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Global Collaborator 7d: Local and Global Issues
(ISTE Standards for Students)


November 11, 2025

    1. Sign in and stow your phones out of sight. Log into a Chromebook and complete the WYAW activities.

    2. Google Classroom. Used by millions of students and classrooms across the world:
    3. Let's join our Google Class and explore Global Education:
      • 12:30 EDEL 446-01 / EDMG 466-01 CODE: wzvybqfb
      • 2:00 EDEL 446-02 CODE: k2u3n4ph
      • Now, do the Where in the World activity and take the Geography Quiz.

STUDIO TIME: Creating a virtual tour using the Projects option in Google Earth.

Let's explore a couple of examples:

But wait, there's more:

YOUR PROJECT

  1. Open Google Earth (https://earth.google.com/) on your Chromebook and start a new project using the New button. Make it a New project.

  2. Add your own title and a robust one-paragraph description using the three dot or snowman menu. 

  3. Now you are ready to add locations by searching on your places:
    1. Search for a location - the place or a place within the place (e.g., Paris or the Eiffel Tower)
    2. Once at the location, look at the information box at the top right of the screen and choose "Save to Project" and keep the same information offered by Google. 
    3. Now click on the Pegman (yellow man icon) and notice the blue circles around your added location. Zoom in or out as necessary to get the view you wish. Explore them until you find one you like and want to add to your project. Or you can use any blue areas (e.g., streets) that allow you to get a 360 view.
    4. From within the photosphere view, save it to your project by using the blue "Capture this view" square icon in the top right of the screen.  Go back to your project and name it "My location Street View"
    5. Do this for at least four locations for a total of eight or more pins (two "views" of each location)
    6. Your work is saved as you go in Google Drive as long as you are connected to the internet.
    7. Make sure when you share the link that it is shared so "Anyone with the link" can access it.
    8. This is Web 2.0 #4 and you'll share your Google Tour and write the profile for this tool.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT

  • Title and 1-paragraph description for project location (cite source if not your own words)
  • Four locations with two views each for a total of eight views
  • For each of your features/locations, label it appropriately "Statue of Liberty street view"
  • Set SHARE LINK to anyone with the link can view.

WHEN YOU ARE DONE....
In Google Earth, search and view these locations:

  1. The house you grew up in
  2. Where one of your family members is from
  3. Your first school
  4. Movie theaters, Play or Opera Houses, Restaurants in an exotic place or somewhere you'd like to visit
  5. One of these funky landmarks:
    TIP: Use the Pegman (little yellow icon guy) to find user generated images (small blue circles)
    • Cadillac Ranch in TX
    • World's Largest Easel in KS
    • The Basket Building in OH
    • The Peachoid (water tower) in SC
    • Dole Plantation Maze in HI
    • The Fremont Troll (sculpture) in WA
    • Salvation Mountain (sculpture) in CA
  6. Try some of these collections:

GOOGLE EARTH RESOURCES