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Introduction: Google 20%: What would you do in your classroom for one day a week that is outside of the box?   - One day workshop Google Certified Teacher Resources- Sponsored by Google - Online application and Youtube video - Certified Google Teacher Network of Educators: GoogleLitTrip.org Photo Essay: Life in the Googleplex - Micro-Kitchens - Tech Stops - Game Rooms - Food, Food & Food - Collaboration Life at Google - Video (turn off sound and just watch) Other things from Google's 20%Search:  Google's Goal: Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful! Power to the people! The fun stuff that eventually makes its way into the classroom in other ways: Search: ZIP + movies, weather, flights (nwa 20) Define:Rumination Advanced Search: KMZ, PDF, PPT, It is about accessing information...why not be as smart and efficient as possible.  Book Search: Constantly Changing Google Alert: Keep yourself web-safe! Track your digital footprint! Image Search: Life photograph archive There are lots of great photographs that could be paired with a Bloom's activity or could be used as a class starter. Image advanced search options: line drawing and clipart. Custom Search Engine: A project specific search engine that you could embed into Moodle. This is a custom search engine related to the science of climate change that only uses info from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. How can we apply this to the classroom? Google Docs and Spreadsheets: Overview: In Plain English Sharing - Work together from different places! Presentations - Chat, Participate, Embeddable (Blog Post) Applications: Use forms to submit writing rubrics, group assessments, passwords/logins and biographical information. How can we apply this to the classroom? Sites: This page is an example of a Google Site  Works really well with everything Google and not so well with other things not-Google. Learn more about Sites Google's WIKI - Multiple authors Collaboration and sharing! Some good examples of how Sites can be used in the classroom. How can we apply this to the classroom? My Maps:  Google Lit Trips - Great content already exists! Walk Two Moons - WJH (Sean Beaverson) An example - MN Geology in Google Earth  How can we apply this to the classroom? Other: iGoogle Reader Youtube Blogger The Next Step: Click here to see the results! |    Get an easy to remember Gmail account for school! - This is the one stop shop for everything Google. Click here to get an account! Customize your iGoogle Page and use it as a springboard to everything else.  Coming to Hopkins High School - August 6-7, 2009 Click here for more information. If you are interested in the GLI please sign up using the Google Form below. The two-day institute will cost approximately $300 (we are working on grants and credit options). Participants will get Google swag, access to the Google Learning Network and hands-on time learning Google Applications. |
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Google Everything: Thoughts & Ruminations from the Google Teacher Academy |
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