Google Updates! - Google Earth on Your Chromebook!

Earth just got a massive update! No longer does the program need to be installed to run on your computer! Instead, you can now run Google Earth on the web, meaning that all of our Chromebooks are capable of running Google Earth and transporting our students around the world in matter of seconds.

Talking about pyramids in Math? Jump to Egypt and show them off! Learning about Ancient Greece in Social Studies? Show the landscape in Google Earth! Learning about the rain forest? Take them there! Reading about the Mighty Mississippi? Take a trip down the river! Google Earth allows us to take our students anywhere in the world and show them what they are learning.

With the advent of the street view and integration, we can get street level views of the areas we talk about. It is an amazing tool that we can use in many different ways!

Have questions? Let me know!

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