START HERE: Welcome to the Google Earth Education Community!

[Lina Raffaelli]

Welcome to the Google Earth Education Community! We are a community of passionate educators and trainers who use Google Geo tools in the classroom to teach a wide variety of disciplines and skills. This community is a space to collaborate, ask questions, search for classroom resources, and to get inspiration. Please take a moment on this thread to introduce yourself and do a quick 1-minute activity!

Step 1: Introduce yourself
Include: Name, Location, Grade(s) / Subject(s) Taught, and Favorite Geo Tools (If any), and (optional) Photo. 

Step 2: Activity

Please take a moment to add yourself to this collective Community Map! This is a fun way to see where community members are based, and to eventually find locate educators in your area. New to My Maps? Watch How to Add a Placemark to a Google My Map

[mr.wes.warner]

Hello, My name is Wes Warner.  I am located on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.  I teach high school Business, Legal Studies, STEM and enterprise education.  My favourite Geo Tools would have to be Earth and Tour Builder.

I am looking forward to meeting others on this community.

Regards

Wes

[donald.piercey]

Greetings all!

Donnie Piercey here, fifth grade teacher from Lexington, Kentucky (originally from just outside of Boston), and I just wrapped up my 13.5th year in the classroom.  I've been working with the Google Earth Outreach/Education team for the last 6+ years, and I'm the lead for the GE3 South board.  Looking forward to learning alongside you all!

Here's a fun and awkward photo of me on the last day of school: https://twitter.com/mrpiercEy/status/1134546255546322946 -- It's not easy being green.  

Donnie

@mrpiercey

@mr.piercey

[Richard Allaway]

Name, Location, Grade(s) / Subject(s) Taught, and Favorite Geo Tools (If any), and (optional) Photo

Hi,

My name is Richard Allaway. I am from Yorkshire (UK), live in France and work in Switzerland. I teach IB DP Geography at the International School of Geneva - Campus des Nations where I am also the Technology for Learning Coordinator and a member of the Senior Leadership Team for the Secondary School.

Earth for Chrome, My Maps and Tour Creator would have to be my favourite Geo Tools. I am happiest in the mountains when exploring and taking photographs with people that are special to me.

An image of me on a Google bike while attending the 2018 GE3 summit in Mountain View.

[somiros]

Miroslava Silva <som...@gmail.com>	12:01 (hace 2 minutos)
para earth-edu-community

Hola, 

I'm Miroslava Silva. I am Mexican and live in The Netherlands. I work at the International School of Delft as Primary teacher and liaison to coordinate Design and Technology projects with TUDelft and the International School of Delft. I lead the GE3 Latam group and my favorite Geo Tool is Timelapse.

Here are a couple of links to our resources.

https://www.google.com/intl/es-419_ALL/earth/education/latam/

https://sites.google.com/view/ge3latam/principal

I would like to ask you guys that if you have resources from expeditions or places you have visited in the past in Latin America please let me know and we could share them in our website and when possible translate them in Spanish.

Saludos,

Miros

[lisegaluga]

Hi guys! 

Lise Galuga... currently in Belgium, soon to be returning to Canada! Busy with the upcoming move right now, but still loving all the Geo Tools including Earth and TourBuilder! Once I'm settled, I'll get back to some English and French language content to share with you all. Not sure what I'll be doing next year work wise... if you're in Ottawa and have some ideas - let me know!

;)

Cheers,

Lise

[sscheng]

Hi Everyone!

So thankful to be part of this great community as I see Google has truly been a force in building valuable resources in developing Global Competencies with our students and beyond. My name is Sandra Chow and I'm the Director of Innovative Learning at a Private Bilingual Non-for-profit school in Beijing, China called Keystone Academy (that's a mouthful).  My favourite Geo tool really is just Google Maps. 

It's the tool I go to ALL the time, and that is the most practical for everyday life. I honestly don't know what I'd do if I didn't have Google Maps. I mean I do remember fondly the days of flipping through my City map book every time I reached the end of the page while driving and how smart I felt when I knew how to skip to the right page when it went vertical, but really...I don't miss those days at all. And truly it's reduced a lot of navigation fights between me and my husband and hours of wondering where I am on a map. 

