Google+Earth

Have you every wondered what the big red X is in Google Earth? Are you missing your KMZ files? Do you know what a KMZ or a KML file is ? Come and ask questions about Google Earth at an open session....or feel free to contribute problems that have happened to you and that you have figured how to solve.
 * Google Earth - Open Session**
 * Presenter:** Thomas Cooper, Walker School (Georgia)


 * Contact Information **

e-mail: thomas (dot) cooper (at) thewalkerschool (dot) org  gmail: tcooper66 (at) gmail (dot) com  twitter: tcooper66  skype: tcooper1966

http://thenetworkedlearner.wikispaces.com (tutorial and document)
 * Main Technology Integration Site**

http://fc.thewalkerschool.org/teachers/thomas.cooper_web/
 * My Class Site**

IPRE Wiki (Scribblers) - http://wiki.roboteducation.org/Main_Page Parallax Robotics - http://www.parallax.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx ICE Ga Tech - http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/ice-gt
 * Computer Science Info**


 * Google Earth Resource Links**

Earth Main - __** [] **__ Download Page for Earth - [] Google Earth User Guide - [] Google Earth for Educators - [] Google Earth Community - [] Google Earth Library - http://www.gelib.com/ Google Earth Tutorials - [] Grants for Google Earth Pro - [] Keyhole Modeling Language (KML) Handbook - [|http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation]


 * Screencast Tutorials**

Downloading and Installing Google Earth - []  Using Navigation Tools in Google Earth - []  Using Layers in Google Earth - []  Adding Layers from Google Earth's Internet Community - [|http://www.screencast.com/t/WnpJnxKO] Adding Text to a Placemark - []  Inserting an Image into a Placemark - []  Organizing and Saving Placemarks to Your Computer - []  Changing Placemark Icons in Google Earth - []  Adding a Custom Icon to the Google Earth Icon Panel - []  Adding a Path between Placemarks - [|http://www.screencast.com/t/taDmkGXtr21]


 * Project Examples**

Clean Watersheds - http://cleanwatersheds.wikispaces.com/ Expedition Lit Trips - http://expeditionlittrips.wikispaces.com/ First Light - http://firstlight.wikispaces.com/ Google Lit Trips - http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html (Jerome Burg) Land of Hope - http://landofhope.wikispaces.com/ Our Town - [] Our Lost Children - http://ourlostchildren.wikispaces.com/ Poetry of Place - http://poetryofplace.wikispaces.com/ Walk on the Wild Side - http://walkonthewildside.wikispaces.com/ Whale Rider - http://whaleriderproject.wikispaces.com/