Google Tools

Presenter: Rick Bell ~ Room 122

Level: Intermediate

 

Google is the world’s most popular search engine… but it is so much more!

Explore the wide variety of Google tools that teachers are quickly adding to

their toolboxes. Explore iGoogle, Google Gadgets, Google Reader, Google

Notebook, and if possible, more.

 


Workshop links, resources, and/or materials:

Google tools.ppt 

 

 

 

Create a Google account

Web History- whenever you are logged into your Google account, a search history will be kept of your Google searches
 

iGoogle- allows you to customize your Google search page with a theme and add gadgets

 

Google Notebook 

 

Google Reader

  • Subscribe to the sites, journals, blogs you like best and get notified when they have updated their site, take a look at the intro on the Google reader page
  • sign up for RSS and XML feeds
  • http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english- Simplified definition of RSS

 

Google Earth

  • You have all heard of it, and explore classroom applications

 

Gmail 

 

Google Maps 

 

Blogger 

 

Google page creator 

 

Mailinator 

 

Google Docs and Spreadsheets 

 

 

What else can Google do?

Calculator

Dictionary

measurement conversions

weather

 

TIP sheets 


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