Looking forward to connecting through the community!

Sandra

[Lina Raffaelli]

+Donnie, Apologies, we had to create a new map under a different domain. It's fixed! 

[kimster812]

Hi All!

Kim here! I’m in the midst of my 22nd year working in education! Formerly a tech integration teacher/coach/do a bit of everything tech related at a school/ in a K-8 school, and before that an elementary classroom teacher. For the past 12 years I’ve shifted to working with educators in a professional development role, leading workshops & trainings with varying educational technologies, (Google Geo being one of my favorites), and traveling all over the place.

Currently the lead for the western region for the Google Earth Education Experts and co-author of the Bring the World to Your Classroom Using Google Geo Tools book.

Favorite Google Geo tool, that’s tough!!! I’m with Sandra on Google Maps for everyday use and getting me from
A to B to C and beyond. A close second is My Maps for creation of all kinds of maps!

When I’m not on land I can usually be found scuba diving somewhere in the world. Looking forward to some adventures later this year!

Happy to be here learning and sharing with everyone! 🙌

Kim :)

[donald.piercey]

Thanks!  

[Steven Sutantro]

Hello!

I'm Steven from Jakarta, Indonesia. I had been teaching Social Studies & ICT for 7 years and now I am currently a lead coach at REFO, an EdTech training startup based in Jakarta. My favorite Geo tools is Google Earth. Love the voyager part as you can uncover 360 images, stories, quiz, and adventures to travel around the world. Additionally, it's super accessible both on web and mobile device. It's been super exciting year to work with earthmazing educators in Indonesia to bring exploration to the next level with Geo tools. 

Check out the recap of our workshops here!

[Josh Williams]

What a great group of people! 

Hello all,

My name is Josh Williams and I have been teaching high school social studies in Austin for the past 13 years...I think. I am a bit of a workaholic, so when I am not teaching I am creating something with geo-tools for the classroom. I really enjoy working with educators on integrating Google Geo in their learning environments. My favorite Google Geo tools include working with the Maps API and Google Earth; really enjoy mashing the two together. I also enjoy teaching with QGIS and ArcGIS. Can't wait to learn and share within this community!

Josh

[micahshippee]

Hello! My name is Micah Shippee, PhD. I live in Syracuse, NY and teach Grade 8 Social Studies. I love MyMaps and Google Earth!

[Steve Smith]

Kia Ora everyone.
My name is Steve Smith and I am from Aukland in New Zealand.
I am a Geography and Social Studies teacher at a high school in Auckland I am also the head of our innovation faculty.
I teach our national curriculum as well as the IB diploma
My favorite Geo tools are of course Earth and mymaps.
I also really enjoy using street view to connect students to the wider world using it's amazing imagery.
I am a passionate geography teacher and really enjoy the possibilities that all the geotools and the Google suite opens to my students as well as students around the world.
I can't wait to see what's next and see how I can incorporate these new advancements into my lessons

[Michelle Armstrong]

Hi All,

Michelle Armstrong here, former Junior High Social Studies Teacher, now Director of EdTechTeam Canada, spending my time teaching and learning from awesome Canadian educators. 

Lise!  Great to hear you're coming back!  

[Anders Wockatz]

Hello, My name is Anders Wockatz. I am located on the west (best) coast of Sweden. I work as CDO/CISO and support K12- governance towards a simpler world with G Suite Enterprise for Education. My favourite Geo Tools would have to be Earth in the web and My Maps.

[Diane Main]

Hello friends!

My name is Diane Main, and I live in the San Jose, California area, quite close to Google HQ. I am originally from New Jersey, very close to New York City, and I have been teaching for over 25 years. (Clearly, I began my career at age 12.) For the past seven years, I have been the Director of Learning, Innovation and Design (9-12) at The Harker School in San Jose. I still get to teach and have an advisory group, but most of my job is coming alongside teachers when they want to try something new in their teaching, whether it involves technology or not. I've been pushing Google Geo Tools on them to the point that they know it's a big thing to me.

