This is a presentation that overviews integration ideas for Google applications.

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3. http://sites.google.com/site/cliotech/

4. Instructional Strategies that Work with
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5. Integrating and
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Google Documents Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts, link Document
to DE Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts
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Google Spreadsheets Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts, link
Spreadsheets to DE Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing
Prompts
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Google Presentations Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts, link
Presentations to DE Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing
Prompts
Google Forms Embed into DE Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts
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Google Drawings Drawings to DE Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing
Prompts

6. Integrating and
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Google Sites Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts, link Document
to DE Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts
Embed Reader shared feeds into DE Assignments, Quizzes,
Google Reader
and Writing Prompts
Embed Calendar into DE Assignments, Quizzes, and
Google Calendar/Tasks Writing Prompts, hyperlink to DE media assets, link to DE
Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts
Hyperlink to DE media assets, embed images, link to DE
Google Squared Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts, link Squares to
DE Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts, create a
column for DE media resources
Hyperlink to a Moderator Forum from DE Assignments,
Google Moderator
Quizzes, and Writing Prompts

7. Integrating and
Include link to Google Translate in DE Assignments,
Google Translate Quizzes, and Writing Prompts to support second language
learners
Use the Share link in for DE media resources to email
Gmail
content
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Blogger
Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts
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Quizzes, and Writing Prompts, link Document to DE Assignments,
Google Maps Quizzes, and Writing Prompts, embed Google Maps into DE
Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts
Hyperlink to DE media assets, embed images, link to DE Assignments,
Quizzes, and Writing Prompts, link Document to DE Assignments,
Google Earth Quizzes, and Writing Prompts, embed resources uploaded to DE
MediaShare into Google Earth placemarks

8. Integrating and
Google Public Data Hyperlink to data sets from DE Assignments, Quizzes, and
Explorer Writing Prompts
Google News, News Hyperlink to Timelines from DE Assignments, Quizzes, and
Timeline, FastFlip Writing Prompts
Embed Google Custom Search widget into DE
Google Custom Search
Assignments, Quizzes, and Writing Prompts

9. Google Docs

10. Goog le Pre se ntations
Create and share presentations on the web. Add text,
images, video and more directly to your presentation
slides.
Familiar desktop feel makes editing easy
Just click the toolbar buttons to bold, underline, indent,
change font, etc.
Share and collaborate with your team
Invite anyone to either edit or view your presentation.
Easily upload your existing presentations
Google Docs accepts most popular file formats,
including PPT and ODP.

11. Goog le Doc ume nts
Create and share documents on the web and access
them from any computer or smart phone. The familiar
desktop feel makes collaborative editing easy.
Real time collaboration
Edit documents with others and see changes as they
type.
Import from the desktop
Easily move documents between desktop applications
and Google Docs.
Online word processing
Margins, indentations, tables, footnotes, comments and
much more.

12. Goog l e Spread sh eets
Create and share spreadsheets online. Google
spreadsheets makes it easy to track budgets, run
financial calculations, track data and more.
Share and collaborate instantly
Invite anyone to edit and collaborate on your
spreadsheet.
Use advanced features
Complex formulas, conditional formatting, automatic
translation and much more.
Store files online
Publish to the world, just a few people or no one -- it's
up to you. You can also un-publish at any time.

13. Goog le Forms
Collect information by creating a form in Google Docs.
All the great features you expect from a form creation
tool with none of the upgrade costs. It's free.
Create professional looking forms
Choose from over 60 themes and 7 question types.
See entries in spreadsheet form
Automatically add responses to a spreadsheet that are
connected to your survey.
Easily view the collected information
Automatically generate sophisticated charts and
graphs.

14. Goog le Dra win gs
Work together to create drawings and diagrams in
Google Docs and insert them into your documents,
spreadsheets, presentations and web pages.
Simple to use
It’s easy to build org charts, design diagrams, flow
charts and much more.
Collaborate in real time
See who else is editing and chat with them as they
make changes.
Publish online
Copy drawings into other Google docs or publish them
for the world to see.

16. Track revisions and compare different iterations

17. Upload offline documents to Google Docs to facilitate
collaboration and publishing.

18. Insert images, drawings, tables,
hyperlinks, and math equations
Add page breaks, headers, footers, bookmarks, and
table of contents to make the online published version
easy to navigate.

