Intro To Google

AN INTRO TO GOOGLE

What are you missing?

MICHAEL J. ELSON

Technology Consultant

Gmail

• Google mail = free• 7GB storage = a lot!• Opens up to other features: Google Docs, iGoogle, etc.

Google Calendar

• Online Calendar = accessible from any connected computer

• Share calendars with others: friends & family, work

• Access shared calendars: sports teams, holidays, clubs

• Task Lists

Google Docs

• Create and share documents• Fully-functional word processor,

spreadsheet and presentation software• Save files as PDF or MS Word, Excel,

Powerpoint• Documents are stored online• Universal access

Google Apps

All that Google has to offer:• Docs• Spreadsheets• Presentation• Talk• Mail• Reader• Sites

Google Talk

• Instant messaging• Voice and video chat (Mac & PC)• Send and receive voicemails• Gmail service works with built-in chat using the Google Talk network.

Others

Google Reader 

• Constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content.

 Google Photos (Picasa)

• Photo sharing and storage

Others

Google Sites

• Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share webpages.

 YouTube

• Google owns YouTube = complete integration

Others

Google Scholar

• Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

 Google Books

• Searches the full text of books that Google scans.On October 9, 2009 Google announced that the number of scanned books is over 10 million.

Google Resources

• Images• Maps• News• Shopping• Translation• Blogs (Blogger)

• Earth• Directory• SketchUp • Search options

o Wonder wheelo Timeline

• Gears

Cool Google Stuff

• Similar Images Lab - http://similar-images.googlelabs.com/

• Google.org - http://www.google.org/flutrends/• Google Squared - http://www.google.com/squared• Google Blogs - http://blogsearch.google.com/• Google News Timeline -

http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/ • Google Sets - http://labs.google.com/sets • Google In Quotes - http://labs.google.com/inquotes/

THANK YOU

Sadie Pope Dowdell LibrarySouth Amboy, NJ