on it has Google Earth on their computer? Thanks Lisa Gossard 7:53 PM I watched the video about annotating. landa leavy 7:54 PM I watched the narrated tour. Can't wait to try these on my own. Polly Mertz 7:54 PM I watched video about annotating Melissa Henning 7:54 PM No it will NOT play if the person doesn't have Google Earth - no tour will Leann Wartella 7:54 PM annotating also kat patterson 7:54 PM i watched how to annotate google earth Connie 7:54 PM I lookes at how to embed maps into your website Jan 7:54 PM I watched the video about annotating too. Lisa Roman 7:54 PM I watched a video about making my own map. Very Cool! You can add videos and text and pics! Thanks! 7:55 PM Fran Lo 2 7:55 PM Thanks Melissa - I can add the note that they have to have Google Earth installed. David 7:55 PM I will have to watch it again. Still a bit confusing. Lorraine Leo 7:55 PM I watched the video about putting 'draping' photos over the google map. Fran Lo 2 7:56 PM If you have a chance, could you talk about how you get to the historic maps? Thanks Jan 7:56 PM Glad to know that I am not the only one that found some of it overwhelming Louise Maine 7:56 PM You mean show historical changes? Gretchen Sting 7:56 PM So much involved and so many things you can do! Make sure you give yourself time to explore 7:56 PM Fran Lo 2 7:56 PM Yes, show historical changes landa leavy 7:56 PM my brain doesn't work this fast--I need down time--then practice. Lisa Gossard 7:57 PM Not seeing anything Polly Mertz 7:57 PM the screen is all gray Gretchen Sting 7:57 PM I understand! landa leavy 7:57 PM wow-- I thought it was just me Lorraine Leo 7:57 PM maybe size of file is large? Melissa Henning 7:59 PM [] Landa Leavy 8:01 PM I went to american history and found exploring the west Melissa Henning 8:02 PM Great Landa David 8:02 PM I looked at the unit about Oceans and the currents. Looks pretty cool, especially the water - it looks real. Melissa Henning 8:03 PM Great David - glad you could find something useful (and cool) High school kids pay more attention to "the cool" 8:03 PM Gretchen Sting 8:03 PM and technology Melissa Henning 8:03 PM true Well technology IS cool!! 8:03 PM Gretchen Sting 8:03 PM

landa leavy 8:06 PM joined that site--thanks for the link Polly Mertz 8:06 PM I just started watching Track my T. Looks great--didn't get to finish. Connie 8:07 PM I am interested in the GGole Lit Trips Lisa Roman 8:07 PM I looked at the tooth tally. Leann Wartella 8:07 PM I explored a presentation on ancient egypt. very neat! Lisa Gossard 8:07 PM I liked the Google Lit Trips and the Tooth Tally Project. Lisa Roman 8:07 PM It was in the google math Fran Lo 2 8:07 PM [|http://www.trackmyt.com/#/home] - kids don't understand how everything connect. Also like the link about slaves who work for me. Jan 8:07 PM I was looking at the autobiography project kat patterson 8:08 PM google lit trip Melissa Henning 8:08 PM Landforms Jan 8:08 PM teach Chicago landmarks Melissa Henning 8:08 PM Reading a map Landa Leavy 8:08 PM track a tour of my students european research Polly Mertz 8:08 PM visiting presidents birthplaces Leann Wartella 8:08 PM introducing new unit/area Lisa Roman 8:08 PM I want to make a map of our town because we study our community. Landa Leavy 8:09 PM historic sites in CT David 8:09 PM make country presentations Lisa Gossard 8:09 PM Instead of creating a poster about one of the US states, create a google tour of cities, places in the state Polly Mertz 8:09 PM map of neighborrhood Fran Lo 2 8:09 PM I have limited bandwidth, so I will install on my computer and display via the LCD projector - tours, find a Lewis and Clark tour Landa Leavy 8:09 PM revolutionary battle sites in US Louise Maine 8:09 PM Report on the different organisms found in the Biomes Jan 8:09 PM all the habitats Melissa Henning 8:09 PM Birthplaces of famous scientist Lisa Roman 8:09 PM Weather? Louise Maine 8:09 PM Various landforms David 8:09 PM learning about volcanoes? Polly Mertz 8:09 PM mountains Melissa Henning 8:09 PM inventors and inventions Lisa Roman 8:09 PM earthquakes Leann Wartella 8:09 PM earthquakes Lisa Gossard 8:09 PM spread of diseases Louise Maine 8:09 PM Environmental issues Leann Wartella 8:10 PM tour of a novel Lisa Gossard 8:10 PM Flat Stanley project Jan 8:10 PM settings for the chapter books Fran Lo 2 8:10 PM Great to use for prompts Lisa Roman 8:10 PM Writing directions Landa Leavy 8:10 PM museums Louise Maine 8:10 PM Different music genre Lisa Roman 8:10 PM embed songs Polly Mertz 8:11 PM we can't see the bar Melissa Henning 8:11 PM I can see the bar?? Can anyone else see it?? 8:11 PM WOW - how cool 8:11 PM Lisa Gossard 8:11 PM I can see it Jan 8:11 PM wow I love that! Melissa Henning 8:11 PM LOVE IT Lisa Gossard 8:11 PM Amazing! Jan 8:12 PM great to teach community changes Fran Lo 2 8:12 PM So cool! You could show changes in environment, too Melissa Henning 8:12 PM AWESOME We need a good 10 hours!! 