Advantage of Google Earth for stundets
Google Earth is the world leader when it comes to browsing our wonderful planet. The unique satellite imagery based graphical software is one of the revolutions, which took place in the 21st century. Google Earth was taken over from KeyHole Inc. in 2004. A year later, Google christened it as ‘Google Earth’ from the previous name of ‘Earth Viewer’. Used by millions from England to New Zealand, the program Google Earth has gained the global fame for home as well as industrial use.
According to the Google Earth users as well as survey taken by Google, the fame of Google Earth is due to the fact that it covers the whole planet. Except a few offshore islands, Google Earth program covers the completely wide land mass of the Earth. The pin point accuracy and the convenience of using Google Earth program for research and casual purposes are few of the factors behind the global success of the graphical software.The clear regions of the world have zoomed in features up to a depth of 20 meters. The major beneficiaries of the application are the western countries of Europe, North America, along with Australia and Japan.
The schools and colleges all across the world and especially in the US are fast adopting and assimilating The program Google Earth in their classrooms much to the benefit of the students studying there. Teachers according to education surveys conducted in the U. S, have encouraged the students to make use of the unique technology to make studies interesting. Google Earth program also allows the students to study geographic visually. The chapter on ‘The Grand Canyon’ can be preceded by ‘flying’ to the Grand Canyon and exploring it at different angles and depths.
Students are able to learn a lot from the program Google Earth. Apart from causal browsing around the world that provides them a host of data which otherwise would not be accessible is a major benefit arising from having Google Earth. Sitting at home the kids can look through various countries far, near that can spur interest in the world, and help them towards the objective of being global citizens. Students can even browse their own city, state and country and know geography better.
The method can stimulate a child imagination and make studies fun to learn. The entire world is now available at the student’s fingertips. The major beneficiaries of the technology are students who are visual oriented. About 90% of the students responded positively and the project has been a huge success throughout the United States. Geography is not the only subject that can be enhanced using Google Earth. Google Earth is also taught to students of anthropology, human development, humanities, Math, Geology and Environmental science.
Student of Math will be able to calculate the distance between two cities, capitals and even planets, and study about various velocities. History students will now be able to explore historical places around the world. The tomb of King Tut, and Windsor Castle are some of the places worth exploring.
Technorati Tags: Google, Google earth features, using Google earth,
Tags: Google Earth
