My new tech tool

I would have loved to check out the voicethread, but was unable to pull up the link. I did however explore more with googleearth.com. I was able to pull up my moms home in Illinois, but wasn't able to view her house in a bubble. However they showed me an arial view of her home. I then looked up my own home! And I was able to pull up several street views of my house! It was kinda cool, and I can tell you that it was all taken this summer, and just by looking at my house and my neighbors houses I was able to sorta tell what time of the year it was taken! I also had to laugh when I saw that my newspaper was sitting out waiting for me to pick up! And while looking at both shots, I could tell what time of day they were both taken!
I think this would be a great tool to use with my students, or any learner for that matter! It was fun for me..who's about to graduate college! It is a good geographical lesson for students. It can be used in conjunction with a flat stanley lesson (find out where exactly stanley traveled). You could use this now in conjunction with all the olympic hype - find out where exactly vancouver is and find out what it looks like. You can use it to find out where things in history have happened. The ideas are endless!