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 Google supports teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. That’s why they’ve assembled the information and tools you’ll find on at Google for Educators View Google's "even more" page for a full list of products. Interested in learning more.... join us for our Google Learning Series... The BasicsGoogle DocsGoogle Docs is a free online word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation editor that allows you to create, store, share, and collaborate on documents with others. If you know how to use other word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation programs, you can easily use Google Docs. Instead of emailing files back and forth between collaborators, Google Docs allows people to work on a single version of a document together online. The chat feature on presentations makes it possible to create a “permeable classroom” by bringing experts into a lesson to interact with students online. You can also create web-based surveys to collect information from students, teachers, or parents. Adapted from this QuickSheet Google Forms for the Classroom Google Notebook Google Notebook allows students and teachers to annotate and share their bookmarks. It also makes it possible to clip useful information (images, text and links) from any webpage straight into a personalized notebook (without ever leaving the original web page). Notebooks can be organized into sections, shared with collaborators, or published for others to see. An optional web history feature allows access to search history as well, making it easy to find previously discovered sites. Adapted from this QuickSheet iGoogle iGoogle is a personalized home page that gives students and teachers at-a-glance access to key information from Google and across the web. Personalized gadgets can be added to this self-designed page, including Google News, local weather, a personal calendar, and many other time-saving tools. There are educational gadgets such as the SAT/ACT Word of the Day and powerful gadgets like Google Reader, which brings together information from many sources. Collected gadgets and tabs that are specific to a unit of study or personal interest can be shared via iGoogle, sparking class discussion and communication. Gadgets can even be added and removed as the class progresses through different subjects during the year. Adapted from this Quicksheet Google Earth Resources Did you attend the BCLA "Got Google" presentation? See Pam's "informal outline" and handout for each of the products that she covered. Bucks County Women's Business Forum PowerPoint If you have any questions, contact Pam Newman at pnewman@bucksiu.org. |
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