19. Google Translate is built into Google Docs.

20. http://docs.google.com/

21. http://docs.google.com/templates

22. Integration Ideas
Collaborative note-taking
Use the commenting feature in Documents to provide feedback
Transform homework from “turning it in” into authentic “publishing”
Collaborative creation of authentic learning artifacts
Newsletters, storyboards, scripts, hypertext “research papers”
Use templates for budgets, stock market games, digital stories
Create advance organizers and graphic organizers in Drawings
Use Forms to gather real time data during science labs or to notate similarities and differences
Turn laptops / data phones / iPod touches into “clickers” using Forms
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23. Google Sites

24. Google Sites
Google Sites is the easiest way to make
information accessible to people who
need quick, up-to-date access.
People can work together on a Site to
add file attachments, information from
other Google applications (like Google
Docs, Google Calendar, YouTube and
Picasa), and new free-form content.
Creating a site together is as easy as
editing a document, and you always
control who has access, whether it's just
yourself, your team, or your whole
organization.
You can even publish Sites to the world.
http://www.google.com/sites/

25. Users can monitor changes to
pages within a Site and can
provide feedback though
comments.

26. Creating new pages and Site components is easy.

27. Editing a page is like editing a word processing document - with lots of great
multimedia extras!
It’s simple to embed resources from other Google applications and third-party
widgets.

28. Managing your Site
organization and
theme is as simple
as a mouse click.

29. Integration Ideas
Use Sites as a collaboration platform for group projects.
Publish a class website for students and parents.
Use Sites to organize clubs, groups, and special initiatives.
Instead of just “turning in” a project, have students create a Site to house both the final
product and manage and reflect on the process.
Use a Site to showcase student work to provide recognition.
Encourage students, parents, and other stakeholders to provide feedback on student work.
Have students collaborate on the creation of multimedia extensions of knowledge and skills
acquired in classroom instruction.
Use Sites as the “home base” for student groups in a Project Based Learning or Challenge
Based Learning experience.
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30. Google Squared

31. Google Squared is a search tool that helps you quickly build
a collection of facts from the Web, for any topic you specify.
http://www.google.com/squared

32. Facts about your topic are organized into a table of items and attributes.
Customize these Squares to see just the items and attributes you're interested in.
Save and share Squares with others - Export as CSV files AND Google Spreadsheets.

35. Integration Ideas
Create data grids with Google Squared for contextualized
research
Export Squares as Google Spreadsheets for collaboration and
annotation
Construct original Squares to promote critical thinking during
concept analysis
Start a data grid and have students build from it through
research
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36. Google Public Data Explorer

37. The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize
and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the
world become easier to understand
http://www.google.com/publicdata/home

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39. Integration Ideas
Use the data visualizations to draw conclusions, make
generalizations, compare, contrast, and evaluate hypotheses
Use the data to track changes over time and geographic areas
Layer multiple data sets on the same visualization to analyze
relationships
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40. Google News

41. Create a customized news page pulling
from diverse information sources.
http://news.google.com/

42. Google FastFlip is a web application that lets users discover and
share news articles. It combines qualities of print and the Web, with
the ability to "flip" through pages online as quickly as flipping through
a magazine. It also enables users to follow friends and topics,
discover new content and create their own custom magazines around
searches.
http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/

44. http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/

45. Google News Timeline is a web
application that organizes search
results chronologically.
It allows users to view news and other
data sources on a browsable,
graphical timeline.
Available data sources include recent
and historical news, scanned
newspapers and magazines, blog
posts, sports scores, and information
about various types of media, like
music albums and movies.
Share the timeline you created with others through the Link.

46. Integration Ideas
Use the customized News feeds to gather information on
current events from diverse information sources
Turn the text-based feeds into highly visual data with FastFlip
Track a story over time using the News Timeline
Create a customized news RSS feed for subscription in Google
Reader
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47. Google My Maps

48. Google Maps is a map service
that you view in your web
browser.
http://maps.google.com/

49. There are special
features that you
can activate to
make Google
Maps display
richer data.

50. Google My Maps allows you create your own data layers.

51. You can import data and
invite others to collaborate
on the map.

52. Create public or unlisted maps
and get unique URLs and
embeddable code for each map.

53. Create lines and shapes to measure distance
and mark pathways.

54. Add placemarks with rich text and embeddable
code.

55. Add data layers to your maps.

57. Integration Ideas
Import data sets into My Maps for nonlinguistic representation
Collaborate on the creation of a common map by inviting
editors to add placemarks
Use the data layers and original placemarks to evaluate
information
Use placemarks as alternatives to linear note taking
Create maps for embedding in other websites
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58. Google Earth

59. Google Earth
Google Earth lets you fly anywhere
on Earth to view satellite imagery,
maps, terrain, 3D buildings, and
data layers from galaxies in outer
space to the canyons of the ocean.
Use the historical data and
measurement tools to
contextualize.
You can explore rich geographical
content, save your toured places,
and share with others.

