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=Search, Learn, Share: An Introduction to Google Tools in Education=

Google provides much more than just a web search engine; they offer a wide variety of free web-based and desktop applications. This wiki was created to support a workshop that introduces participants to many of these services that may be useful to teachers and students. Please feel free to add to these resources by clicking on "Edit This Page" above.

Welcome and Introductions
Opening Questions

Google in Education
[|Google for Educators] [|Google Teacher Academy Resources] (Don't miss the one-page crib sheets in the [|Materials] section!) [|The Infinite Thinking Machine] [|Educational Technology and Life] (Google in Education Category)

More... Even More
[|Google More...] [|Google Labs] [|Google Help Center]

Search Tools: 21st Century Skills
[|Web Search] [|Support] (Don't forget to learn the [|Google Operators] like Define: and others.) [|News Search] [|Support] [|Book Search] [|Support] [|Scholar Search] [|Support] [|Blog Search] [|Support] [|Custom Search Engine] [|Support] [|Image Search] [|Support] [|Video Search] [|Support] [|Map Search] [|Support] (Check out [|Street View in Yosemite Valley]!) [|Google SMS] (Just text a search to 466453) [|Google 411] [|More...]

Don't forget [|Google Translations]! Example: View [|my blog in Spanish]!

Web-based Applications
[|Docs and Spreadsheets] [|Support] [|Calendar] [|Support] [|Google Page Creator] [|Support] (A simple web page creation tool) [|Google Sites] [|Support] (A more sophisticated web page creation tool - very wiki like) [|Blogger] [|Support] [|Reader] [|Support] [|iGoogle (Google Homepage)] [|Support] (See "Personalizing iGoogle") [|Google Notebook] [|Support] [|More...]

Desktop Applications
[|Earth] [|Support] [|Sketch Up] [|Support] [|Desktop] [|Support] (Windows Only) [|Picasa] [|Support] (Windows Only) [|More...]

Additional Links
[|Google Hacks] - A good reference book. The first half or so includes some great tips... the rest gets a bit technical. [|Googlepedia] - Another good reference book to use when teaching particular applications. [|Google Earth Lessons] - A bunch of lesson plans. [|Google Lit Trips] - By Jerome Berg

Discussion
Please use the Discussion tab above to discuss the workshop or these resources.

Reflection and Evaluation
Reflection Questions

Contact
Mark Wagner, Ph.D. Educational Technology and Life mark@edtechlife.com [|www.edtechlife.com]