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By itself the “Im Feeling Lucky” button offers a great way for students to discover new locations. That said, trainees discover more through the “Im Feeling Lucky” button if you give them a little more direction than simply “click the button and take a look around.” Thats why I developed a little concern sheet to trigger trainees to do a little research study about the places they find in Google Earth via “Im Feeling Lucky.” My concern sheet can be discovered here as a Google Doc..
This short video demonstrates how trainees can check out Google Earth in more detail after clicking “Im Feeling Lucky.”.

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Google Earth has a lot of cool functions that can assist students learn more about the world. One of those cool functions is the “Im Feeling Lucky” button that is found on the left hand toolbar in Google Earth. Clicking that button will take trainees to a randomly-selected place in the world..