River Forest Google Presentation

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Google for Educators Overview

Tools and Strategies for

Educational Innovation

Lucy Gray

Lead Technology Coach

Urban Education Institute

The University of Chicago

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IGoogle

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New YorkGoogle Teachers Academy

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Googles Mission

Organize the worlds information

and make it universally accessible

and useful.

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Google Philosophy

Focus on the user and all else will follow.

Its best to do one thing really, really well.

Fast is better than slow.

Democracy on the web works.

You dont need to be at your desk to need an

answer.

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Google Philosophy

You can make money without doing evil.

Theres always more information out there.

The need for information crosses all borders.

You can be serious without a suit.

Great isnt just good enough.

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Applied to LearningFocus on the student and all else will follow

Its best to teach a few things really, really

well.

Fast is better than slow.

Democracy in the classroom works.

You dont need to be at school to need an

answer.

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Applied to LearningYou can teach without doing evil.

Theres always more information out there.

The need for information crosses all borders.

You can be serious without a suit.

Great just isnt good enough.

Courtesy of Mark Wagner, CUE

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Ideas worth replicating...

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A video is worth 1000 words...

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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?

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Google For Educators Sitehttp://www.google.com/educators/index.html

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Features

Recent Projects and News

The Infinite Thinking Machine

Teacher Community

Classroom Activities

Classroom Posters

Tools for Your Classroom

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Recent Projects and News

Election Tools for Teachers

Google Education Resources

GeoEducation

Using Docs in the Classroom

Google Celebrates Earth Day

2008

Doodle 4 Google

Open Source Contest

Geography Awareness Week

Weekly Reader and Google Docs

Project Spectrum

International Cleanup Weekend

Google Lunar Xprize Educational

Content

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Infinite Thinking Machinehttp://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

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Teacher Communityhttp://www.google.com/educators/community.html

A Google Group for all teachers

Participate in threaded discussions

Network with other educators

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Classroom Activitieshttp://www.google.com/educators/activities.html

Classroom Activities

Exemplary Lessons

NECC Presentations

Computer Science Unplugged

Google Lit Trips

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Classroom Postershttp://www.google.com/educators/posters.html

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Tools for Your Classroomhttp://www.google.com/educators/tools.html

Book Search

Earth

Maps

News

iGoogle

Web SearchBlogger

Calendar

Docs

Groups

Page Creator

Picasa

SketchUp

Google Apps Education EditionCustom Search Engine

Google Notebook

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Google Sites

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Tools for Your Classroom

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Book Searchhttp://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

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Earthhttp://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

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Mapshttp://maps.google.com/

Google Maps

Searchable

Directions

Street View

My Maps

Google Maps User Guide

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Newshttp://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

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Web Searchhttp://www.google.co.uk/help/features.html

Define

File TypeCurrency Conversion

Calculator

Track Packages

Google Help: Search Features

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Custom Search Enginehttp://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

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Google Apps - Education Editionhttp://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

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Next Steps

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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

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Recommended Resources

The Search by John Batelle

The Official Google Blog

Google in Education group within Diigo

Google Teacher Center newsletter

Googles YouTube channel

Google Teacher Academy Resources

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