Daily Archives: 2/26/2007

Great ideas in the Google Earth Sightseer

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I don’t exactly know how I got on the mailing list, but I’ve been receiving the Google Earth Sightseer in my email inbox. Make sure you subscribe if you’re using Google Earth in your classroom or would like some great ideas about how to get started. The February 2007 issue alone has articles about new Google Earth search capabilities, studying human rights issues with maps, and satellite photography. Most of the articles include links to KML files that will launch in Google Earth to display the relative points of interest. The new Google Earth search is particularly interesting. From the newsletter:

Search is at the heart of everything we do here at Google. That’s why we’re excited to announce a new search innovation that’s available today in Google Earth. Now you can now search through all of the world’s Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files, making the millions of Google Earth KML files on the Web instantly accessible for geobrowsing and exploration.

So if your students are creating KML files, you can post them on your district Web site and they will become searchable for all the world to see. It’s another great way to share and collaborate.

My district is hiring

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I’ve never done a post like this before, but I figured it’s another way to get the word out.

I’m looking for a Service Desk Manager to fill out my staff at the district office. I’ve posted the details on Craigslist, but you can also find it and apply on the school district site here. If you’re in the central Minnesota/Twin Cities area (or would like to be), please have a look and consider applying.