I've been blessed to be a part of the Geo Education users community and team through all its iterations, and I am excited to see the truly global community that has grown up around these amazing tools. I've loved globes and maps since childhood, and I love being a part of a group of educators who love them as much as I do.

[Nathan Gildart]

Hi everyone. 

I'm Nate Gildart, from Canada but a permanent resident of Japan. I'm a former technology coach recently back in the classroom teaching Grades 8 and 9 MYP Individuals & Societies and 11 & 12 DP History. I also serve as head of department. I'm a fan of Earth and Tour Builder, but also dig MyMaps. I'll dump an old MyMaps tutorial in the resources tab and will make some newer ones over the summer. Looking forward to learning from you all.  

[François Jourde]

Hello, I'm François Jourde. I'm French, and I live in Brussels (Belgium).

I've worked as a Philosophy teacher in upper secondary the last 20 years, and I'm now working as a project manager for digital teaching and learning at the European Schools.

I'm a member of the European GE3 team and I'm publishing this website (in French): Enseigner avec les géomédias.

I am looking forward to meeting others on this community.

Regards,

François

www.jourde.eu

[Manel Trenchs i Mola]

Hello, my name is Manel Trenchs. I am an Art History teacher in secondary/high school (mainly grades 11 & 12) in Mataró, a town near Barcelona. I love using Google Earth with my students.

And as I like saying to my students: "Good luck in the Art of life!" 

[Jerome Burg]

Hello all,

My name is Jerome Burg, I live about 40 miles SSW of the Mountain View Googleplex. I taught high school English for (mumble, mumble) years. I was a participant in the very first iteration of what was then called Google Certified Teachers. At that first iteration I saw that lines could be added to Google Earth Pro and within seconds the seeds of the Google Lit Trips project sprouted.

I've been associated with every iteration of what is presently called the Google Earth Education Expert (GE3) advisory group. My favorite Geo tool is Google Earth for Web. 

Absolutely love traveling, virtually or otherwise, where I was recently photobombed in Switzerland!

Looking forward to sharing a love of the land and its stories with this great group.

Jerome

[Jessica Walsh]

Hey friends!

My name is Jessica Walsh, and I am an instructional specialist in a large suburban school district outside of Chicago. When I was in the classroom, I was a middle school English Language Arts & World Geography teacher for 12 years. Now, I focus on Literacy & Geoliteracy professional development and curriculum development with teachers for our district.

My favorite GeoTool to use with kids and adults is Google Earth. Whether you're looking at home or exploring the world, the smiles are priceless! 

Here's a photo of me with Josh Williams (GeTeach) because he is cooler than me. 

[Afzal Shaikh]

Afzal Shaikh - Toronto, Ontario - 15 years at The York School  - Independent IB School.  Currently the Associate Director of Learning, Innovation and Technology. Love using Google Expeditions and Google Earth with the Kiddos. 

[Jeff Richardson]

Hi Yall,

I am Jeff Richardson and I serve as an instructional tech coach for 2 middle schools in Hoover, Alabama, US...way down in the deep South. I've been teaching for 17 years and all of it has been in middle school. I am a total geonerd and love getting the opportunity to help teachers see the power in use geo in their classrooms, whether it's a math class using Earth as a way to apply geometry or an ela class where I help the kids connect geographically to the setting in they are reading about by creating a Google MyMaps for the book. So yeah, my two fav geotools are MyMaps and Earth. Looking forward to learning for all the great folks in this new community!

[Jeff Richardson]

Oh yeah, I am also a member of the Google Earth Education Experts team and working toward becoming a NatGeo Certified teacher and just recently completed the NatGeo Geo Inquiry Course. Really Good Stuff! If you are interested in learning more, let me know and I will gladly share:) 

[Dr. Julene Reed]

Hello, everyone, and welcome to an awesome group of educators who are passionate and excited about the amazing tools Google Earth provides. I am passionate about global education, and Earth is the perfect way to connect our students to our world, build global competencies, and learn about the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. I'm honored to be one of the Earth Education Experts, and I hope to learn from and with you through this group.

