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


New York Google Teachers Academy


Google’s Mission

“Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible

and useful.”


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.


http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html


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.




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.


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


Ideas worth replicating...


A video is worth 1000 words...


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?


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


http://www.google.com/educators/index.html


Features

Recent Projects and News

The Infinite Thinking Machine

Teacher Community

Classroom Activities

Classroom Posters

Tools for Your Classroom




http://infinitethinking.org

http://infinitethinking.org

http://www.google.com/educators/community.html


http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html


http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html




Recent Projects and Newshttp://www.google.com/educators

Search Lessons

Design It: Shelter Competition

Study Tips

Ancient Rome 3D Curriculum Competition

Doodle 4 Google

Project Spectrum

Archived Projects


http://www.google.com/educators

http://www.google.com/educators

http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html


http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/education/sackler-center/design-it-shelter

http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/education/sackler-center/design-it-shelter

http://www.google.com/landing/studytips.html%23utm_source=student-blog&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=finals

http://www.google.com/landing/studytips.html%23utm_source=student-blog&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=finals

http://www.google.com/educators/romecontest.html




http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

http://sketchup.google.com/spectrum.html

http://sketchup.google.com/spectrum.html

http://www.google.com/educators/project_archive.html

http://www.google.com/educators/project_archive.html

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


http://www.infinitethinking.org/

http://www.infinitethinking.org/

http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm


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

A Google Group for all teachers

Participate in threaded discussions

Network with other educators

Sign up for newsletter





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

Exemplary Lessons

NECC Presentations

Google Lit Trips




http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html




http://www.googlelittrips.org/

http://www.googlelittrips.org/

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




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

Book Search

Earth

Maps

News

iGoogle

Web Search

Blogger

Calendar

Docs

Groups

Sites

Picasa

SketchUp

Google Apps Education Edition

Custom Search Engine




More Even More


Tools for Your Classroom


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


http://books.google.com

http://books.google.com

http://books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html

http://books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/about.html

https://services.google.com/inquiry/books_email?hl=en




http://books.google.com/googlebooks/newsviews/




http://books.google.com/googlebooks/shakespeare/

http://books.google.com/googlebooks/shakespeare/

http://books.google.com/books?as_list=BDQDQKp4QgKCr8fn7-MDFARoU2sTi5zHJ4B-hDduGKqas1OSfhbU

http://books.google.com/books?as_list=BDQDQKp4QgKCr8fn7-MDFARoU2sTi5zHJ4B-hDduGKqas1OSfhbU








Earthhttp://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


http://earth.google.com

http://earth.google.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSuJq4UzkIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSuJq4UzkIA

http://earth.google.com/

http://earth.google.com/

http://bbs.keyhole.com/entrance.php?Cat=0

http://bbs.keyhole.com/entrance.php?Cat=0

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=EducationEducators&Number=740005&fpart=&PHPSESSID=

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=EducationEducators&Number=740005&fpart=&PHPSESSID=









Mapshttp://maps.google.com/

Google Maps

Searchable

Directions

Street View

My Maps

My Profile

Google Maps User Guide


http://maps.google.com

http://maps.google.com

http://maps.google.com/

http://maps.google.com/

http://local.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=68480

http://local.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=68480










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


http://news.google.com/

http://news.google.com/

http://news.google.com

http://news.google.com











Web Searchhttp://www.google.com/support/websearch/

Define

File Type

Currency Conversion

Calculator

Track Packages

Earthquakes

Google Help: Search Features


http://ucls.uchicago.edu/

http://ucls.uchicago.edu/

http://www.google.com/help/features.html

http://www.google.com/help/features.html





Search Curriculum

Google For Educators - Web Search





Docs & Spreadsheetshttp://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


http://docs.google.com/%23created-by-me

http://docs.google.com/%23created-by-me

http://docs.google.com

http://docs.google.com

http://docs.google.com/templates?category=7&sort=hottest&view=public

http://docs.google.com/templates?category=7&sort=hottest&view=public








http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddzhj2td_3gzxvp3

http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddzhj2td_3gzxvp3


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


http://www.google.com/coop/cse/




http://www.google.com/coop/manage/cse/

http://www.google.com/coop/manage/cse/

Google Apps - Education Editionhttp://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html

Google Apps for Education

Customizable design

Features can be deactivated

Google Apps Community

Includes:

Gmail

Google Talk

Calendar

Docs

Sites

Video

Google Message Security


http://www.google.com/a/edu/

http://www.google.com/a/edu/

http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html

http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html

https://www.google.com/a/edu/

https://www.google.com/a/edu/

http://edu.googleapps.com/Home


Next Steps


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!


https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount

https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount

http://www.screencast.com/users/courosa/folders/Jing/media/7c606039-4d17-4369-b99b-c467de708a36

http://www.screencast.com/users/courosa/folders/Jing/media/7c606039-4d17-4369-b99b-c467de708a36





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


http://www.amazon.com/Search-Rewrote-Business-Transformed-Culture/dp/1591840880

http://www.amazon.com/Search-Rewrote-Business-Transformed-Culture/dp/1591840880

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

http://groups.diigo.com/groups/google-in-education

http://groups.diigo.com/groups/google-in-education

http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Teacher-Center

http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Teacher-Center

http://www.youtube.com/google

http://www.youtube.com/google

http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/

http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pfr2_hjQxlJb76nqluop3Gg

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pfr2_hjQxlJb76nqluop3Gg

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