{"id":708,"date":"2020-01-26T22:06:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T22:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/?p=708"},"modified":"2020-01-26T23:53:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T23:53:38","slug":"decade-of-google-geo-edu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/26\/decade-of-google-geo-edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Decade of Google Geo EDU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cFree site dedicated to help teachers educate and engage students using Google Geo Tools\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The above has been my mission statement for about ten years now. I should probably change \u2018site\u2019 to \u2018sites\u2019, but will worry about that later. As I am finally getting around to backing up some old project files, I noticed two things. One, my files are an absolute mess. Two, I have used a lot of Google Geo Tools over this decade; primarily oscillating between Maps API, Google Earth, and more recently Earth Engine. A friend once asked if I could put everything in one place. Looking at my files today suggest this will be highly unlikely. I try to use this blog to showcase work I think other students and teachers will be interested in. That stated, I don\u2019t have an index of post for Google\u2019s Geo Tools. Therefore, below are my favorite posts and projects organized around Google Geo Tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/searchResults.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/searchResults.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/searchResults-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/searchResults-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Earth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The one that started it all. As some people know, I am a big fan of kml and Google Earth; often calling it my gateway technology.&nbsp; With the web version of Google Earth, the future of this technology remains as current today as it was a decade ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blog Posts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Explore, Create, Share with Google Earth Creation Tools<\/em><\/strong>: Overview of what is easy and possible with content creation tools. (Contains many of my current Google Earth Projects)  <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/explore-create-share-with-google-earth-creation-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/explore-create-share-with-google-earth-creation-tools\/  (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/explore-create-share-with-google-earth-creation-tools\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>An Inclusive Earth<\/em><\/strong>: Include more student in more languages using Google Earth on Web.  <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/15\/an-inclusive-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/15\/an-inclusive-earth\/  (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/15\/an-inclusive-earth\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Custom HTML Info Boxes: Google Earth Quiz Tutorial<\/em><\/strong>: Advanced tutorial for creating custom HTML info boxes for Google Earth on Web.  <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/03\/custom-html-info-boxes-google-earth-quiz-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/03\/custom-html-info-boxes-google-earth-quiz-tutorial\/  (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/03\/custom-html-info-boxes-google-earth-quiz-tutorial\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>thanksgiving-fun-with-kml<\/em><\/strong>: Learn basic kml coding using ground overlays (oldy but goody).  <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/21\/thanksgiving-fun-with-kml\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/21\/thanksgiving-fun-with-kml\/  (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/21\/thanksgiving-fun-with-kml\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>RIP-Earth-API-Plugin<\/em><\/strong>: Not many people know, but <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"geteach.com (opens in a new tab)\">geteach.com<\/a> used to run off a Google Earth API. Here is a post memorializing what used to be possible via this plugin. <strong>Great older videos in this one! <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/08\/rip-earth-api-plugin\/\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/08\/rip-earth-api-plugin\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Old Side Projects | Archive<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> Philippines- Typhoon Haiyan (geteach.com Deprecated Earth API )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Philippines- Typhoon Haiyan (geteach.com)\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HXT7KJU-vqU?start=53&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Maps API<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My primary page, <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"geteach.com (opens in a new tab)\">geteach.com<\/a>, is built using this platform. Originally created to just share maps with my students, the site now shares maps with thousands of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"geteach Quick Overview (4 min)\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/taBfAJHY8tA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blog Posts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>geteach.com \u2013 layers<\/em><\/strong>: Quick overview of all the layers in geteach.com circa 2016. Several additional layers have been added over the past three years.  <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/17\/geteach-com-layers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/17\/geteach-com-layers\/   (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/17\/geteach-com-layers\/  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>#12MapComparisonsOfChristmas<\/em><\/strong>: Some of the many comparisons students can make with geteach.com.  <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/21\/12mapcomparisonsofchristmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/21\/12mapcomparisonsofchristmas\/  (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/21\/12mapcomparisonsofchristmas\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Authoritative Bias of Maps<\/em><\/strong>: While not strictly a Maps API post, it is my first lesson of the year with a lot of maps fun. <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/01\/authoritative-bias-of-maps\/\"> <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/01\/authoritative-bias-of-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/01\/authoritative-bias-of-maps\/  (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/01\/authoritative-bias-of-maps\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Old Side Projects | Archive <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Round Rock ISD mini-geteach<\/em><\/strong> (Class Project 2016): <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/westwood\/rrisd\/RRISD.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/westwood\/rrisd\/RRISD.html (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/westwood\/rrisd\/RRISD.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Sense of Place Westwood High School <\/em><\/strong>(Class Project 2016, before Tour Creator:) click icons on map <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/westwood\/westwoodplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/westwood\/westwoodplace\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Regional Issues Project 2015<\/em><\/strong> (Click red markers on Map): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/share\/casestudy\/2015.html  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/share\/casestudy\/2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/share\/casestudy\/2015.html <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em> Homage to Maps Engine\/Maps Gallery<\/em><\/strong>: Many people don\u2019t remember that Google had an amazing curated library of datasets that could be imported into <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"geteach.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\" target=\"_blank\">geteach.com<\/a> or opened within the gallery. That is before Google Deprecated the cool stuff. Some of the technology is still used with My Maps and I think Google Earth\u2019s content creation. Those asset\/map IDs look familiar;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"geteach.com-scale\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mCCYKVBBqUg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>It was such a great lesson on level of aggregation\/scale <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Earth Engine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Earth Engine took awhile to grow on me. Mainly because I kept having to recreate so much with the combination of deprecating and new technologies. That, and I have a day job teaching high school. However, over the past year I\u2019ve taken a couple of weekends to create a few projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Blog Posts <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>First(ish) Google Earth Engine Attempt<\/em><\/strong>: Reflection of my first true Earth Engine App visualizing 60 years of climate data.  <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/30\/firstish-google-earth-engine-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/30\/firstish-google-earth-engine-attempt\/ (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/30\/firstish-google-earth-engine-attempt\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Side Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, I am putting all my Earth Engine Experiments (3 for now) here if people would like to use them in the classroom. <a href=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/engine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/geteach.com\/engine\/ (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geteach.com\/engine\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Overview - geteach.com\/engine\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hZ3qt8NuqAg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>So there you go Jeff, A decade of projects using Google Geo Tools. Thanks for the suggestion! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>If folks are interested in Google Geo Edu you might like these sites and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/earth\/education\/  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/earth\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/earth\/education\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/earthedu-community\/home  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/earthedu-community\/home\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/earthedu-community\/home <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!forum\/earth-edu-community  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!forum\/earth-edu-community\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!forum\/earth-edu-community <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;Free site dedicated to help teachers educate and engage students using Google Geo Tools&rdquo; The above has been my mission statement for about ten years now. 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