8:12 PM Lorraine Leo 8:13 PM This was a great overview of Google Earth. Gretchen Sting 8:13 PM At least Lisa Gossard 8:13 PM You all covered a lot of info in a short amount of time! This was very helpful. Melissa Henning 8:13 PM Thanks Lorraine - it is hard to meet the needs of all participants (much like the classroom) Everyone comes at different levels of experience :) 8:13 PM Gretchen Sting 8:13 PM Please make sure you keep exploring Polly Mertz 8:13 PM how much bandwidth do you need to use it with say 15 kids? Lisa Roman 8:13 PM Thank you!:) Louise Maine 8:13 PM http://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/OK2Ask Jan 8:14 PM thank you for so much information Fran Lo 2 8:14 PM So many ideas to try out! Thank you so much! Landa Leavy 8:14 PM Thanks so much. I have much to learn. Leann Wartella 8:14 PM this was very helpful! Polly Mertz 8:14 PM Excellent start. Thank you Melissa Henning 8:14 PM Session start page - https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 David 8:14 PM thanks. this was a very interesting session. Gretchen Sting 8:15 PM https://teachersfirst.wikispaces.com/ok2askstart58 - Melissa Henning 8:15 PM You all were a very active group - GREAT questions. You kept me on my toes, which is a good thing :) Polly Mertz 8:15 PM best additional resource for any other questions? Melissa Henning 8:15 PM Polly all links are on session start page Polly Mertz 8:15 PM thanks Fran Lo 2 8:16 PM Landa - are you going to Edcamp CT next week? Lisa Gossard 8:16 PM Will those links stay around a while on the start page? Landa Leavy 8:16 PM what is that Melissa Henning 8:16 PM Yes - they stay up Nope 8:16 PM Landa Leavy 8:17 PM I am working on tech all summer trying to catch up David 8:17 PM I think tours are very useful for ESL students when they prepare country presentations. Fran Lo 2 8:17 PM [] Gretchen Sting 8:17 PM This is a great place to come to find out more - Connie left the Main Room. ( 8:17 PM ) - Landa Leavy 8:17 PM thanks Fran!!! - Lisa Roman left the Main Room. ( 8:17 PM ) - - Jan left the Main Room. ( 8:17 PM ) - Lisa Gossard 8:18 PM I want to suggest to our 3rd grade teachers who do a Flat Stanley project to add a Google Earth component to the project. Such as plotting all the places Flat Stanley goes, scanning and adding the pictures that come back with Stan. - Polly Mertz left the Main Room. ( 8:18 PM ) - - kat patterson left the Main Room. ( 8:18 PM ) - Lorraine Leo 8:18 PM Thanks again! // I want to revisit google earth and create a mymap with students and look at the work that you've created with google earth. Thanks. Fran Lo 2 8:18 PM Just one? Show students what the geographical features are that influence a historical event - don't have a lot of maps, and this is more detailed anyway. Thanks! Leann Wartella 8:18 PM I would like to review landscapes with my new class a the beginning of the year - Lorraine Leo left the Main Room. ( 8:18 PM ) - - Landa Leavy left the Main Room. ( 8:18 PM ) - landa leavy 8:18 PM thanks guys, look forward to working with you again Lisa Gossard 8:18 PM Thank y'all so much! - Leann Wartella left the Main Room. ( 8:18 PM ) - - landa leavy left the Main Room. ( 8:19 PM ) - - Fran Lo 2 left the Main Room. ( 8:19 PM ) - - Lisa Gossard left the Main Room. ( 8:19 PM ) - David 8:19 PM bye yup! 8:19 PM see you next week! 8:19 PM - David left the Main Room. ( 8:19 PM ) - rtambe 8:20 PM please close me out I am struggling with downloading google earth 8:20 PM Gretchen Sting 8:20 PM Go to file and quit file and exity 8:20 PM Melissa Henning 8:20 PM [] - rtambe left the Main Room. ( 8:21 PM ) -

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