TET Presentation

1. Google Tools Presentation
Assignment
Tet 200- Ashley Mullicane

2. Google Translate
After watching the video
you will learn that this tool
is great for many different
things such as: using it for
homework in a
foreign language class,
teaching a student who
doesn't speak english very
well, or even with a foreign
exchange student.

3. Google Calendar
With Google Calendar you
can share your schedule
with others, view your
calendar through your
phone, set customized
reminders, and you can
invite other people to your
events on your calendar.

4. Google Orkut
Orkut is a social networking
site that allows you to form
new relationships with people
that have the same interests
as you or keep in touch with
current friends by chatting
and uploading pictures to your
personal profile.

5. Knol
"Knol is a project planned
by Google for user-
generated articles on topics
ranging from scientific
concepts, to medical
information, from
geographical and historical,
to entertainment, from
product information, to
how-to-fix-it instructions."
http://knol-knol.com/

6. Picasa
Picasa is a photo sharing
site that allows you to
upload and share photos
with friends and family.
One main feature provided
is the ability to combine
music and pictures to
create a movie. Some
additional features are:
cropping, highlighting, and
red-eye correction.

7. Implementing These Tools In Your
Classroom
Google Translate is one of the many free tools available to
you, as a teacher, to help you with your students. If you have
a foreign student join your room, you can use this tool to
understand them better and also teach the child how to use
it to get help on their homework and to socialize with other
children in the class. It is very simple to use Google
Translate; first you choose the language that you are
translating from and the language that you are trying to
translate to. Then you type in the word or sentence and it
will translate for you.

8. Communication In and Outside Of
The Classroom
Many teachers report that parent communication is one of
the most difficult parts of their job and Google Orkut could
be the answer. You can keep in touch with students and
parents by sending messages, chatting, adding pictures, or
posting upcoming events. To become a member of this social
network you can sign in using your Gmail account. After you
enter some information (such as age and sex), you can add
as much or as little personal information as you want to your
profile to share with others.

9. Putting This Information To Use
We have learned that there are many features that Google
provides to us free of service such as Translate, Calendar,
Orkut, Knol, and Picasa. Although it may seem easier to just
use tools that you are already familiar with, there are many
tutorials available on Youtube that can give you step-by-
step instructions on how to use each tool. Not only will
utilizing these tools save you time, but they will also benefit
the children in your classroom.