Summit Google Presentation

Google for Educators Overview Tools and Strategies for Educational Innovation Lucy Gray Lead Technology Coach Urban Education Institute The University of Chicago Monday, October 27, 2008 1

I Google Monday, October 27, 2008 2

New York Google Teachers Academy Monday, October 27, 2008 3

Google’s Mission “Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Monday, October 27, 2008 4

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. Monday, October 27, 2008 5

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. Monday, October 27, 2008 6

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. Monday, October 27, 2008 7

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 Monday, October 27, 2008 8

Ideas worth replicating... Monday, October 27, 2008 9

A video is worth 1000 words... Monday, October 27, 2008 10

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? Monday, October 27, 2008 11

Google For Educators Site http://www.google.com/educators/index.html Monday, October 27, 2008 12

Features Recent Projects and News The Inﬁnite Thinking Machine Teacher Community Classroom Activities Classroom Posters Tools for Your Classroom Monday, October 27, 2008 13

Recent Projects and News Election Tools for Teachers Geography Awareness Week Google Education Resources Weekly Reader and Google Docs GeoEducation Project Spectrum Using Docs in the Classroom International Cleanup Weekend Google Celebrates Earth Day Google Lunar Xprize Educational 2008 Content Doodle 4 Google Open Source Contest Monday, October 27, 2008 14

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 Monday, October 27, 2008 15

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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 Monday, October 27, 2008 17

Classroom Activities http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html Classroom Activities Exemplary Lessons NECC Presentations Computer Science Unplugged Google Lit Trips Monday, October 27, 2008 19

Classroom Posters http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html Monday, October 27, 2008 20

Tools for Your Classroom http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html Book Search Docs Earth Groups Maps Page Creator News Picasa iGoogle SketchUp Web Search Google Apps Education Edition Blogger Custom Search Engine Calendar Google Notebook Monday, October 27, 2008 21

Google Sites Monday, October 27, 2008 22

Tools for Your Classroom Monday, October 27, 2008 23

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 Monday, October 27, 2008 24

Earth http://earth.google.com/ Satellite imagery of the Earth that includes layers of information Content partners include Discovery Education, National Geographic, Wikipedia Still pictures Share ﬁles Google Earth Google Earth Community Teacher Meme Monday, October 27, 2008 30

Maps http://maps.google.com/ Google Maps Searchable Directions Street View My Maps Google Maps User Guide Monday, October 27, 2008 36

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 Monday, October 27, 2008 43

Web Search http://www.google.co.uk/help/features.html Deﬁne File Type Currency Conversion Calculator Track Packages Google Help: Search Features Monday, October 27, 2008 52

Docs & Spreadsheets http://docs.google.com/ Documents, spreadsheets AND presentations Import and export using a variety of file types Share and publish files Open files sent in Gmail directly in Docs & Spreadsheets Examples: Global Warming Project IL-TCE Volunteer Documentation ADE NECC proposals NKO Schedule Monday, October 27, 2008 57

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 Monday, October 27, 2008 63

Google Apps - Education Edition http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html Google Apps for Education Customizable Includes: Gmail Google Talk Google Calendar Google Page Creator Google Start Page Monday, October 27, 2008 64

Next Steps Monday, October 27, 2008 65

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 Advocate and educate in your district about the power of these tools Monday, October 27, 2008 66

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 Monday, October 27, 2008 67

Find me on .... Gmail: elemenous@gmail.com Blog: http://lucygray.org Skype, AIM, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, del.icio.us, Diigo: elemenous Monday, October 27, 2008 68

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