SLAM: NEW TIPS AND TRICKS USING GOOGLE by Linda Nitsche and Erin Van Guilder https://sites.google.com/site/tryingnewtipsandtricks/home

1. Google URL Shortener - allows you to track, in real-time, the clicks and referrers on any shortened URL - a perfect tool to help you understand what appeals to your audience and to help you optimize your social, email, and other click-through campaigns.  goo.gl Google Support  Chrome Extension  Firefox Extension

2. Google Research Tool - makes it easy to add information from the web to your documents and presentations. The document stays opened while researching--search results appears to the right of the document with options to further refine the search, preview site, insert link, or cite. Check out the video on how to use Google Research at the link at the top of the page.

3. - select the correct search terms (check out the how to videos at the link at the top of this page)  Teaching Search  Power Searching Course  Google a Day (game on the web)  Google a Day (game on Google+)  What Do You Love  Custom Search Engine - Ever wish you could create a personalized, customized search engine that searches only across sites that you specify and displays results that you know will be right for you or your students? All you need to do is choose the websites and pages you'd like to search, then follow a few simple steps to create a CSE. Think of it as putting the power of Google web search to work for you.  Scholar  Books -Search the latest index of the world's books. Find millions of great books you can preview or read for free  Ngram Viewer - Book analytics  Safe Search for Schools - Many users prefer not to have adult content included in their search results (especially if kids use the same computer). Google's SafeSearch filters help schools prevent adult content from appearing in their search results.

4. Templates - provides a template gallery to select from. May be used for such things as a slideshow picture gallery, Fake Book (EX: George Washington), forms (created that can be modified), Historical Facebook, graphic organizers, 5-question quiz that will be automatically graded.

5. Google Art Project - Lessons look like an expert, Do it yourself (create a gallery)  Google Art Project FAQs  Learning with Google Art Project

6. World Wonders Project  World Wonders Project FAQs  Learning with World Wonders Project

7. (watch videos at link at top of page)  About Google Voice  Google Voice Features  Google Voice Help

8. (finding your stuff)  Navigate Google Drive  Find Your

9. Fusion - Infographs with relationship between data and topic (ES: Butterflies - provide map)  Example Gallery  Public Data Explorer

10. Sites  Adding a Table of Contents  Adding a 1+ button to your site  Adding 1+ button  Check out videos on Using Google Gadgets and Add a Banner to your site at the link at the top of this page.

11. Scripts  Set Expiration Dates for File Sharing in your Drive  See video for mail merge at the link at the top of this page.

12. YouTube  YouTube EDU - High quality educational videos for students of all ages, created by top educators and institutions around the world.  YouTube Teachers - Learn to use YouTube in class.  YouTube for Schools - bring the power of video to your classrooms for free. Access thousands of free high quality educational videos on YouTube in a controlled environment  YouTube Curriculum - Access lesson plans for teaching digital citizenship in YouTube.  YouTube Video Annotations  Video Capture - Capture and share videos instantly.