A Teacher’s Thoughts

So, yesterday, I posted, Then and Now: Changes in a Learning Activity.  The post is about how I have modified a single learning activity over time, integrating more technology.  And then I updated my Google Earth.  This is something I should do more often, but I just don’t seem to get around to it.  Today I was inspired by the new underwater features I read about on the Google Earth Blog.  After the update I noticed some new buttons in the toolbar.  After clicking around I found the sunlight button.  I could watch an animation of the sun at any location over an extended time.  Doing this for Arctic Bay Canada was quite dramatic.

So now I can say that the next new peice to my Earth-Sun System unit will include sending students on virtual field trips to watch the change in sunlight at their three locations.