Stratocam is a website that randomly selects images from Google Earth and shows them in a slideshow. At first glance it would seem that this website is too simple for use in the classroom, but it might have its uses. Geography and social studies teachers are required to teach about land forms and bodies of water in several grade levels and this website would help teachers show real world images. Users are able to zoom in and out and viewers are able to make their own snapshots. This would make for a great "bell-ringer" type activity. Students may also create their own images and post them on the website. This is something that I will definitely be using in the future.
http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2012/04/stratocam-the-best-pictures-from-google-earth/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheWhiteboardBlog+%28The+Whiteboard+Blog%29
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