Google Earth Outreach Event

Earlier this year I was selected by the Google Earth Outreach team to lead a group of educators from the APAC region to develop resources and provide professional development on the new Google Earth (www.earth.google.com). Last week I travelled to Silicon Valley in California to meet up with this group along with another forty passionate educators from around the world. 

The two-day workshop focused on developing resources and lesson plans for Google Earth.  These resources leveraged collaboration, critical and creative thinking skills which are important for the success of our students to survive in the 21st century.  These skills are elaborated in this document published by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority.  These resources created at this event will be published online in the near future for educators to use and to adapt.  Additionally, I will be providing PD for the staff of Pacific Lutheran College on how to use Google Earth in their classes.

I was very fortunate to connect with Jerome Burg who founded the not for profit organisation, Lit Trips.  Lit Trips mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth.  I have been in regular contact with Jerome regarding a similar project for Business case studies.

Mr Wes Warner, Head of Innovation, Entrepreneurialism and Business