Creating+Media+Rich+Tours+in+Google+Earth

=**Creating Media Rich Tours in Google Earth**= This work is published under a Creative Commons License. Please read the license for what is allowable for use.

Room G28 BrianC_Smith@boces.monroe.edu Experience Google Earth like never before by creating engaging content for others to experience. During this session, participants will have hands-on opportunities to create their own virtual tour which includes text, photo, video. Skills, knowledge and applications to learning will be discussed and shared.
 * Brian C. Smith**

Basics
We'll take some time to become familiar, or more familiar, with Google Earth.
 * Navigating screens (web browser w/tabs, Google Earth, file windows)
 * GE Interface (Search, Places, Layers)

Exploration

 * Sample tours (see Resources below)

Engage
Start to think about a family trip, a classroom event/field trip or your life's travels to
 * Lifetime of Travel
 * Build a tour of your favorite travel spots or where you've been throughout your life.

Mise en Place

 * Create a list of places to tour
 * Collect a few images from Creative Commons Search
 * Search YouTube for a video or two of one place

Build It

 * Create Tour folder
 * Drop placemarks
 * Add

Extend

 * Record
 * Sharing (via web site or network folders)

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Tutorials & Help
Google Earth - TechHelp This wiki article will guide us through the entire process of creating our Google Earth tours. Please use this as a reference as you proceed during the TLT Conference session and in the future.

[|User guide to Google Earth] This is the official user guide from Google. Google's help and support sites are excellent.

Sample Files:

 * [|Erie Canal Elevation (.kmz)] - Sample tour with text, photo and video content.
 * [|Mount Everest (.kmz)] - Sample file to practice adding content to placemarks.
 * [|NYS Canal System (.kmz)] - Sample file to practice creating a tour.
 * [|Butterfly Migration (.kmz)] - Another sample file to practice creating a tour.
 * [|Baseball Diamond Proposal (.kmz)] - Sample file including paths and polygons.