Check out the Expeditions and Street View from Churchill, Canada with polar bears at the links below. I was lucky to be a part of those endeavors.\

https://www.google.com/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetview/treks/churchill-canada/

Ciao!

Julene

[Dean Phillips]

Hi All:

It is humbling to be a part of this incredible group of leading educators!

I'm Dean Phillips and live in Western Montana in the US. I was a middle school teacher for 15 years before stepping out of the classroom to pursue some passion projects, and since have had the great opportunity to learn and coach educators from all around the US. I currently work as an Innovation Specialist for Beyond The Chalk.

Favorite Geo tools are MyMaps and Earth...

Best, 

DP 

[Gretel Patch]

HI all -- I'm honored to be part of this group and I've learned so much from all of you! 

I am Gretel Patch, a nomadic tech integration specialist who has lived/worked in Djibouti, Sydney, Kathmandu, Mumbai, Washington, D.C., and soon-to-be Frankfurt. I am passionate about where education and technology meet and especially enjoy tech outreach efforts with underprivileged students in a variety of capacities. Geotools are incredibly powerful to bring the world to kids, and adults, who otherwise will never be able to visit such places. 

I am also a Google Earth Education Expert and here's a picture of a Google bike I would have loved to take home from our summit last summer in Sunnyvale. 

[Tammy Lind]

Hi Everyone~

I'm Tammy Lind and I live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin right on Lake Michigan.  I am currently an instructional coach in a district just outside of Milwaukee.  Prior to that I was a special education and elementary teacher.  

My favorite Geo tool?  That's a tough one. I have really enjoyed using the Voyager stories with kids and adults.  I love to travel so Earth and Voyager help me pick our new locations and plan for upcoming adventures.  Love hiking with my 4 legged travel partner, Lucy.  Pretty sure she enjoys it too!

Looking forward to continuing to learn from everyone in this community!

[Lucio Ernesto Velarde Robles]

Hola, Soy Lucio Velarde de Lima Perú. Soy profesor de arte y cultura en el colegio Santa Ana de Lima. Las herramientas de Google Geo me han permitido enseñar a mis estudiantes sobre los antiguos teatros griegos, las pinturas de todas las épocas, la distribución de museos en mi país, ruinas, monumentos, y muchísimo más. Mi aplicación favorita es Google Earth. Saludos. 

(Hi, I'm Lucio Velarde from Lima Peru. I'm a professor of art and culture at Santa Ana School in Lima. The tools of Google Geo have allowed me to teach my students about the ancient Greek theaters, the paintings of all ages, the distribution of museums in my country, ruins, monuments, and much more. My favorite application is Google Earth. Greetings.)

[Flor Conforti]

Hi!

I'm Flor Conforti, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I teach Grade 4 English at a Bilingual School. I am also one of the Learning Innovation Leaders at school and I'm very interested in the development of creativity and STEM education. I've published a book in Spanish called "Aprender Haciendo" which speaks about the impact of Maker Education. 

I don't have a favourite tool...because I like them all! I really enjoy working with Geo VR and my students love it!

Regards,

Flor

[Darlene Smith Cates]

Hi Everyone,

I am Darlene Cates and I live and work in Friendswood, TX. I am an iCoach - instructional coach - at Friendswood Junior High.  I love using Google My Maps and Google Earth. They can be used in all different subjects and the students love it!

I look forward to sharing ideas!

Thanks

[Nathan Gildart]

皆さんこんにちは。ギルダート・ネイトです。カナダ出身ですが、２２年日本に住んでいます。名古屋国際学園で歴史と社会学を教えて社会学部の担当です。TEDーEDクラブ、MUN,サッカーのコーチで色々やっています。授業中に良くグーグルアース使います！グーグルTrainerとInnovatorです。GEGリーダーもやっています。宜しくお願いします！

[Karen Chichester]

Hello, I am Karen Chichester, a Google for Education Trainer and a high school English/Special Education teacher. I teach in Southeast Lower Michigan. I have always loved maps and geography, but when I was introduced to Google Lit trips, I fell in love with Google Earth. I use MyMaps, the desktop version of Google Earth and Tour builder in all of my classes.  I love to show other teachers how to use Google Geo Tools in their classes. 

