The Man Behind the Curtain: Dazzling But Simple Code Copy and Pastes

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The Man Behind the Curtain Dazzling (But
Simple!) Code Copy and Pastes Hall
Davidson Director, Discovery Educator Network
Give Kids a Sense of Control
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Matrix, 1999 Warner Brothers
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Can you see the code?
ltimg src"http//denipod.jpg"gt
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Can you see the code?
ltimg src"http//denipod.jpg"gt ltimg
src"http//kinneysnowdays.jpg"gt
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Can you see the code?
ltimg src"http//denipod.jpg"gt ltimg
src"http//kinneysnowdays.jpg"gt ltimg
src"http//TLAdrillteam.jpg"gt
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Can you see the code?
ltcentergtltimg src"http//www.manntheatres.com/webc
am/images/camera2-0.jpg"gtlt/centergt
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Can you see the code?
ltobject width"425" height"350"gt ltparam
name"movie" value"http//www.youtube.com/v/HTkQQ
L7UBgc"gt lt/paramgt ltembed src"http//www.youtube.c
om/v/HTkQQL7UBgc" type"application/x-shockwave-fl
ash" width"425" height"350"gt lt/embedgt lt/objectgt
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Can you see the code?
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Can you see the code?
ltimg src"http//worstpresidentinhistory.jpg"gt

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Warren G. Harding
Picture and commentary from Los Angeles Times,
2008
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Machines find the code
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Can you paste the code?
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Can you paste the code?
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• Codes to copy and paste to make life more fun and
  to give students the illusion of control.
• Important in an election year.
• Really, it is a look behind the curtain.

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Code can make these things work better for schools
iPods Google Earth Blogs, etc. Widgets
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The menu of the day
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Take control of your iPod with a one line Word
document.
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Save it as Preferences.
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Enable disc use. Drag doc into notes.
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Lets see what happens!
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The codes are in the handout.Copy and paste!
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Bonus 1
For Free Google Earth Pro license (for educators)
GEEC_at_google.com You will be sent a qualifying
questionnaire.
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DEN Bonus 3
Other 20
Network
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http//www.googlelittrips.com/
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Two kinds of code pastes for Google
Earthdescription boxeskmz and kml files
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Description boxes - copy and pasteFiles -
download - open - copy and paste - upload
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Codes for Description Boxes in Google Earth
Live Webcams
ltcentergtltimg src"http//www.manntheatres.com/webc
am/images/camera2-0.jpg"gtlt/centergt
Pictures
ltimg src"http//earth.google.com/green/greensumme
rtext.jpg"gt
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Codes for Description Boxes in Google Earth
Video
Eco Door ltobject width"425" height"350"gt
ltparam name"movie" value"http//www.youtube.com/
v/TXdojq_oDNM"gt lt/paramgt ltembed
src"http//www.youtube.com/v/TXdojq_oDNM"
type"application/x-shockwave-flash" width"425"
height"350"gt lt/embedgt lt/objectgt
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Codes for Description Boxes in Google Earth
Video
Eco Door ltobject width"425" height"350"gt
ltparam name"movie" value"http//www.youtube.com/
v/TXdojq_oDNM"gt lt/paramgt ltembed
src"http//www.youtube.com/v/TXdojq_oDNM"
type"application/x-shockwave-flash" width"425"
height"350"gt lt/embedgt lt/objectgt
PC only-- for now
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Codes for Description Boxes in Google Earth
PC only-- for now
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Adding Video to Description Boxes

• Adding Sounds or Video from free sites
• Find media online
• Click to Stream.
• As it streams Right Click, then click properties,
  and copy location.
• Paste in Google Earth Placemark Description box.

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Great Free Site Archive.org
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Adding Video to Description Boxes

• Adding Video from fee site (DiscoveryEducationstre
  aming)
• Right Click on play icon
• Copy short cut.
• Paste in Placemark Description box.

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http//www.archive.org/video/28786/prg28786_256k.a
sf
PC only-- for now
http//www.archive.org/video/28786/prg28786_256k.a
sf
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Codes for Files in Google Earth
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• Go to my website
• Download HallOz.kmz
• To check, open from GoogleEarth The floating
  head will appear.

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• Go toTemporary Places
• Choose Save Place As
• Save as KML, not as KMZ. You usually have
  to change this
• Open KMZ file from Word
• Copy and paste new image and name. Save file.
• Rename file ext. as KMZ
• Open from Google Earth!

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Codes for Files in Google Earth
lt?xml version"1.0" encoding"UTF-8"?gt ltkml
xmlns"http//earth.google.com/kml/2.1"gt ltScreenOv
erlay id"khScreenOverlay974"gt ltnamegtBeardlt/namegt
ltLookAt id"khLookAt975"gt ltlongitudegt-61.69480
402391395lt/longitudegt ltlatitudegt16.1195709081354
5lt/latitudegt ltaltitudegt0lt/altitudegt ltrangegt100
56.25389044684lt/rangegt lttiltgt77.67246913730361lt/
tiltgt ltheadinggt-24.37696764355566lt/headinggt lt/L
ookAtgt ltIcongt lthrefgthttp//www.denblogs.com/med
ia_matters/images/2007/06/21/hallbeardtnbw.pnglt/hr
efgt lt/Icongt ltoverlayXY x"0.5" y"0.5"
xunits"fraction" yunits"fraction"/gt ltscreenXY
x"0.3" y"0.7" xunits"fraction"
yunits"fraction"/gt ltrotationXY x"0.5" y"0.5"
xunits"fraction" yunits"fraction"/gt ltsize
x"0" y"0" xunits"pixels" yunits"pixels"/gt lt/Sc
reenOverlaygt lt/kmlgt
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Hint If you see a Box you like on someone
elses Description in a Placemark, right click on
it, select Get Info, and check out the code. It
might be something you want to add to your copy
and paste collection.
For files, download and open in Word, and copy
and paste new information over the old! See the
code!
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Assignment Builder
Codes for Description Boxes in Assignment Builder
Tip o the hat to Matt Monjan!
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And it can look a little something like this
http//streaming.discoveryeducation.com/studentCen
ter/index.cfm?cdCodeT371A-7DB9
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The codes are in the handout.Copy and paste!
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Blogs
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Blogs
They work the same as the description box in
Google Earth
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Widgets
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Resources HTML websites iPods Blogs
Blogs http//wordpress.com/
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For iPod Notes (some have fees) http//www.mogopop
.com/ http//talkingpanda.com/iwriter/ iPod Quiz
writer - doesnt need Notes http//www.iquizmaker.
com/ http//iquizshare.com/iquiz-forum/func,showc
at/catid,1/
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For HTML tutorials http//www.edwebproject.org/htm
lintro.html http//werbach.com/barebones/ http//w
ww.w3.org/html/wg/ From http//school.discoveryed
ucation.com/schrockguide/yp/iypabout.htmltools h
ttp//www.davesite.com/webstation/html/ http//htm
lgoodies.com/primers/html/ Widgets
(sample) http//news.techmeme.com/051021/widgets h
ttp//popuri.us/widgets.aspx http//widgets.yahoo.
com/widgets/code-converter
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Thank you. Enjoy the secrets of codes.
Hall_Davidson_at_Discovery.com
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http//DiscoveryEdSpeakersBureau.com
handouts
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PC only-- for now
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DEN Bonus 2
Hidden Google Earth Pro Flight SimulatorAn
easter egg
Control Alt A Command (Apple) Option A
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Control Alt A Command (Apple) Option A