Barnum Summercore

Google Earth
Can create guided tours – see green books
Guided tours and overlays already created for you
New Version has street views
With layers – as you zoom in, you get more information
try not to have too many turned on at the same time
Gallery
Global Awareness – overlays that provide information about hot spots or issues of the day – animals and extinction, Darfur, etc.
Different issues, constantly being updated
Left hand tool bar – Search, Places, Layer
Places – where the guided tours will reside
Written in KML – Keynote Markup Language
Tours are written in HTML
Finding KML files already created
earth.google.com then go to gallery
go to google, go to advanced search, search for specific file type (kml or kmz (zipped kml))
when you get search returns, control click and save link as and download it and then open it and it stores it in my places
Google sky – click on the Saturn icon, layers change, it shows the sky from wherever you last were on the earth.  Click it again and it will go back to earth.