Google+Earth

=Google Earth=

Google Earth is a downloadable application that allows the user to see and utilize a globe shaped earth to find different locations and get directions, among other many features. The workers at Google have utilized satellites to zoom in on and take snapshots of parts of the earth so a person can literately zoom in on their own house to see details. Also Google has been lately dabbling with Street View which allows the user to see what one might see if they were traveling in a vehicle down the road and to see certain intersections for directions purposes. They are also using 3-D models of certain structures and geographic landmarks for the person who might want to experience a location across the globe.

For teachers this offers great experiences for Social Studies and Language teachers. If a teacher wants the student to experience what going to a certain location might be like they can simply use Google Earth to show the students something interesting about that location and help make it more real for the person. There is also many different minor apps within Google Earth to show pictures, articles, distances, and many more tools that can be useful to be utilized as a learning experience for a certain country or city a class may be studying.