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Introducing Our Webinar Speaker

Google Tools for Schools: Part 1

Alice A. Christie, Ph.D. Arizona State University President’s Professor Emeritus London, 2010

Did You Know? The is …. • extensive collecon of Web 2.0 tools • social networking environment • vast collecon of digital images and videos • vast collecon of satellite-based image maps • comprehensive online email applicaon • news source • Internet search giant • free service • learning space • emerging presence in educaon

Did You Know? Google Cerfied Teachers • One trillion people use Google EVERY DAY • accounts for about 31% of total Web traffic. • Google search accounts for 50% of iPhone Web traffic. • Googled – as a verb – is now considered an overused word in the English language • Google is GROWING: recorded a total of 76.7 billion searches during the month of July 2009, an increase of 58% over July 2008.

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Approximately 500 Worldwide Overview • Four C's of Technology Integraon • Quick Overview and Examples • • • iGoogle • • • Google Lookup • New Google Search Capabilies

Pillars of Digital-Age Learning

Create The Four C's Create of Technology Contextualize Integraon Contextualize Learners Communicate with Google Communicate

Collaborate Collaborate

Create and Communicate with Blogger Create and Communicate with Gmail

– Class Assignments, Documents, Study Guides • Google Apps for Educaon • Mr. O'Brien's 4th Grade Blog – Set of collaboraon and communicaon tools • Ms. Hanemann's 9th Grade Global History and Geography – Student Work Featured • Mrs. Kolbert’s Class Blog – Define email filters to limit delivered to • Mrs. Woodruff's Classroom Blog student or staff accounts. • Dr. Chrise’s STEM News Blog (single topic) – Customized email policies for different groups like faculty, staff and students. – Alternave: Gaggle

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Collaborate with Google Docs Contextualize with iGoogle • Create documents, spreadsheets and • Personalized • Your choice of gadgets presentaons online homepage • Gmail • Share and collaborate in real me • Customizable • News and Weather • Safely store and organize your work homepage • Bookmarks • Control who can see your documents • Google search box • Reference Materials • To Do List • Anyme, anywhere access to your work

Geng to Google Docs Collaborate with Google Docs • Presentaon Examples: – Working with – Moving from Good to Great • Word Processing Example – Planning a Conference – Assignment: Instruconal Technology Inventory • Spreadsheet Example – Brainstorming – Planning an Un-Conference – Mapping Gadget – Categorizing Exercise

Create and Contextualize with Picasa Quesons – Class Trip – Virtual Trip to Woodland Park Zoo – Cassie Herd’s Classroom – Student Work Showcase | Students at Work – Science Lab Showcase – Musical Instruments (Independent Learning) – Visual Concept: Yellow roads to SLO – Extending Learning with Graphics: Physics

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Google Look-Up Function Straightforward facts about specific things:

» Countries and U.S. » Baseball Players States » Chemical Elements » Rivers » Chemical Compounds » Cities and Towns » Stars and Planets » Musicians and Actors » Dinosaurs » Politicians » Ships » U.S. Presidents » Companies

Google Look-Up Live Example • Google Docs • Books Illustrated by Eric Carle

Google Look-Up Syntax Google Look-Up Syntax

=GoogleLookup(enty, aribute) =GoogleLookup("enty”; "aribute")

"enty" is specified in Column A (books) "enty" is the name of the enty that you want to access (Oxygen) "aribute" is specified in rows (publicaon date) "aribute" is the type of informaon that you =GoogleLookup(A3,$B$1) want to retrieve (Atomic Weight) =GoogleLookup(“oxygen”; “atomic weight”)

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Quesons Google Search

• Safe Search • Google Search • Advanced Search • New Search Tools • Choose the Right Search Tool

Google SafeSearch

Let’s Explore the Various Google Search Tools

Title Title Subtitle Subtitle

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Newer Google Search Tools

• Reading Level • • Wonder Wheel • News Timeline • Related Searches • • Timeline • Google for Educators • Alerts • Other Google Tools • Advanced Images Search – Fair Use Images – Customized Image Tools

Advanced Search: Reading Level Advanced Search: Reading Level

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Advanced Search: Reading Level Regular Search

Wonder Wheel Search

Related Searches

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Recent Searches

Google Search Timeline

Google Alerts hp://www.google.com/alerts Alerts for your School

hp://www.google.com/alerts

Image credit: http://www.mysanantonio.com

Google Images – Advanced Search

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Fair Use Images Customize Image Search Tools

Customize Image Search Tools Customize Image Tools

Similar Images Google Similar Images

Title Subtitle

hp://similar-images.googlelabs.com/

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Google News Timeline Google News Timeline

hp://newsmeline.googlelabs.com

Google Books Quesons

Other Google Tools: Translate

Other Google Tools

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Other Google Tools: Trends

Use the search tool that best fits YOUR PURPOSE

Google Supports Educaon Other Resources

• Google for Educators • Google Toys for Your Classroom • Amazing Things You Can Do with Google Docs • Google Apps for Educaon • Pima County, AZ Google Tools Ideas • Google Apps Educaon Community • E-Learning for Educators Online Course • BGHS Professional Development Wiki • Top 10 Reasons to use Google Apps Educaon • Google Teacher Academy • Google for Educators: Google Docs • Google Cerfied Teachers • Google for Educators Discussion Group • 20 Google Doc Templates for use in Science/Math Classrooms • Google Apps Educaon Community

Quesons

Google Tools for Schools: Part 2 • Tuesday, May 17 • Topics • 1 PM Pacific • and • 2 PM Mountain • Google Sites • 3 PM Central • • 4 PM Eastern • Google Lab Tools • Google Body • • • • Picnik

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Contact Informaon

Alice Chrise, Ph.D. alice.chris[email protected] www.alicechrise.org

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