[Scott Moss]

I'm Scott Moss. I work s an Educational Technology Outreach Coordinator at the Los Angeles County Office of Education. I've attended the Google Geo Teachers' Institute twice in Mountain View. One of my favorite geo tools is the Street View app.

[Allison McCutcheon]

Hi everyone! My name is Allison McCutcheon and I am a 5th grade teacher in California. I'm obsessed with maps and learning about the world. I love integrating tech into my classroom, and I have been using Google Map tools for several years. My favorite geo tool is probably Street View. I met a few of you at the Google Earth Education/Global Oneness Project Workshop a few weeks ago, and I'm looking forward to being a part of this community!

[Patrick Green]

Hey team, 

I'm Patrick Green, the Chief Adventure Officer at Raising a Maker. I've been in education for over 20 years and recently left took a sabatical with my family to explore what personalized learning could really look like outside the confines of what we call "school".  I absolutely love it when we give students the opportunity to show what they know in non-traditional ways - which is what makes Earth, MyMaps, Tour Creator and other geo tools so amazing!

[Isabella MacQuarrie]

Hi everyone! My name is Isabella MacQuarrie, and I am a Learning Support Coordinator in the beautiful Cariboo/Chilcotin school  district in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada. I have been exploring GeoTools as a way to bring the world to students in our rural and remote schools. Tied to that, I was awarded a grant though NG to purchase a set of VR headsets as as part of a Google Expeditions kit, to explore the the use of VR to allow students exposure to places they may never get to visit in the real world. This year, we have morphed everything together to create a project called #Chilcotin360, which has students in our remote and rural communities using 360 degree cameras to capture street view images of their communities, and create VR tours using Google tour creator. We are just getting started, but you can follow our journey at: https://sites.google.com/view/chilcotin-360/about or find us on twitter at: @Chilcotin360

I am honored to be chosen to attend the CanGeo Summer Institute in Ottawa this July to explore the potential of geo tools for educators! Will anyone else in this community be attending this event? Let's hook up!

[Isabella MacQuarrie]

Hi, Michele! We met earlier at the IT4K12 summit it BC this year! Check out our #Chilcotin360 project! https://sites.google.com/view/chilcotin-360/about

[Keita Arai]

Hello all.I'm Keita Arai.I live in Kanagawa, Japan.I love using Google Earth, Voyager, Street View , and other tool.I went Antarctica 4 month ago.Earth is very beautiful.

I look forward to having a good time here with you all.

[Karen Ragnarsdóttir]

Hæ, my name is Karen Ragnarsdóttir. I'm located on the east coast of Iceland, in a small town called Neskaupstaður. I taught middle school STEAM, Math and IPC but I'm moving more into admin this coming year. I want to keep up to date on things happening in Google. 

My favourite Geo Tool would be Tour Builder. 

Looking forward to learn things from you all! 

Here a picture of me  in front of a waterfall in Iceland :)

[Roxi Thompson]

Hi everyone!

My name is Roxi, and I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I was a classroom teacher for the last 8 years, and I spent most of those years teaching 5th-grade science and social studies. 

This year I will be taking on a new district role as an EdTech and Social Specialist. This is my first year out of the classroom, and I am super excited to learn new ways to support my social studies teachers!

I think my favorite tool on a daily basis is Google Maps, but I also LOVE using Google Earth and Street View with my students. 

[peggykeiner]

Hi Friends! 

    My name is Peg Keiner. I'm the director of innovation at GEMS World Academy in Chicago, Illinois. I support Preschool-High School students and teachers through tech integration. 

