What is Panoramio? Panoramio is a website devoted to upload and view pictures of different sceneries around the globe with georeference. The photographs uploaded to this website by different users can be seen through the Google Earth software, which is used to view satellite pictures of the world. The main objective of Panoramio is to allow users from different parts of the world to learn more about a particular place through the pictures that have been taken there by other users.
Below it can be seen an example of this attractive application showing "Plaza de Mayo in Argentina". The little squares show photos of the surrounding area that have been taken and uploaded by users.
In order to be able to upload and postcomments in connection to other pictures, you have to be registered in Panoramio. Only a few requisites are needed such as your email address, a password and a username. Once you have signed up, you have two gigabytes to store images using tags to make their access easier. You also have the possibility of commenting on other pictures and deleting those comments you consider to be offensive or inappropriate. Only pictures bigger than 100 kilobytes and pictures which show sceneries, and not people or animals, can be uploaded.
As mentioned before, Panoramio can be used through Google Earth. The advent of technology has given us the possibility of downloading desktop version of Google Earth to our i-phone and exploring the corners of the world with a simple touch on the i-screen. The practical application of Panoramio to teaching and learning Panoramio can be an excellent web technology to be used in the ELT classroom in order to motivate students using an everyday resource authentically through a device nowadays almost everybody possesses. Teachers have to keep updated with the material and resources that can be introduced to the class so as to engage their students in the learning process more effectively. One of the uses that can be proposed to use with Panaramio or Google Earth is asking our students to sign up to Panoramio and upload interesting photographs of different regions from their country and post a brief comment explaining why this scenery is important for their country.
Panoramio also gives them the possibility of getting acquainted with the famous natural features of other continents, as geographical locations are organised alphabetically under the name of each continent. This can be a different and interesting way of igniting debates in the classroom.
Examples http://www.panoramio.com/ In this website, you have an embedded video from you-tube which shows how this application can be used on i-phones. http://www.panoramio.com/ This is the official website of this application where you can sign up and have access to all the advantages described above.
Panoramio is a website devoted to upload and view pictures of different sceneries around the globe with georeference. The photographs uploaded to this website by different users can be seen through the Google Earth software, which is used to view satellite pictures of the world. The main objective of Panoramio is to allow users from different parts of the world to learn more about a particular place through the pictures that have been taken there by other users.
Below it can be seen an example of this attractive application showing "Plaza de Mayo in Argentina". The little squares show photos of the surrounding area that have been taken and uploaded by users.
In order to be able to upload and post comments in connection to other pictures, you have to be registered in Panoramio. Only a few requisites are needed such as your email address, a password and a username. Once you have signed up, you have two gigabytes to store images using tags to make their access easier. You also have the possibility of commenting on other pictures and deleting those comments you consider to be offensive or inappropriate. Only pictures bigger than 100 kilobytes and pictures which show sceneries, and not people or animals, can be uploaded.
As mentioned before, Panoramio can be used through Google Earth. The advent of technology has given us the possibility of downloading desktop version of Google Earth to our i-phone and exploring the corners of the world with a simple touch on the i-screen.
The practical application of Panoramio to teaching and learning
Panoramio can be an excellent web technology to be used in the ELT classroom in order to motivate students using an everyday resource authentically through a device nowadays almost everybody possesses. Teachers have to keep updated with the material and resources that can be introduced to the class so as to engage their students in the learning process more effectively.
One of the uses that can be proposed to use with Panaramio or Google Earth is asking our students to sign up to Panoramio and upload interesting photographs of different regions from their country and post a brief comment explaining why this scenery is important for their country.
Panoramio also gives them the possibility of getting acquainted with the famous natural features of other continents, as geographical locations are organised alphabetically under the name of each continent. This can be a different and interesting way of igniting debates in the classroom.
Examples
http://www.panoramio.com/ In this website, you have an embedded video from you-tube which shows how this application can be used on i-phones.
http://www.panoramio.com/ This is the official website of this application where you can sign up and have access to all the advantages described above.