Welcome! Your first challenge will involve Google Earth. Please work in the following pairs, and between the two of you, download the program to just ONE of your computers.
Kimball & Munro
Burke & Doherty
Flannery & Neyman
Gates & Smith
Next, click on "learn" and select "beginner tutorials." Watch the videos labeled "navigation," "searching for places" and "placemarks and tours." Then, find Ireland and fiddle around for a few minutes exploring the tools explained in the tutorials.
When you feel relatively comfortable (we know it's confusing), try this activity:
Below is a list of places we may visit on our trip to Ireland. They are out of order. We are flying into Dublin and out of Shannon. Please find these locations, "placemark" them, and create a tour in the order you think we should visit them. Extra points if you can animate the tour!
The Burren
Kilmainham Gaol
Dingle Dolphin
Pobalscoil Inbhear Sceine, Kenmare
Timoleague Abbey
Cliffs of Moher
Guinness Storehouse
Lakes of Killarney
Blasket Islands
Kilkenny Castle
Charles Fort
Ring of Kerry
Bunratty Castle
Trinity College
Heritage Centre, Cobh
*Along the way, make sure you include where we will be spending the night; Dublin, Cobh, Kenmare, Dingle & Galway!
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