Google in the Classroom

Google in the Classroom

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Searching and Researching

• Google Custom Search
  

  http://www.google.com/coop/cse/

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  Blog search

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

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  Book search

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

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  Google Notebook

  http://www.google.com/notebook/?hl=en#b=BDRKQSgoQlJbi3bEi

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  Patent search

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

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  Special searches

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

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  Video search

  http://video.google.com/?hl=en

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  Web search features

  http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html

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  Images

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

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  Scholar

  http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en

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  QuickStart Guide for Internet Research with Google Notebook

  http://www.speedofcreativity.org/docs/google-notebook-quickstart.pdf

 

Searching and Researching in the Classroom

• Search in the Classroom
  

  http://www.infinitethinking.org/stuff/Search.pdf 

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  Online Research with Google Notebook

  http://www.wtvi.com/TEKS/06_07_articles/google-notebook.html

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  Classroom Uses for Google Advanced Search

  http://www.slideshare.net/jcorippo/google-advanced-search-in-the-classroom/

 

 

Blogger

• Blogger
  

  http://www.blogger.com/home

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  Google Blog Directory

  http://www.google.com/press/blogs/directory.html

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  Wired Magazine: The Life Cycle of a Blog Post

  http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2008/ff_secretlife_1602

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  Blogs in Plain English

  http://thecommoncraftshow.blip.tv/file/512104/

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  TeachertrainingVideos: Blogger

  http://trainingvideos.hscs.wmin.ac.uk/blogger/index.html

   

Using Blogger in the Classroom

(Some of these links are not specific to Blogger software, but give ideas on how to use any blogging software in the classroom)

• THE Journal blog: Moderating and Ethics for the Classroom Instructional Blog
  

  http://www.thejournal.com/the/newsletters/k12techtrends/archives/?aid=20257

• Blogging in the Classroom blog
  

  http://classblogging.blogspot.com/

• Blogger in the Classroom (pdf)
  

  http://www.infinitethinking.org/stuff/Blogger.pdf

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  Blogging Rubric

  http://docs.google.com/View?docid=df8b89sj_324h7b58tgq

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  The Edublogger: Check out these class blogs!

  http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/check-out-these-class-blogs/

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  Mrs. DuBoses Super Science Class: Adventures in Science

  http://adventuresinscience.edublogs.org/

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  Blogging in Schools (slideshare)

  http://www.slideshare.net/dannynic/blogging-in-schools-presentation?type=powerpoint

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  Top 100 Education Blogs

  http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs  

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  ClassroomBlogging (wiki)

  http://classroomblogging.wikispaces.com/

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  Class Blogmeister: Learning as Conversation

  http://www.classblogmeister.com/

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  Steps toward a Successful Classroom Blog

  http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/node/233

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  Getting Started With Classroom Blogging

  http://21centuryconnections.com/node/426

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  Successful and Safe Educational Blogging

  http://www.wtvi.com/teks/04_05_articles/educational_blogging.html

   

 

Google Earth and Google Maps

• Google Earth
  

  http://earth.google.com/

• Google Maps
  

  http://maps.google.com/

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  Google Sky

  http://www.google.com/sky/

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  Google Mars

  http://www.google.com/mars/

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  Google Moon

  http://www.google.com/moon/

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  Basics- Google Maps User Guide

  http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=68259

• Google Celebrates Earth Day 2008
  

  http://www.google.com/educators/earthday2008.html

• Google Earth Community (forum)
  

  http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php/Cat/0

• earth: Portrait of a Planet- Geotours
  

  http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/earth3/geotours.asp

• Google Lat Long Blog:
  

  http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/

• Paintmap.com
  

  http://www.paintmap.com/

• Wild Sanctuary
  

  http://earth.wildsanctuary.com/

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  Safe Road Maps: Envisioning Safer Roads

  http://www.saferoadmaps.org/home/index.htm

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  Google Earth's Hidden Flight Simulator

  http://www.sajaforum.org/2007/09/web-google-eart.html

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  Street View's New Look on Google Maps (video)

