Highlighting New Projects feature on Google Earth and Step to Step Tutorial Makers

Ever want to make a step by step “how to” tutorial for a tech tool? I make videos and write posts such as these to show others how to use tech tools.

I recently came across Iorad.com, a step by step instruction guide for anything you want to show others how to do online. It couldn’t be easier, you simply record yourself doing whatever it is you wish to show others how to do. Then Iorad breaks the process up into its component parts and let’s the viewer toggle through the steps. For all of you who have an online textbook, this would be a really useful tool to show kids steps they need to take to access material early in the year. Or if you are having kids use a program they’ve not used before, make an iorad. This is very meta, but here’s an iorad on how to get and use iorad.  

If you can think of ways you might use iorad, leave a comment.

I really want to again highlight a terrific new feature in Google Earth. I first mentioned them in this post from December, I really like the tourbuilder feature in “Projects” Here’s Iorad in action showing how to use it.

Here’s an interactive tutorial for the visual learners

https://www.iorad.com/player/1629634/Earth-Google—How-to-Make-a-Tour-in-Google-Earth

Here’s an interactive tutorial for the visual learners

https://www.iorad.com/player/1629634/Earth-Google—How-to-Make-a-Tour-in-Google-Earth

Here is a an example of a tour followed by additional tutorials on how to use this new projects feature. I’ve already used it in history class for kids to make tours of Antietam and Gettysburg. I’ve had students in IR class use it as part of their final project.

It’s still a new tool. It works best on Chromebooks. This will not work on an iPad and I’ve seen it work for most (but not all) of my students who have MacOS- Brizhay made this one on her Mac using the Chrome Browser. It does not work on Safari. There are also sharing features that are really cool. One can co-create a tour with another; it’s fully collaborative. But here too, this feature isn’t available to those using a Mac. and I can’t say I am sure why.

I wholeheartedly recommend this tool. Reach out if you want to help in learning how to use Iorad our GoogleEarth Projects feature or to talk about ways to use these tools or any other tech integrations for the classroom.