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LCDLC Presents: Technology Toolbox

LCDLC Presents: Technology Toolbox. Exploring Google Earth?. The world is only a mouse click away. Downloading Google Earth. Free Download from Google http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth uses streaming imagery over the Internet to provide you with incredible images of our world.

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LCDLC Presents: Technology Toolbox

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  1. LCDLC Presents: Technology Toolbox Exploring Google Earth? The world is only a mouse click away

  2. Downloading Google Earth • Free Download from Googlehttp://earth.google.com/ • Google Earth uses streaming imagery over the Internet to provide you with incredible images of our world.

  3. System Requirements • Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista • CPU: 500Mhz, Pentium 3 • System Memory (RAM): 256MB minimum, 512MB recommended • Hard Disk: 400MB free space • Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec • Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM • Screen: 1024x768, "16-bit High Color" screen • DirectX 9 (to run in Direct X mode) • Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 or later • CPU: G4 CPU, 1GHz or faster • System Memory (RAM): 256MB minimum, 512MB recommended • Hard Disk: 400MB free space • Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec • Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM • Screen: 1024x768, "Thousands of Colors"

  4. Getting to know our Earth

  5. Getting to know the Earth

  6. Getting to know the Earth • Using Search • Fly To • Go Directly to a location • Find a BusinessUse an address to go to a location • DirectionsGet to and from directions with route simulation

  7. Getting to know the Earth • My Places • Locate • Revisit • Organize • Save • Temporary Places - Will not return after program closes • Add Content from Google

  8. Getting to know the Earth Adding Layers • Roads • 3 D Buildings • Borders and Labels • Terrain • Geographic Web • Real Time Traffic • Weather • Points of Interest

  9. Getting to know the Moon

  10. Getting to know Mars

  11. Getting to know the universe

  12. Adding Place marks and Adding Content Add content here

  13. Adding images with overlays

  14. Adding images with overlays

  15. Literature Trips www.googlelittrips.org/

  16. Creating your own trips • Using place marks find locations from your story • Add text into descriptions text box • Using Picasa Web Galleries, Google Video or You Tube embed media into text box • Save Folder • Share KMZ files with others.

  17. Getting embedded content Select a photo and select them link button for Link and Embed Data to appear

  18. More fun with Google Earth

  19. More fun with Google Earth Flight Simulator

  20. Learn more about Google Earth Google Earth Blog http://www.gearthblog.com/ Using Google Earth Blog http://googleearthuser.blogspot.com/ Google Earth Userguide http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/ Google Lit Trips www.googlelittrips.org NORAD Santa http://www.noradsanta.org/

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