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Welcome to the new islands of the world! ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

We created new islands around the world as part of our Social Studies unit. Each island has its own culture, climate and other charactreistics based on our research of its surrounding regions. Students created their own virtual islands and simulated their existence using GoogleEarth. They were able to depict how their islands relate to the world and to other students’ islands. Although the islands were rooted in research, students were encouraged to be imaginativeand thus personal interests, interpretations and creativity were evident. Students focused on their chosen area of the world and created representative maps for their island. After researching and comparing the cultural characteristics of their region, they gave their island an identity. Summarized Information, graphs, and links to multimedia files were inserted onto slides that were placed strategically onto their GoogleEarth islands. Students presented their virtual islands using a SmartBoard. Students demonstrated understanding of curriculum concepts and the ability to use technology as a tool for learning and to convey their ideas.

To view the islands you must have GoogleEarth installed on your computer. It is a free download available from here: []

Explore our new islands:

 * # Click on an island links
 * 1) GoogleEarth will ask you if you want to Open or Save the file
 * 2) Choose Open
 * 3) Google Earth will open to the island location
 * 4) Enjoy! || [[image:googleearth-islands/GoogleEarth.png width="243" height="232" caption="Google Earth"]] ||

__Contact Information__ Tomlinson Middle School 200 Unquowa Road Fairfield Connecticut 06824
 * Jane Wilson || Penny Proskinitopoulos ||
 * Technology Integration and Resource Teacher || Social Studies Teacher ||
 * Jwilson@fairfieldschools.org || pproskinitopoulos@fairfieldschools.org ||