Web Cams l The Internet l Digital Photography l Videos
Web Cams
Web Cams on the Internet provide a way to view live images of localities around the globe. Children can see an image that will be almost live and can consider issues such as weather conditions, time differences and land use. Although not all web cams update their image second by second, there are often galleries of previously recorded photographs to browse.
Adding webcams to a PowerPoint slide.
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Earthcamforkids is organised on a topic basis, for example naturally nature cams that includes beaches, mountains, oceans and rivers.
www.earthcamforkids.com
Internet Websites from around the world are available on the Internet. Many of them contain images and photographs that can be used in Geography. Up to the minute satellite weather images and virtual reality panoramas of an area are just two examples of the huge range of information available on the World Wide Web.
Photographs for every square kilometre of the UK and Eire
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Virtual Reality panoramas of beaches around the world
www.freefoto.com
The latest satellite image of Europe's weather
Live World temperature and cloud cover - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Children can use web pages from distant localities as a secondary source of information in a huge range of contexts, although the Iinternet should not replace the use of 'real' maps and first hand investigations of localities. The table below suggests areas in the QCA Scheme of Work for Geography where Internet images may be helpful.
| Unit 3 Pictures of Coll in the inner Hebredies | Unit 4 Pictures of the seaside in the past | Unit 6 Local maps. | Unit 7 Images from countries around the world |
| Unit 10 Photographs of indian village life. | Unit 11 Images of water transportation in other countries.Images of floods. | Unit 14 Images of parts of a river. Images of a particular river. | Unit 15 Pictures of different kinds of mountain environments. |
| Unit 16 Photos from daily newspapers. | Unit 18 Travel Agency sites with brochure pictures. | Unit 22 Pictures of Mexican village life. | Unit 23 Images of coastal features, |
Images obtained from Web pages can be incorporated into children's work in a way traditional photographs cannot. Simply right-click an image on a web page and select Copy then switch to a word processor or other presentation software and click Paste. This enables children to annotate images and use them in interactive presentations.
Digital Photography
Digital Photography allows schools to exchange images with distant localities via e-mail. E-mail partnerships between schools in different countries are an excellent way to involve children in geographical investigations.
Video conferencing allows children to see and talk in real time to people around the world.
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Pics4Learning
Free photographic images useful for most subjects.
FreeImages
About 2500 photographic images organized into collections.
Images of the World
Photographic images of people, places and things from around the world.
FreeFoto
Over 58,000 free photos sorted by category.
FreeStock
Excellent photographic images of animals, plants, landmarks and scenery from various world-wide locations
Videos on the Internet
ARKive - Images and videos of Life on Earth
The site contains videos and images of the world's bio diversity. Think of an organism, then use the search facility to find facts, movies and images about it. The materials could be used for pupil research, including habitat studies and learning how to use databases.
Although the materials are not copyright-free teachers may use them for 'internal educational use' - for example, in lesson plans, presentations, worksheets and projects.
www.arkive.org
For examples visit learningnet.co.uk
BBC Open Archives - Videos of news stories
www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/
BBC Open Schools Archives - Video clips for Geography
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/archive/
BBC Open Schools Archives - Video clips for Places
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/archive/
BBC Open Earth Archive - Video Clips of different environments
www.bbc.co.uk/calc/sn
Videos and still images on flooding
www.kingsgroveschool.net
Learning through Windows - Video clips on many Geography Topics
www.westberks.org