Archive for November, 2008

Google Earth Professional Free For Educators

Posted on November 30, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized |

Google Earth is often pigeon-holed as niche software for those teaching geography or for the hobbyist with a keen interest in GIS applications. Google Earth has much more to offer the classroom teacher than the obvious geography connections. I will not attempt to enumerate all of the uses in this post. I did find [...]

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We’re going on a field trip…

Posted on November 14, 2008. Filed under: Elementary School, English/Language Arts, High School, Instructional Coaches, Middle School, Science, Teachers | Tags: Tandberg, Virtual Field Trips |

by Tim Van Heule
Coordinator of Distance Learning
Who doesn’t love a good field trip?
Field trips are vital to education, providing opportunities to see how the curriculum applies to the real world.
For example, in first grade, students learn about apples and pumpkins – how they grow, their uses, etc. Of course, it’s only logical for the students [...]

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