I work closely with National Geographic Education as a Fellow, and one of my favorite Google Earth Voyage Stories is from the Okavango Delta: 

https://earth.google.com/web/@-16.21904729,19.72576613,1216.03334624a,1408277.80750223d,35y,0h,37.46755508t,0r/data=CjISMBIgNGExMmUwYzI5ZmRhMTFlOGJmMjA3M2IwMmEwM2Y1OWYiDHNwbGFzaHNjcmVlbg

All the best,

Peg

@pegkeiner

[Tricia Louis]

Hello!  My name is Tricia Louis and I am the PK-12 Technology Integration Professional for the Richland School District in Richland Center, WI. I love all the cool Google Geo tools! I have really been getting into 360 photography lately and have become street-view trusted just recently!  

I am giving a session on Google Geo Tools called "Hey Google ... Take Me on a Trip!" at ISTE! If you would like to see this resource, just visit THIS LINK -- and also feel free to roam around the rest of my site!

[Robin Konegni]

Hello,  my name is Robin Konegni and I am from Los Alamitos, California, home of the Los Alamitos Race Track and Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base.  I am a 4/5 teacher, site technology specialist, and a mom of 2 teenage boys.

[Roger Rayle]

I'm Roger Rayle, in my 26th year as a citizen volunteer watching over what's thought to be the largest 1,4-dioxane groundwater contamination site of its type in the US, and using 2, 3 & 4D Google Earth mashups to model the reality of the site for regulators, stakeholders and the public at www.srsw.org, more specifically here.

[Rola Tibshirani]

Hello everyone,

My name is Rola Tibshirani from Ottawa Canada. I teach Grade 7 French Immersion. I teach all subjects in French except for Math and language in English. My favorite Geo tools that are applied throughout the year, Google my maps, Tour Builder,  and Tour Creator. It is an honor to part of this community learning with amazing educators. 

I am looking forward to connecting with members of the community.

Rola Tibshirani

@rolat

[Alan Parkinson]

Hi - I'm a Geographer and early adopter of Google Earth - Dennis Reinhardt was the Google Education person at the time - I got some funding from the Royal Geographical Society to write a user guide for GE and the blog is still up - here's the early posts https://googlearthusersguide.blogspot.com/2006/ - later worked on some resources for Google World Wonders project, and also wrote some Google Expeditions VR stuff and worked on a research project on VR with the Open University in the UK.

Did a little input to a GeoTeacher event in Dublin some years back, and continue to use Google Drive and other resources on a daily basis. Still a fan of Google Earth Pro over the new online GE. Find my stuff online by searching for @GeoBlogs. Good to meet you all.

[Josh Williams]

+Alan Parkinson 

Enjoyed your work for years now! 

Josh (@geteach) 

https://geteach.com

https://geteach.com/blog

[Belén Uribe]

Hello, I'm Belén Uribe from Santiago, Chile. I’m a Visual Arts teacher in high school.

My favorites Geo Tools to use with students are Google Earth and Tour Creator.

[Katherine Kauffman Roth]

Good Morning! This is Katie from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and I am a high school library media specialist. I am excited to be attending a workshop this summer to help with my school district’s upcoming 1:1 initiative, so I’m sure I will be asking for lots of advice from the Google communities! My favorite Geo tool is the Street View app. Even though I’ve been doing them for years, virtual field trips are still so engaging for my HS students!

[Richard Katz]

Hi everyone. I an a lifelong geographer and have been teaching students and teachers Geography for 24 years, the last ten at Roosevelt High School teaching AP Human Geography. Looking forward to more adventures over the next ten!

Rik 

[Jessica Caldwell]

Jessica Caldwell. 6th grade math in NC. I would love to use Google Earth to look at coordinates and distances.

[Kathy Eldridge]

Hi from Muscle Shoals, Alabama!  My name is Kathy Eldridge and I teach Zoology (grades 11/12) and Biology (9th grade) at Muscle Shoals High School. I have taught for 27 years and still love motivating and teaching students.  My favorite Geo Tools are Google My Maps and Google Earth.  

[Alice Barr]

Hello! I am Alice Barr from Portland, Maine, USA. It's fun to see familiar faces as well as meet some new people. I am the Instructional Technology and Innovation Coach at a high school. My favorite tools are Street View and Tour Creator. I look forward to learning with you all!

[Carolyn Wilson]

Hi! 

