1. Where On Earth
TIE 2012

2. Tell Me About The Game…
Where On Earth
• Authentic use of GoogleEarth
• Exploration of the world’s oddities
• In-depth research using guided questions
• Summarize research information into
authentic writing

3. Academic Areas
• Writing
• Research
• World geography
• Cultural understanding
• Writing focus can be ANY category (art,
culture, science, history, geography)

4. What it looks like

5. Will this game work for you?
• Options for implementation
• Supporting different
content areas
• Continent or category
option
• Can be abbreviated

6. TEACHER INFO
• Be ready with all needed links and documents
• Make sure they can write!!! This game does
not teach them to write—it is writing practice
• Allow several class sessions to learn and “play
with” GoogleEarth including the layers
• Do a few clues on your own (as the teacher)

7. What does this look like in a “real”
classroom?
• global awareness
• extract specifically requested information
• using key words, answer specific questions
• develops strong writing skills
• connection to the world
• fosters deep discussion