Breaking down Walls with Google Earth

Google Earth has the potential to transform the teaching of ‘place’ and ‘space’ within our schools but many teachers are still unaware of how to use it to complement the curriculum.

This presentation will demonstrate ideas for using Google Earth in your classroom. It will include ideas for lesson starters and more extended activities that could be used in both the primary and secondary context. In particular the seminar will look at how Google Earth could be used to support cross-curricular project work.

No previous experience of Google Earth is required and the seminar will be complimented with a comprehensive online handout.

Ollie Bray, Musselburgh Grammar School

Ollie Bray is Deputy headeacher at Musselburgh Grammar School (www.mgsonline.org.uk) and Geography subject support co-ordinator for East Lothian.  He has won numerous awards for classroom practice and project development, including a Royal Geographical Society Innovative Teaching Award, two Learning and Teaching Scotland ICT Enhancement Awards and a Microsoft / SQA Partners in Learning Award. He has contributed to the publication four textbooks and various other online and off line resources. Recently he became one of the first teachers in Scotland to be appointed as a CEOP Ambassador (Child Exploitation Online Protection Agency). Ollie is a member of the Association of Outdoor Learning and a full member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI). His learning log can be found at www.olliebray.com