All About Google Tools

Google for Educators Overview All About Google Tools Lucy Gray University of Chicago Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education iSummit ’09 Wednesday, July 8, 2009

I Google Wednesday, July 8, 2009

New York Google Teachers Academy Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Google’s Mission “Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Google Philosophy Focus on the user and all else will follow. It’s best to do one thing really, really well. Fast is better than slow. Democracy on the web works. You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer. Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Google Philosophy You can make money without doing evil. There’s always more information out there. The need for information crosses all borders. You can be serious without a suit. Great isn’t just good enough. Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Applied to Learning Focus on the student and all else will follow It’s best to teach a few things really, really well. Fast is better than slow. Democracy in the classroom works. You don’t need to be at school to need an answer. Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Applied to Learning You can teach without doing evil. There’s always more information out there. The need for information crosses all borders. You can be serious without a suit. Great just isn’t good enough. Courtesy of Mark Wagner, CUE Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Ideas worth replicating... Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A video is worth 1000 words... Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Questions that come to mind... How can we use these tools for our own professional productivity? How can we incorporate these into our own schools? What can schools learn from innovative businesses? What are WE doing differently? Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Google For Educators Site http://www.google.com/educators/index.html Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Features Recent Projects and News The Inﬁnite Thinking Machine Teacher Community Classroom Activities Classroom Posters Tools for Your Classroom Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Recent Projects and News http://www.google.com/educators Search Lessons Design It: Shelter Competition Study Tips Ancient Rome 3D Curriculum Competition Doodle 4 Google Project Spectrum Archived Projects Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Inﬁnite Thinking Machine http://www.inﬁnitethinking.org/ A weblog sponsored by WestEd and Google “Internet T.V. shows” found also in iTunes and Google Video Concrete examples of innovation in education 7 contributors Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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Teacher Community http://www.google.com/educators/community.html A Google Group for all teachers Participate in threaded discussions Network with other educators Sign up for newsletter Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Classroom Activities http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html Exemplary Lessons NECC Presentations Google Lit Trips Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Classroom Posters http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Tools for Your Classroom http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html Book Search Docs Earth Groups Maps Sites News Picasa iGoogle SketchUp Web Search Google Apps Education Edition Blogger Custom Search Engine Calendar Wednesday, July 8, 2009

More Even More Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Tools for Your Classroom Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Book Search http://books.google.com/ “Search the full text of books to ﬁnd ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them.” About Google Book Search Add Google Book Search to your site Google Book Search - News & Views Explore Shakespeare with Google My Library Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Earth http://earth.google.com/ Satellite imagery of the Earth that includes layers of information What’s New In Google Earth 5.0 Content partners include Discovery Education, National Geographic, Wikipedia Still pictures Share ﬁles Google Earth Google Earth Community Teacher Meme Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Maps http://maps.google.com/ Google Maps Searchable Directions Street View My Maps My Proﬁle Google Maps User Guide Wednesday, July 8, 2009

News http://news.google.com/ Search thousands of publications Use in conjunction with Google Reader via RSS feed Archives Custom news searches and personalized news page Blog search Comments by people in the Quotes Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Web Search http://www.google.com/support/websearch/ Deﬁne File Type Currency Conversion Calculator Track Packages Earthquakes Google Help: Search Features Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Search Curriculum Google For Educators - Web Search Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Docs & Spreadsheets http://docs.google.com/ Documents, spreadsheets AND presentations Create surveys with forms that dump data into spreadsheets Import and export using a variety of file types Share and publish files Open files sent in Gmail directly in Docs & Spreadsheet Use a wide variety of templates Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Custom Search Engine http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ Formerly known as Google Co-op Roll your own search engine using pre-selected sites Embed on your website and blog Bookmark sites directly to list of web sites Others can can contribute to the web sites search Examples: My Search Engines Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Google Apps - Education Edition http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html Google Apps for Education Customizable design Includes: Features can be deactivated Gmail Google Talk Google Apps Community Calendar Docs Sites Video Google Message Security Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Next Steps Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Strategies for success Get a Google Account (Gmail gives you a Google account OR you can make a Google account with any email address) Concentrate on one tool to start Focus on your own productivity Make generic student accounts for projects as an alternative to Google Apps Visit the Google Apps Education Edition community site Check out Google’s new Search lessons Advocate and educate in your school or district about the power of these tools! Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Recommended Resources The Search by John Batelle The Ofﬁcial Google Blog Google in Education group within Diigo Google Teacher Center newsletter Google’s YouTube channel Google Teacher Academy Resources List of other schools using Google Apps Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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All About Google Tools

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