I’m Feeling Lucky – A Google Earth Lesson

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On its own the “Im Feeling Lucky” button provides an excellent way for trainees to discover brand-new places. That stated, students learn more through the “Im Feeling Lucky” button if you offer them a little bit more instructions than simply “click the button and take a look around.” Thats why I produced a little question sheet to trigger trainees to do a little research about the locations they find in Google Earth through “Im Feeling Lucky.” My question sheet can be found here as a Google Doc..
This short video demonstrates how students can check out Google Earth in more information after clicking “Im Feeling Lucky.”.

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Google Earth has a lot of cool functions that can help trainees find out about the world. One of those cool features is the “Im Feeling Lucky” button that is discovered on the left hand toolbar in Google Earth. Clicking that button will take students to a randomly-selected location in the world..

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