Carolyn Wilson, Educational Technology Coach from Durham District School Board, Ontario, Canada.  My favourite GeoTool is MyMaps.  

20 years teaching in elementary and still loving it!

Looking forward to learning and sharing with this group.

@edtechwilson

[Jennifer Kump]

Jenny Kump from Pennsylvania- 6th-8th grade reading and writing.

New to Google Earth and new to this position.

I’d like to track with students all of the places that we read about and create some prior knowledge of the places and settings of the books we/ they are reading! How can I do this with google earth Ed community?

[Jason McCauley]

Hello! I'm Jason McCauley & I teach 7th Grade Social Studies (Eastern Hemisphere) in Munster, IN, located about 30 miles southeast from Chicago.  My favorite Geo tools are My Maps & 
Tour Builder & I am looking forward to doing more with Google Earth this coming school year.

[Meghan Halabisky]

Hi all - 

My name is Meghan Halabisky. I am in Seattle, WA and work in higher education. I am currently building a new online course at the University of Washington called the Digital Earth. I am hoping to use some Google Geo Tools to make it a fun interactive class. My favorite tool is Google Earth Engine. Cheers! Meghan

[Justin Chang]

Hi, my name is Justin Chang.I am now located in Bedford, Nova Scotia (part of Halifax Regional Municipality). I was a Google Certified Trainer in my native South Korea, and currently started my activities here in Nova Scotia.My current favorite geo tools are Google Earth, My Maps and Tour Builder.

Apart being a trainer, I am also currently a student studying GIS (Geographic Information System) at Centre of Geograhic Sciences in Nova Scotia. 

Here's a photo of me when I visited the offices of Google Korea for an event early last year.

I look forward to interact and meeting others from this community.

[jose ernesto figueroa]

Hello, my name is José Figueroa.i ma Veterinary and teacher I am located in Gancedo, Chaco.Argentina. I teach in the agricultural school. I teach knowledge of aviculture, livestock, goat production, and animal health. My favorite tool is google earth and google mymaps.

[Shelley Emslie]

Hello!

I am Shelley Emslie from Bigfork, Montana!  I teach at a rural school with only 165 kids k-8.  I am super excited to be a part of this amazing group of people. I can't wait to learn more and get my Google Earth on!  I really want to incorporate more children's books with lessons in Google Earth - and using it even more than I did this year in class!  

I am @Shelley_Emslie on Twitter

[Mark Mapalo]

Hi, I am Mark Anthony from Manila, Philippines. I teach Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Science. I am a Google Certified Educator Level 2 and currently completing the requirements in becoming a Certified Trainer in the next few days. My favorite geo tools are Google Earth and My Maps which I normally use for eco tours and scavenger hunts.

I'm so excited in meeting you all as we exchange ideas for professional development upgrade.

[Annie Evans]

Greetings from the lovely Blue Ridge Mountains and Cville! I am moving to a new role in higher ed next week after 21 years teaching MS geography and history and 10 years as a K-12 SS specialist. I will be working with the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond in central Virginia.  Part of my new role is to create content in support of the digital tools created here, including our online atlas, American Panorama !!  I am also the co-coordinator of the VA Geographic Alliance and we are working on a new state atlas for K-8 which will include interactive maps using ArcGIS online.  Lots of great work going on here in VA and love to collaborate.

[Sanni Mcnun]

Hi Everyone,

Nice to be here

I am Mcnun Abayomi, i am from Lagos State, Nigeria. i teach a couple of my friends and colleagues how to use the Map, and i work with a couple of companies in getting geo-data of a "District". My favorite Geo-tool is Google Earth, (sometimes i wish i could see the people walking on the street live haha).

i am looking forward to be part of great ideas to come and make new friends that share same interest.

Regards,

Mcnun

[Patrick Kalonde]

Hello, my name is Patrick Ken Kalonde am from Malawi (Africa) i am a budding researcher focusing on the application of Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing in developmental setup. Am much more interested to explore the use of Google Earth Engine.

