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Lina Raffaelli
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Google Earth is a web based 3D virtual globe that puts the world’s geographic information at your fingertips. Google Earth was first launched 10+ years ago as a desktop application, and has been used by teachers worldwide since then, across all subject matters. However, in the past it had to be downloaded and installed on your Windows, Mac or Linux computer.
By making Google Earth a web application earlier this year, it now can be used on most computers including Chromebooks, without a download. It’s now easier to use in the classroom, and to inspire the next generation of curious minds to explore, learn and care about our vast, beautiful planet.
With Google Earth, it is possible to explore the world and learn a bit about how it all fits together from a variety of different lenses. Google Earth is easy to use and presents, in a geospatial context, a great deal of information that applies to topics ranging from natural sciences to social sciences, history, art, engineering and most other topics that have a geographic component. By offering the ability to place this information in combination on a three-dimensional model of the Earth, it can facilitate understanding of the Earth system and the many subject areas that comprise it.
For example a teacher may kick off a unit about homes by projecting Google Earth at the front of a classroom using the Voyager “This is Home” experience.
✦Is Google Earth a G Suite for Education Core Service?
No, Google Earth is an Additional Service for G Suite users.
G Suite for Education offers two categories of Google services: Core Services (like Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and Classroom) that are provided under your school’s G Suite for Education agreement, and Additional Services, like You Tube, Maps, and Blogger, that are designed for consumer users and can be used with G Suite for Education accounts if allowed for educational purposes by a school’s domain administrator. This article explains more about the differences between Core and Additional Services.
As an Additional Service, Google Earth requires schools to obtain parent or guardian consent for any minor students they allow to use it. For more information on obtaining consent see this page of the Help Center.
If you are at a school that uses G Suite, the administrator of your organization's Google accounts can control who has access to use Google Earth. Administrators manage this in the Google Admin console. Contact your administrator to turn Google Earth on for your organizational group. For more information see this page of the Help Center.
As an “Additional Service,” Google Earth can be used in compliance with COPPA when schools obtain appropriate parental consent. For more information on obtaining consent see this page of the Help Center.
For schools that are unable to grant access to all of their students, we recommend enabling access of Google Earth to teachers in the G Suite Admin console.
For reference, here are some frequently asked questions related to Google Earth in the classroom. For an extended list of questions and answers, or to read the FAQ in a different language, please visit the FAQ page on Google Earth Education website.
✦ What is the browser based version of Google Earth?
Google Earth is a web based 3D virtual globe that puts the world’s geographic information at your fingertips. Google Earth was first launched 10+ years ago as a desktop application, and has been used by teachers worldwide since then, across all subject matters. However, in the past it had to be downloaded and installed on your Windows, Mac or Linux computer.
By making Google Earth a web application earlier this year, it now can be used on most computers including Chromebooks, without a download. It’s now easier to use in the classroom, and to inspire the next generation of curious minds to explore, learn and care about our vast, beautiful planet.
✦ What makes Earth useful for education?
With Google Earth, it is possible to explore the world and learn a bit about how it all fits together from a variety of different lenses. Google Earth is easy to use and presents, in a geospatial context, a great deal of information that applies to topics ranging from natural sciences to social sciences, history, art, engineering and most other topics that have a geographic component. By offering the ability to place this information in combination on a three-dimensional model of the Earth, it can facilitate understanding of the Earth system and the many subject areas that comprise it.
For example a teacher may kick off a unit about homes by projecting Google Earth at the front of a classroom using the Voyager “This is Home” experience.
✦Is Google Earth a G Suite for Education Core Service?
No, Google Earth is an Additional Service for G Suite users.
G Suite for Education offers two categories of Google services: Core Services (like Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and Classroom) that are provided under your school’s G Suite for Education agreement, and Additional Services, like You Tube, Maps, and Blogger, that are designed for consumer users and can be used with G Suite for Education accounts if allowed for educational purposes by a school’s domain administrator. This article explains more about the differences between Core and Additional Services.
As an Additional Service, Google Earth requires schools to obtain parent or guardian consent for any minor students they allow to use it. For more information on obtaining consent see this page of the Help Center.
✦ How can my school get access to Google Earth?
If you are at a school that uses G Suite, the administrator of your organization's Google accounts can control who has access to use Google Earth. Administrators manage this in the Google Admin console. Contact your administrator to turn Google Earth on for your organizational group. For more information see this page of the Help Center.
✦ Is Google Earth COPPA compliant?
As an “Additional Service,” Google Earth can be used in compliance with COPPA when schools obtain appropriate parental consent. For more information on obtaining consent see this page of the Help Center.
For schools that are unable to grant access to all of their students, we recommend enabling access of Google Earth to teachers in the G Suite Admin console.
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