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	<title>Digital Explorer</title>
	<link>http://digitalexplorer.com</link>
	<description>Bringing the world to the classroom</description>
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		<title>Google Earth climate change map unveiled</title>
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The Google Earth layer prepared for the FCO and Met Office is featured on Channel 4 News. It is the most complex Google Earth layer that Digital Explorer has created to date and we are very proud that it has got such exposure.
We look forward to the layer being used in classrooms across the world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/07/28/google-earth-climate-change-map-unveiled/</link>
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		<title>Google Earth Expedition Gallery #5 &#8211; Shimshal Expedition</title>
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This is the fifth entry in a series of expedition based Google Earth tours from Digital Explorer.
  Download the Google Earth tour &#8211; Road to Shimshal 2006
You will need Google Earth to view the tour. If you don’t have Google Earth, you can download it for free:

Contact Digital Explorer, if you would like to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/03/17/google-earth-expedition-gallery-5-shimshal-expedition/</link>
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		<title>Changing young lives</title>
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Great email from a student from the Emirates who came on our Offscreen Expedition in 2008&#8230; Makes it all worthwhile!
The Offscreen Expedition was a big turning point in my life. Since then, so much has changed. Before, I was a careless and reckless young guy with no real interest in what was happening in my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/02/26/changing-young-lives/</link>
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		<title>Using ICT effectively in Geography</title>
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Above is the presentation used for the IAPS workshop on Google Earth. Copies of the manuals and some examples of expedition Google Earth tours are on the website.
Have a look at the School Grounds Project to see how to do a micro-expedition in your school grounds, using a whole range of multimedia tools. There&#8217;s also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/02/03/using-ict-effectively-in-geography/</link>
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		<title>GIS session at the RGS</title>
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A copy of the presentation from the GIS session at the Royal Geographical Society on 25 January 2010.
Have a look at the Digital Explorer manuals and the School Grounds Projects materials and get in touch if you need any more information.
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		<link>http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/01/25/gis-session-at-the-rgs/</link>
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		<title>Mobiles &#8216;yes&#8217;, Mosques &#8216;no&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A digest of recent polls in The Week revealed that
52% of Britons believe the nation is deeply divided along religious lines. 46% say religious diversity has had a negative impact on the country. 55% would be troubled if a large mosque were built in their neighbourhood. Only 15% would feel the same about a church. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/01/19/mobiles-yes-mosques-no/</link>
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		<title>40+ ideas on using Google Earth and Maps in the classroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are some teaching ideas to accompany the Digital Explorer presentations at the Playful Learning Zone at BETT this year. Come and see us to find out more.
First things first, if you don&#8217;t have Google Earth, download it for your own computer and then be sure to pester the IT office to download it for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/01/12/40-ideas-on-using-google-earth-and-maps-in-the-classroom/</link>
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		<title>BETT Google Earth and Google Maps presentation</title>
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Here&#8217;s a copy of the presentation to accompany the talks at the Playful Learning Zone at this year&#8217;s BETT show.
This year, we talked about how to progress with using Google Earth and Google Maps in the classroom all the way from using them as virtual atlases to using them as a base for local area [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/01/12/bett-google-earth-and-google-maps-presentation/</link>
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		<title>Satellite phones, arrests and biofuel</title>
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I saw this story develop this morning via twitter. Andy Pag is 13,500km into the inspiring Biotruck Expedition attempting to travel around the world emitting less than 2 tonnes of CO2, and discovering how other people are cutting their footprint. I enjoy seeing his updates on twitter, then this morning his arrest in the Indian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/01/11/satellite-phones-arrests-and-biofuel/</link>
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		<title>Castration, sausages and great educational TV</title>
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Saw the latest episode of Kill It, Cook It, Eat It on BBC3 yesterday evening and was very, very impressed. The programme exemplified a lot of the methodology that we use in the Digital Explorer expeditions and also gave me some ideas about how to improve for the next one.
The premise of the series is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/01/07/castration-sausages-and-great-educational-tv/</link>
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