Looking forward to connect with others

Patrick

[葉中如]

Hi! This is Ruth Yeh.  I live in Taipei, Taiwan and work as a high school English teacher.  I am deeply interested in the Google geotools and would like to explore more.  I am a Google Certified Trainer, so I would like to bring all these great tools to teachers here in Taiwan.  Looking forward to learn a lot here.

Have a great summer vacation!

Ruth

[Daniel ILIYA KAAH]

hlo my name is Iliya Kazah Daniel, from Kaduna State Nigeria, base in Mubi town Adamawa State Nigeria

i am so pleased to meet everyone in this forum

[Mitsuru Toshima]

Hello everyone!
My name is Mitsuru Toshima.
I am participating in SGE as Sensei with Google Earth, a group of teachers using Google Geo Tech in Japan.
I live in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. 

My teaching life spans 21 years.
And I teach Japanese literature and the history of Hitachi Ltd. 

In the class, classes are conducted using Google technology.
This year, we established GEG Tsukuba.

Also, I will be a Google Certified Trainer and challenge the Innovator Program this summer.
I like to join Google Local Guide.
I also like other Geo Tools such as Google Earth and Street View.
I am very much looking forward to your future activities with you.
Thank you.

[Jim Bentley]

I'm Jim Bentley, a 5th-grade elementary educator near Sacramento, California. In addition to teaching, I'm a National Geographic Fellow and Explorer with a Planetary Stewards Grant. My students and I are mapping how plastic moves from suburb to sea so that we can tackle a driving question: How can we reduce plastic entering our oceans?

I'm excited to learn more about Google's assortment of geospatial tools and how I can use them with students. I've spent time with Esri tools (Survey123, Story Maps, Map Apps) and am ready to better understand Google's suite of tools. 

[Jim Bentley]

Hey, Donnie! Great to see you here! I'm looking forward to learning from and with you! Hope your summer is off to a good start! 

Jim 

[KA WAI PANG]

Hello all!

This is Jason Pang from Hong Kong. I'm teaching G10-12 Chemistry, Physics and G7-9 Science. My favourite Geo Tools is Google Map and Google Earth!

Nice to meet you all!

[Julie Green]

HI.  I'm Julie.  I live in Colorado.  I teach Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship.  I am looking forward to learning Google Earth in order to teach it back.  I am really glad for this community, as so much can be gleaned from a variety of ideas and experiences.  

Best to you all.  

Julie

[donald.piercey]

Hey Jim!  Welcome, man.  Looking forward to collaborating with you. 

Cheers!  

[donald.piercey]

Welcome, Sanni Mcnum.  

I feel the same way.  It would be a great way to people watch.  :-)

Donnie

[donald.piercey]

Welcome, Annie.  I live in Kentucky, but I have an aunt who lives in Floyd, VA that we visit a couple of times a year.  We love driving the Blue Ridge Mountains!  

Donnie

[donald.piercey]

Welcome Shelley!  

Have you seen the work that Jerome Burg does with his Google Lit trips?  May be a good start.  

Cheers!  

[Colette Mondor]

Hello. Colette from Edmonton, Alberta. After 15 years of teaching I became an elementary social studies consultant. I moving into a new role next year (instructional processes). I love My Maps and have a love/hate relationship with TourBuilder (I would love to be able to create templates for primary students). I use GEO tools when I travel, too! I was very excited to stand on the giant Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada floor map this year (photo).

[Susan Zoë]

Hi Everyone,
My name is Susan Zoë.  I am a geometry teacher, and creator of The Mindful Techducator: https://mindfulteched.com/

I love the idea of using Google Earth in geometry, as well as a tech integrator to connect a-where-ness.  I think the degrees, and minutes on a sphere are really interesting to discuss with students in geometry.  I reside near Philadelphia at the moment, but enjoy doing a TON of travelling to get into the world when I can, and work with the Indigenous Math Circles camps in the summers - this would be a cool connect.

Thank you,

Susan

[Beth Macaluso]

Hello! I am in Louisville KY, and teach 5th grade Social Studies/Science. I am looking forward to learning more about GeoTools. Feeling like a novice but eager to learn.