Google+Apps

= = [|Visit Google Sites for the 1/29/09 presentation]

Google Search: Basic Search: For basic information on a keyword or topic Advanced Search: More refined search results (also check the preferences option) [|Books:] Search and preview books online. If the copyright has ended, you may view the book in its entirety. [|Scholar]: Search scholarly literature by discipline or keyword(s) [|Government]:search government sites (.gov) for information on a topic [|Finance]: market information, stocks, and financial institutions [|Shopping]: Search online for products and services [|Images]: search the web for images. Be sure to respect copyright laws! [|Video]: Search youtube and google videos. Upload and share videos publicly or only with a selected person or group [|Create a Custom Search Engine]: Create a customized search experience. Control the Websites that will appear on your google search. Perfect for teaching younger students how to use search engines.

Communicate/Collaborate/Create [|Gmail] Create a gmail account. Use the same login for all google applications [|Docs] Upload, share, and collaborate in documents with others. Supports presentations, spreadsheets, etc. Tons of formats and templates! [|Sites] Create websites collaboratively or privately. Similar to a wiki [|News] 4500 News sources updated continuously [|Reader] Have your news and updates come to you through the use of RSS and google reader. may be embedded on your iGoogle homepage [|Notebook] Annotate and share bookmarks as you search the web. May be published for others to see or kept private [|Calendar] Create an online calendar that may be shared publicly or with only specified person(s) or groups [|Knol] authoritative articles on specific topics. Controlled collaborative tool. [|Picasa] Photo database and editing tool. Download picasa to your desktop and manage photographs which may then be shared with other google apps [|Orkut] A social networking software similar to facebook [|Talk] Instant Messaging tool [|Blogger] A blog tool owned by google. Interfaces with many open source software programs. [|Groups] create mailing lists and discussion groups [|iGoogle] Personalized homepage

Geo Education [|GoogleEARTH] 3D imaging program. Download [|Google Maps] View maps & directions [|Google SketchUp] 3D modelling software. interfaces with Google EARTH. Download [|Google LitTrips] Geo literacy. Follow travels of a character in a book using googleEARTH. Download.

[|Classroom Activities] [|Classroom Resources (All Grades)] [|Project Based Google Lesson Plans] [|Creating Dummy Gmail accounts for your students] [|Convert video files and download to your computer: Zamzar]

Created by [|Melissa Goodwin], SDESA2