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Where do I start with Google Earth?  Google earth offers maps and satellite images of places all over the world.  There are so many interesting and useful features of this software.  I have used the direction feature a number of times to find where I am going. I had no idea about the switch between sky and earth feature, allowing you to not only look at the earth but also at the solar system.  The great thing about this innovation is it isn’t as pricey as some of the others, allowing more schools to gain access to this software. 

Google Earth is like an interactive, online atlas and can be used in the class to cover a variety of different learning areas.  Students could use their math’s skills to work out how far away one place is from another, or study different parts of the world in Society & Environment.  I can’t see any downfalls to this innovation yet and I agree that Google Earth is definitely more then just looking at your house from the moon.