A team of English teachers from Academy of the Holy Names recently attended SummerCORE (conference on reforming education), a five-day computer workshop designed to educate teachers on integrating technology into the classroom through the use of blogs, wikis, podcasts, bookmarks and digital storytelling. They learned to use VoiceThread in classroom projects, transforming media into collaborative spaces for video, voice, and text, and took journeys using Google Earth, a virtual globe of maps and satellite images. ...more

September 2, 2009

Google Inc. is launching a new version of Google Earth that will let users explore the oceans, view images of Mars and watch the Earth's surface change over time. ...more

February 3, 2009

Google Inc. is launching a new version of Google Earth that will let users explore the oceans, view images of Mars and watch the Earth's surface change over time. ...more

February 2, 2009

North Korea has quietly built a long-range missile base that is larger and more capable than an older and well-known launchpad for intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to independent analysts relying on new satellite images of the site and other data. ...more

September 11, 2008

It would take more than a tropical storm to make Eddie & Sam's NY Pizza shut its doors, even if just for a day, owner Frank Cilek boasted. ...more

August 20, 2008

While the government's bloody crackdown on street demonstrations in Myanmar has drawn the world's attention, newly released satellite photos provide evidence that the military there has destroyed villages and forcibly relocated people in the countryside. ...more

September 29, 2007

Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane. ...more

September 16, 2007