Google Tools for Educators http://charlenechausis.com/googletools.html Presenter: Charlene Chausis, Technology Trainer (Retired 2012) Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL Apple Distinguished Educator 200   Presented at the Illinois Education Technology Conference (IETC), November 15, 2007 -- Springfield, IL Google is more than just a search tool. Collaborate with colleagues, collect and share online data, monitor and participate in discussions, read, talk, watch or publish videos, manage photos, create websites, take virtual field trips, and more! Explore innovative ways that teachers and librarians are using a variety of Google's free and easy tools to help students learn. Google Tools For Educators -- slides published on Google Docs   Click the play button below, to listen to this presentation in your browser (flash plugin required). Or, click the Podcast icon/link to listen and/or download the mp3: Audio file (mp3) Minor correction to the information in the audio file ... The website for sharing presentations that can be downloaded again as a PowerPoint file, is Slideshare.net -- NOT slideshare.com. Also mentioned: To "shorten" a long "Google" url, you can use http://snipurl.com or http://tinyurl.com.  Both are great services, however "snipurl" allows you to append a word or identifier (see the link below under the GOOGLE DOCS section) which might make it a bit easier to recall later.

Google Tools Google for Educators includes: * Classroom activities Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Docs Revision is a critical piece of the writing process—and of your classroom curriculum. Now, Google Docs has partnered with Weekly Reader’s Writing for Teens magazine to help you teach it in a meaningful and practical way. http://www.google.com/educators/weeklyreader.html Children with Autism Architect Their Ideas Using 3D Design Software Project Spectrum was developed by the SketchUp Team at Google to help people with autism take advantage of their visual and spatial gifts. http://www.google.com/educators/spectrum.html * Classroom posters http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html * Teacher Community: Sign up at: http://www.google.com/educators/community.html * Some tools you can use for your classroom: BOOK SEARCH: Many public domain works are online in both 'flash' format or image form. Build your own sharable library. Have students write reviews! With a Google Book search you can search the full text of a book, from beginning to end. http://books.google.com  and the how-to info at: http://books.google.com/support BLOGS: Blogging resources and examples: http://delicious.com/cchausis/blogging CALENDARS -- subscribe to other calendars, such as those published on iCalx, share your own, embed into your websites:   GOOGLE DOCS Word processing, Spreadsheets and now Presentations! Collaborate and edit in real time! GOOGLE GROUPS (join the educators group -- see link above!) GOOGLE EARTH http://delicious.com/cchausis/googleearth GOOGLE MAPS Head over to David Jake's presentation on Cartography! http://newtools.pbwiki.com/The+New+Killer+Apps GOOGLE NOTEBOOK: Example: http://www.google.com/notebook/public/00626317039437180207/BDQrhIgoQ7-7G_OAi Access your notebooks on your mobile phone by pointing your phone's web browser to http://www.google.com/notebook/m How to:  http://www.google.com/googlenotebook/faq.html PICASSA -- a place to store and share photos... create a classroom account. SKETCHUP -- have students create your school and submit to Google for Google Earth. See examples at: http://sketchup.google.com/examples.html There is also a request for help to model cities from around the world. Click "Help Model a City" for more details. Your students can help model cities such as Milwaukee, WI. ETC....   Also check out "An Educator's Guide to: Google Apps for Education" from FTC Publishing: http://www.ftcpublishing.com/googleapps.html

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