Mr. Williams’ Class Blog

I have made a few tours using Google Earth, SketchUp 3D drawings downloaded from Google, and some UnitedStreaming videos.

To view these tours you need the latest version of Google Earth.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Tour (0.77 mb)
Each placemark has a photo and short description.
Some placemarks have UnitedStreaming video.
Some placemarks have 3D SketchUp Drawings if you have the latest version of Google     Earth.

Washington, D.C. Tour  (1.63 mb)
Placemarks and SketchUp Images of:
Iwo Jima Memorial
Pentagon
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
White House
RFK Stadium
J Edgar Hoover Building
National Gallery of Art

Each Placemark has a photo, links to Wikipedia Articles, each spots website, and some UnitedStreaming videos.

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Download – Google Earth
- Google SketchUp

You only need Google Earth to view the Tours. You can use Google SketchUp to draw in your own buildings and add them to Google Earth.

I downloaded the SketchUp 3D images from the SketchUp 3D Warehouse.

All I can say is wow! I talked in class with a couple of you about how the newest version of Google Earth had 3-D capabilities. The program to draw 3-D objects is called SketchUp. Today I really started looking at it. It seems like you could draw just about any building or object, and make whatever you are drawing an exact size easily. I can’t believe that this software is free.

There are also some great SketchUp Tutorial videos.

I’m going to see if we can get Google Earth and SketchUp installed on the laptops and really start using it during homework club. Maybe we could make all of Sine Elementary in SketchUp and share it on the Google Earth Community. I need to go buy some tape measures.

They even have weekly SketchUp Challenges. Go there and check out some pictures of what can be created.

I hope everyone is having a good break. See you on Monday. I think from the things I’ve learned this week we’ll have some changes in class.

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Download Google Earth

Download SketchUp 

SketchUp Tutorials

If you don’t have Google Earth -> Check this out!

If you do have Google Earth -> Check this out!

It is different “trips” you can take through the Travel Channel and Discovery Channel. If you have Google Earth, you can fly from location to location and watch the video. If you don’t have Google Earth, you can still watch the videos about the different locations. This is pretty empressive!

There are a few short advertisements, but they last less than 30 seconds.

Odeo is an online podcasting page.

The cool thing about it is that you can use it like a voice mail system.

If you have questions about the things we are covering in class, and don’t want to actually type it out, you can send me an odeo. It will take you to a webpage where you can record your question with a microphone.

Test it out, leave a message with your name in it. Just remember, I know what your voices sound like .

Instead of doing what I usually do during Sundays (watch football and check how badly I am doing in fantasy football), I found a website that would convert the Power Point files from our class into a form that you can view directly on the Internet.

Unfortunately, I can’t just put them right here to use. Luckily, edublogs is partnered with WikiSpaces and I was able to get the Power Points to work there.

So CLICK HERE or look at the Wiki link on the right to view our Power Points online.

http://mrwilliams.wikispaces.com/