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=Using Google Tools in Education=

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http://www.legalandrew.com/2007/09/24/warning-google-docs-is-not-safe/ This is an interesting legal notice about Google and what rights you have and don't have as you use this site.

Google provides much more than just a web search engine; they offer a wide variety of free web-based and desktop applications. This wiki was created to support a workshop that introduces participants to many of these services that may be useful to teachers and students. Please feel free to add to these resources by clicking on "Edit This Page" above.

Classroom activities: All grade levels - http://www.google.com/educators/all_grades.html

Google in Education
[|Google for Educators] [|Stuff] [|Educational Technology and Life] (Google in Education Category) See also the [|GooglEd] Wiki

More... Even More
[|Google More...] [|Google Labs] [|Google Help Center]

Search Tools: 21st Century Skills
[|Web Search] [|Support] (Don't forget to learn the [|Google Operators] like Define: and others.) [|News Search] [|Support] [|Book Search] [|Support] [|Scholar Search] [|Support] [|Blog Search] [|Support] [|Custom Search Engine] [|Support] [|Image Search] [|Support] [|Video Search] [|Support] [|Map Search] [|Support] (Check out [|Street View in Yosemite Valley]!) [|Google SMS] (Just text a search to 466453) [|Google 411] [|More...]

Don't forget [|Google Translations]!

Web-based Applications
[|Docs and Spreadsheets] [|Support] [|Calendar] [|Support] [|Google Page Creator] [|Support] [|Blogger] [|Support] [|Reader] [|Support] [|iGoogle (Google Homepage)] [|Support] (See "Personalizing iGoogle") [|Google Notebook] [|Support] [|More...]

Desktop Applications
[|Earth] [|Support] [|Sketch Up] [|Support] [|Desktop] [|Support] (Windows Only) [|Picasa] [|Support] (Windows Only) [|More...]

Additional Links
[|Google Hacks] - A good reference book. The first half or so includes some great tips... the rest gets a bit technical. [|Googlepedia] - Another good reference book to use when teaching particular applications. [|Google Earth Lessons] - A bunch of lesson plans. [|Google Lit Trips] - By Jerome Berg