Share Paper: Creating Google Earth Tours for Teaching and Learning in a Geospatial Context

  1. Heather Almquist, University of Montana, United States

Abstract: Creating Google Earth tours is an exceptional way to help students organize information in spatial and temporal contexts, and create presentations that solidify their learning. Google Tour Builder is a powerful new tool that allows users with no prior Google Earth or kml experience to create informative and professional-looking tours. Use of this tool for various learning activities, such documenting field trips, analyzing geologic features, or learning about communities, will be modeled. Google Earth provides a more powerful means for creating tours, but requires more technical skill. Essentials of creating core tour artifacts, including ground overlays, screen overlays, 3D models, ...