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0y-q-pI2pQ

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  Google Earth: Discover Ancient Rome in Google Earth

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqMXIRwQniA 

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  Google Earth 4.2- explore the sky (video)

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMhGpzyFdhE

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  Google Earth 4.3 (video)

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG7cM5Yvhz4 

 

Using Google Earth and Google Maps in the Classroom

• Google Earth Blog: Back to School- Educational Uses with Google Earth
  

  http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/09/back_to_school_educational_uses_wit.html

• Google Earth Users Guide Project Blog
  

  http://googlearthusersguide.blogspot.com/

• Flying Through the Crusades (wiki)
  

  http://kthorne.pbwiki.com/Flying%20Through%20the%20Crusades

• Scholastic: Explore Your Earth
  

  http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/exploreyourearth/

• Google Earth Lessons blog
  

  http://gelessons.com/

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  dale basler blog: Bus routes and Google Maps help teach physics

  http://www.dalebasler.com/?p=160

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  Google Lit Trips

  http://googlelittrips.org/

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  Google Earth in the Classroom (pdf)

  http://www.infinitethinking.org/stuff/Earth.pdf

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  Science Investigations Using Google Earth

  http://curriculalessons.suite101.com/article.cfm/science_projects_using_google_earth_for_studies

   

 

Google Docs

• Google Docs
  

  http://docs.google.com

• Google Docs in Plain English
  

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA

• Google Docs Templates
  

  http://docs.google.com/templates?category=7&sort=hottest

• Official Google Docs Blog
  

  http://googledocs.blogspot.com/

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  Google Docs tutorials

  http://edutech.msu.edu/online/GoogleDocs/GoogleDocs.html

   

Using Google Docs in the Classroom

• Google Docs templates for students and teachers
  

  http://docs.google.com/templates?category=7&sort=hottest&pli=1

• Google Docs in the Classroom (pdf)
  

  http://www.infinitethinking.org/stuff/Docs.Spreadsheets.pdf

• Google Docs Blog: Interesting ways to use Docs in the Classroom
  

  http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2008/10/interesting-ways-to-use-docs-in.html

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  Teachers and Principals Talk about Google Docs (video)

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPjJK6LZdM

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  Google Docs: Pushing the Limits and Its Limitations

  http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/11/google-docs-pushing-limits-and-its.html

   

 

Explore some more...

• Donna's Delicious links (tagged with "Google")
  

  http://delicious.com/murraygirl/google

• Gone Google: on the go lesson ideas for Google Tools (podcasts)
  

  http://gctgone.googlepages.com/home

• Google Teacher Academy
  

  http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html

• Google for Educators (wiki)
  

  http://www.shiftedlearning.org/wiki/Google_for_Educators

• Google Librarian Tools (printable posters)
  

  http://www.google.com/librariancenter/librarian_tools.html

• Politics Civic Literacy
  

  http://sites.google.com/site/googlitics/

• Google for Educators
  

  http://kevin.jarrett.googlepages.com/home2

• Google Teacher Academy Resources
  

  http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/materials

• Google Labs
  

  http://labs.google.com/

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  Classroom posters

  http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html

   

 

Ticket out the door!

• Send answers via email (murraydo)
  

   

•1. Now that you've explored many of the Google Tools available, please share at least one way to use a Google Tool in the classroom. Reference something you've read about today or share a new and creative idea! If you aren't convinced yet that Google has a place in the classroom, please share a question or concern. 

 

•2. In Google Galore and Google in the Classroom, we explored many features of Google products. What was your favorite tool / feature and why?

 

Fun!

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  geoGreeting

  http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?yrsUoFoBIyxoaUrkFoUkUxsmoUnkI3

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  Google Logo Generator

  http://www.goglogo.com/