60. View 3D Buildings
And Panoramic
Street View

61. Navigate
3D Terrain

62. Investigate changes
over time with
historical satellite
imagery.

63. Add content to
placemarks.

64. Add image overlays.

65. Save placemarks,
layers, and image
overlays as Google
Earth tours.

66. http://sites.google.com/site/cliotech/google-earth

67. Integration Ideas
Use Google Earth for nonlinguistic representation of information and
concepts
Have students using Google Earth tours as alternatives to traditional
storytelling
Use multiple data layers compare, contrast, and evaluate hypotheses
Use placemarks as alternatives to linear note taking
Export Google Earth tours are .KMZ files for sharing with others
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68. Google Moderator

69. Let your audience decide
Get to know your audience by letting them
decide which questions, suggestions or ideas
interest them most.
Everyone's voice is heard
The voting box at the top of page focuses
attention on submissions recently added and
on the rise, making it simple and easy to
participate.
Be creative
Include people in your preparation for lectures,
interviews and hard decisions or work together
to organize feature requests and brainstorm
new ideas.
http://www.google.com/moderator/

71. Integration Ideas
Use Moderator to collect ideas and provide feedback
Engage students in sharing and questioning
Provide learning cues
Link Moderator to online activities for individual accountability
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72. Google Calendar

73. http://www.google.com/calendar/

75. Organize appointments, tasks and project
checkpoints
Collaborate on the creation and monitoring of
calendar items and tasks
Stay connected through Google Sync and mobile
phone integration
Share calendars with others as viewers or editors
Embed calendars on other websites

77. Embedded Calendar

78. Integration Ideas
Use Calendar to post homework, long-term assignment
checkpoints, and reminders
Have student groups collaborate with Calendar for meetings,
group checkpoints, and individual responsibilities
Use the Task feature in Calendar to model chunking of long
term tasks
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79. Google Reader

80. Google Reader is a tool for gathering, reading, analyzing, and
sharing all the interesting blogs, news feeds, and other websites you
read on the web.
http://www.google.com/reader/

81. Organize your feeds into folders by tagging them based on
content.

82. Annotate and share resources.
Add new feeds to Reader by copy/pasting the URL.

83. Organize feeds into folders and select which folder to
share. Each folder has its own RSS feed that can be used
by students and peers to subscribe to a collection of
feeds.

84. Analyze reading statistics to make strategic decisions
about your information stream.

85. Use Reader’s intelligence features to grow your learning
database and bundle feeds for sharing.

86. Find recommended feeds based on your reading habits.

87. Tap your learning community to grow your feed database.

88. Integration Ideas
Use Reader as an RSS aggregator to collect information from blogs,
podcasts, news and other feed sources
Expand perspective on a given topic by subscribing to feeds and using
the intelligent recommendation features
Tap into the collective intelligence of a learning community through
shared Reader feeds and bundles
Provide feedback and annotate feed posts
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89. Google Custom Search

90. Harness the Power of Google
Google Custom Search allows you to
create your own Google search engine
that displays results only from the sites
you designate.
It is a great way to model authoritative
web resources for students and to
drive them to the best information
online.
Each CSE is accessible from its unique
URL and is embeddable on other
websites.
http://www.google.com/cse/

92. Collaborate with up to 100
people to create and manage
the CSE.
Select the sites to be included and/or excluded from search queries.

93. Use the CSE statistics to track usage and popular search queries.

94. Integration Ideas
Eliminate specific sites and domains from Custom Search Engines
Limit search queries to targeted sites and domains to filter
information
Create suggested auto-fill and search topics to drive students to the
best resources
Collaborate on the creation of a CSE
Embed a CSE into another website
Create a CSE for your own site(s)
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95. Google Image Swirl

96. Google Image Swirl organizes image search results based on their visual and semantic
similarities and presents them in an intuitive exploratory interface.
http://image-swirl.googlelabs.com/

97. Integration Ideas
Use as an alternative for nonlinguistic representations
Gather visual data for comparing and contrasting
Use as data for evaluating hypotheses
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98. Blogger

99. http://www.blogger.com/

100. Blogger offers an easy way to collaborate, discuss,
or share your thoughts with others.
Authors can create static pages and
chronological blog posts.
Posts and pages can be enriched with images,
audio, video, and embeddable widgets.

101. Integration Ideas
Use Blogger as an alternative for note taking and homework
Provide feedback and recognition through the commenting
features
Showcase student work, including multimedia learning artifacts
Transform “turning it in” into “authentic publishing”
Have students collaborate through shared authoring
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