Friday, 14 March 2008

Google Sky

Previously only available via Google Earth, which you had to download and run locally, Google have now made Google Sky available online to access anywhere with an internet connection.

Now you can browse the night sky and zoom in on any interesting galaxies or star clusters that you like.

If you haven't tried them, also check out Google Mars and Google Moon for surface maps based on information from various Moon and Mars missions.

Remember you can use the camera function in your interactive whiteboard software to make any screengrabs from any part of the map and bring it into your IWB software to annotate over the top. You can also put these images into your resource library/gallery for later use.

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2 Comments:

At 18 March 2008 07:49 , Anonymous Digital Whiteboards Fan said...

Never heard of Google Mars and Google Moons. Thanks for sharing the info.You would also like to visit Teachers Planet http://teachersplanet.ning.com/

An online community for teachers. I like your blog and have listed it under 'blogs on interactive whiteboards' category.

Keep blogging :)

 
At 18 March 2008 18:33 , Blogger Danny Nicholson said...

Thanks for the comment, and the link!

 

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