New: 7 Things You Should Know About YouTube and Google Earth
New from EDUCAUSE: 7 Things You Should Know About YouTube and Google Earth
The “7 Things You Should Know About…” series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning practices and technologies. Each brief focuses on a single practice or technology and describes what it is, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Use ‘7 Things You Should Know About…’ briefs for a no-jargon, quick overview of a topic and share them with time-pressed colleagues.
+ 7 Things You Should Know About YouTube (PDF; 72 KB): “YouTube is a video-sharing service that allows users to post personally developed videos of nearly any variety online, from animations to personal recordings. YouTube is one of an emerging class of social applications that allows users to share and form communities around their content. It draws users into engaging content as commentators and creators, activities that heighten students’ visual literacy.”
+7 Things You Should Know About Google Earth (PDF; 93 KB): “Google Earth is an interactive mapping application that allows users to navigate (or “fly”) the entire globe, viewing satellite imagery with overlays of roads, buildings, geographic features, and the like. Educators can use it to assess and bolster students’ visual literacy. Students can use it to develop a context for spatial and cultural differences globally.”
See the full 7 Things You Should Know About… series.