Google+Tools

[|Google Earth]

[|Google Docs] Templates research papers, math work sheets can share and collaborate can see revisions can be published as a Web page Can export to hard drive download to your own computer Can upload saved documents Classroom use- for teachers using with a group of students set up group can track students editing students only see who they are assigned to work and collaborate with teacher can see whole class Presentation- similar to PPT but has a chat function Spreadsheet-similar to Excel Doc- similar to Microsoft Word [|More Google tools]

PLE Personal Learning Environment set up one for yourself one for your classroom Tabs on side have changed set up theme Gadgets- on your start page or igoogle: gadgets are links to google tools from your home page seach gadgets to add to your igoogle such as: weather, time, delic ious, gmail, bookmarks, book list, etc
 * iGoogle** start page for your classroom. Bookmarks are right there…

Google Maps, Map Gadgets, Picass, Notebook, Translator, Sites

Anytime, anywhere learning; partially on the desktop, partly on the web Peer to peer learning Share ideas, publish work or password protected Dovetail with idea of a personal learning environment Works best with Firefox, some features don't work well with Safari and Internet Explorer

Carol Larow resource page http://homepage.mac.com/clarow/Ed_Tech/resources.html

easier to use than GoogleEarth and doesn't have to be downloaded wiser choice for K-5
 * Google Maps**

Use My Maps in an educational setting Views- Global cloud cover- satelitte view updated every 2 hrs street view measure distance

Click on pin, imports

Maps can be printed, embedded on a web page (post the code)

In My Maps – use gadgets Lesson examples; used for presidential and primary election results by state

Images hover over gives you more stories and images related to picture with time stamp, using drop down you can read news from many countries Customize for local news click on Timeline by century, click in this century, decade, year click on area
 * Picas** – put pictures up and then click and go to map
 * Google News**
 * New Archives**


 * News alerts** - blogs, videos, news pushed to your mailbox

helps make Web pages and sites replaced Page Creator
 * Google Sites**

can translate phrases and Web pages
 * Google Translator**

Can be used as annotated list of Web sites
 * Google Notebook**

can organize book list by genre, reading level, subject Can be viewed as a list or by cover
 * Google Booklist**

Look in the layers, e.g. Gallery/Ancient Rome, Earthquakes or NASA
 * Google Earth**

See http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/08/travels**_of_odys.html
 * Travels of Odysseus in Google Earth**


 * Google Earth Civil War Battles**

Download the kmz file
 * Google Lit Trips** http://www.googlelittrips.com/

ongoing project would like to include only Northeast USA voyages, field trips, history of your community example: explorers written by school in West Tisbury, MA for searching:** Italian Restaurant 02452 will give list of restaurants in area of zipcode with some information Define: will define words also can define in different languages filetype: American Revolution ppt Google look up open a spread sheet - will perfom calculation Google will perform calcuations
 * Google Historical Voyage and Events** contact Carol Larow
 * Tricks and Tips:
 * Other tips**
 * I'm feeling Lucky** will not do a full search will only bring up 1st hit