Google_Tools

Google Tools

Google for Educators: Tools for Your Classroom

 * a Google site that supports teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. Here you’ll find a teacher’s guide to Google Tools for Your Classroom. And to spark your imagination, you'll find examples of innovative ways that other educators are using these tools in the classroom.
 * With Google Docs, Presentations and Spreadsheets you can create basic documents (word processed, presentations, forms and spreadsheets) from scratch. You can easily do all the basics, including making bulleted lists, sorting by columns, adding tables, images, comments, formulas, changing fonts and more. And it's free. You can also upload your existing files. Google Docs accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, etc. So go ahead and upload your existing files; all your formatting and formulas will come through intact.

=Step #1 - View the Video=
 * Google Docs in Plain English

=Step #2 - Create a Google Account=
 * **Create an Account**: [|Google Accounts]

=Step #3 - Explore these Links:=


 * [|Welcome to Google for Educators] || [|About Google for Educators] || [|Tools for Your Classroom] ||
 * [|Classroom activities] || media type="custom" key="9035106" || [|Classroom activities] ||
 * [|Classroom posters] || [|Google Gadgets for Your Web Page] || [|Google Tools For Teachers] ||

=The Tools ...=
 * == 3 Categories of Tools ... ==
 * ** Search **
 * [|Book Search]
 * [|Geo Education]
 * [|News]
 * [|iGoogle]
 * [|Web Search]
 * [|Google Scholar]
 * 12 Expert Google Search Tips
 * [|Google Search Tips (Ultimate Google Guide)]
 * 15 Awesome Google Search Tips and Tricks
 * **Communicate, Show, & Share**
 * [|Blogger]
 * [|Calendar]
 * [|Google Docs]
 * Google Docs ... Technology Workshop Survey ... Survey Link
 * Google Docs … word processing document sample … Sandbox
 * [|Groups]
 * [|Google Sites]
 * [|Picassa]
 * [[file:Picasa in the Classroom.pdf]]
 * [|SketchUp]
 * Google Reader
 * Google Reader in Plain English
 * **New Products**
 * [|Custom search Engine]
 * [|Custom Search Engine Tool]
 * Custom Search Starter Guide [[file:Custom_Search_85x11.pdf]]
 * [|Google Notebook]

[|Google Custom Search Engine] : Allows you to create your own search engine by selecting the sites that Google will index. It searches only the sites that you specify for your students, individual project, or parents.

Exploring the Picasa Interface ... Video
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