The Next Best Thing To Being There Chris Betcher

The Next Best Thing To Being There Chris Betcher

Most of the world's information isn't text...

Google Streetview - mapping the world...  Came out of a conversation... let's do it!

Explore the features in mymaps.... hold down control or shift and move the mouse to view in and around the spot you are on.....

Explore Google Earth

WOW - check out the google maps views...  the next best thing to being there....

Photosphere app - WOW - how can we use this?  Share a view - creative writing....  allow learners to compare and contrast where they went on holiday... 

Hold the camera in one spot - make sure you travel around the camera - not the other way around...

Virtual tours of school - use constellation mode to link views together...

Making more and more of the world explorable...

The Google Cultural Institute:
Art projects
Next best thing to being there... explore art works....
Use pegman to explore the actual artwork in situ in the gallery... complete with details about the artwork....

Exploring history, allowing for personalisation of learning journey, 

Allows for comparing of works....

Personalisation of learning journeys...

Explore world wonders - allowing learners to have actual visual of areas...

Interactive curated content!  WOW!

ANZAC https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/browse/gallipoli?projectId=historic-moments 

WOW - so much to explore...