Google Earth Pro is free for Educators!

While participating in an online discussion with a colleague, I learned that Google Earth Pro is free for educators! After Googling this for verification, I found that it is indeed true. According to Kevin Jarrett, the teacher who initially blogged about this fact, these are the following steps you must take:

Download the free Pro trial version from http://earth.google.com and then email the answers to these questions to GEEC [at] google.com (at=@)

1. Your name (key contact person)
2. Organization / Institution
3. A brief description of the Institution / Organization
4. Full mailing address
5. Telephone number
6. User name (complete email address that will be assigned to the license key)
7. Institution’s web address
8. Your Institution’s Tax ID (if applicable)
9. Your Institution’s 501©3 number (US only, if applicable)
10. A description of the intended application including grade level(s), discipline(s) or subject.
11. What features in Google Earth Pro are important to you and how do you wish to use them in your classroom.
12. Number of computers you are requesting to download this software on.
13. Prior license key information.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants are required to download the free, 7-day trial version of Google Earth Pro at http://earth.google.com/ before applying. Please be sure to include your Google Earth trial account user name and license key above.

What can you do with Google Earth Pro? Well, one thing you can do is view an overlay map of the Middle Eastern region of the World in 1861:

(image courtesy Kevin Jarrett)

This is simply the tip of the iceberg. Definitely download it and check it out!