Google4educators

This presentation will focus on multiple tools that Google has to offer for educators. The Google tools highlighted tools will include several hidden tools to include creating Google pages and the notebook tool for browsers. All Google collaborative tools will be explored.Each participant will have access to a follow-up Moodle course where all session materials are stored online. Session Link: [|http://www.computracpd.com-a .googlepages.com/ncaect] Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, K-12
 * Concord E**
 * __Google 4 Educators (V)__**
 * Tina Sartori, Computrac**

From WS/FCS: site about Google for educators: http://imagineit.pbwiki.com/Google+for+Educators

http://www.google4educators.com/

My Notes from the session:

You should start out here:

http://www.google.com/options/

SET UP GMAIL ACCOUNT:

It is your passport into all th eother google products

Google alerts: opposite way of using the internet

http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en

set up to look for something new in the news

she most often does comphrehensive search can stop the e-mails at anytime...

http://www.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en

http://www.google.com/books?hl=en

http://www.googlelittrips.org/
 * lit books**
 * Lit trips:**

Teacher tube video on Lit Trips; http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ef3e9154a4257edcb80b

book reports for photostory

http://earth.google.com/

control alt-a entering googlearth to get flight simulator

google docs:

http://docs.google.com/?pli=1#all

upload any document I am working on...and can work around versions of MS office etc.

can share documents and several people work on it

grant writing

can make notes to students, teacher can scroll through, pass edits

new form for spreadsheet

for a survey

advanced search:

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

rainforests filetype:ppt

google translate

Goofle sketch up:

http://sketchup.google.com/

Blogger:

https://www.blogger.com/start?hl=en

book talks

summer reading blogs

Google labs:

http://labs.google.com/

igoogle: