March

March Sessions
**Google Earth March 8th** media type="custom" key="8611730"

 The world and beyond is just a mouse click away! Google Earth is a FREE program that can be downloaded from Google. Join the NORT2H staff as we take your globe, make it digital and travel the world to enhance your lessons with Literature Trips, Images, Astronomy with Sky View, and integration with Google Maps. Something for all grade levels and curricula.

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**Google Earth Lit trips and more - March 15**   Oh the places you can go without even leaving your classroom. Using Google Earth teachers can add content with their students to develop virtual tours, literature trips and custom points of interest. Combining other free web 2.0 tools for embedding content students and teachers can create multimedia rich content that they can build into their maps and stories. Make your literature and landmarks come alive and interactive with Google Earth.

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**Desktop Videoconferencing and Webcams March 22nd**   Desktop videoconferencing is one of the best kept secrets in video communication. Join NORT2H for a closer look at Skype, ooVoo and other FREE programs you can use with a webcam and an Internet connection. See how Skype has taken a leap above the rest but learn some of the risk factors that keep this as an emerging technology in K-12 education. During the sessions educators will identify instant messaging software that supports video, take a closer look at web cams and investigate software that will connect to room systems and bridges

**Thinkfinity - March 31st**  Thinkfinity is a FREE web portal for educators aligned to national standards with lessons and materials that teachers can use to enhance their instruction. Thinkfinity is currently working in partnership with the Ohio Resource Center. Using the portal, classroom teachers find school-appropriate websites and save planning time.