UK: Royal Geographical Society Offers Workshops with Support from Google

The Royal Geographical Socieity, with support from Google, will be offering 10 free workshops for LEA-maintained school geography teachers. These practical workshops show teachers how to create virtual fieldwork using Google Earth. They involve hands-on experience with digital cameras and GPS units creating mini-fieldwork projects outdoors. Participants are then shown how this data can be transformed into a virtual journey using Google Earth.

The workshops will take place across the UK at the following venues:

– RGS-IBG, London – Tuesday 16 October 2007
– Swansea – Monday 12 November 2007
– Newcastle-Upon-Tyne – Monday 19 November 2007
– Edinburgh – Tuesday 20 November 2007
– Belfast – Monday 10 December 2007
– Leeds – Monday 14 January 2008
– Cornwall – Monday 21 January 2008
– Birmingham – Monday 28 January 2008
– Southampton – Monday 4 February 2008
– RGS-IBG, London – Tuesday 4 March 2008

More details and further documents at www.rgs.org/GOseminars

Source: Google Earth Blog