Google+Tools

Google Tools for Teaching & Learning
June 2, 2010 at 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Tivy Lab D110 June 9, 2010 at 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM - Staff Development Center Lab 1 Reference: "Google Tools for Teaching & Learning" by Tammy Worcester Google Tools for Educators website Google for Educators Discussion Group Ideas using Docs for Teachers The Infinite Thinking Machine - blog Ideas for Integrating Google Tools in classroom - wiki

Atomic Learning YouTube TeacherTube SlideShare Google Knol
 * Other places to learn about Google Tools:**

[| What do you know about Google?]

List of Google tools


 * Update on Google News released last week of June

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Keywords, Tagging, and how Google works Advanced Search and View Options Book Searches News and Alerts Google Scholar Google Labs
 * Google Search**

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Putting an "i" in Google - iGoogle - create a customized search engine and more Tabs and Themes Gadgets Alerts Create an account
 * iGoogle**

**Google Maps**
Finding directions and scouting future trips. Classroom Activities: 1. Get directions from home or school to places you encounter in books/studies in class. 2. Get information on the setting of a story. 3. Get information on the setting of a movie or video. 4. Develop estimates where students guess how far a location is and then discover the real distance. 5. Switch to Terrain/Satellite views to experience a new way of seeing the world around them.
 * Advanced:** Develop an overnight trip to the location and plan the driving directions, hotels for the stay, one or more places to eat rated-dining and add something to do with local entertainment.

Classroom Activities: 1. Create custom maps with your own markers, lines, and shapes. 2. Create collaborative maps - allow students to collaborate and create custom maps in groups. 3. Use the distance measurement tool to measure walking routes. 4. Plan a 2-mile walking route around home or school. 5. Compare flight distances for birds that fly from _ __to__ _. Advanced: switch to Google Earth and analyze environmental factors.
 * My Maps** - Login with iGoogle account and browse open maps created by others. Click on Browse Directory to find a slew of map tools.
 * Advanced:** Write a story where you travel to different locations. Put each chapter of your story within a placemark. Plan a vacation and create a placemark for each stop. In the placemark description, enter what you will do at each location. Choose a literature book or movie and plot out where the characters travel to different locations. Create a Family Tree map. Follow campaign trail. Track a relative who is a truck driver or traveling salesperson. Map out your community. Travel wish list - where would you like to go in your life?; Track a musician or band on tour. Follow "The Amazing Race".


 * Collaborative Map Ideas**: Birthplaces of each student; 50 State Research - Each student covers 2-3 states and adds state name, capital, 3 facts and a picture of flag; Tourism map of a state - add descriptions of "must-see" attractions.

Featured Content - Login, MyMaps, Browse Directory


 * Google Earth**

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Google Earth brings information to life for students. Classroom Activities: 1. Calculate distance between placemarkers. 2. Combine layers of information sources to connect to Wikipedia, Jacques Cousteau, NASA, National Geographic, and more. 3. Explore historical maps and environmental layers. 4. Combine with Google Sketchup to create historical 3D overlays. 5. Visit galaxies, moons, and planets using Google Sky. 6. Flat Stanley trip around the world Advanced: [|5th Grade Biomes Project]

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 * Don't forget - Atomic Learning offers many training videos on Google Earth!

Links to other Google Earth Learning Tools: Google Earth Users Guide Google Earth Lessons blog [|Google Exchange Wiki] Google Earth Across The Curriculum Juicy Geography Google Earth Goods - wiki updated to include projects reflected in today's news Google Lit Trips - Blog about trips through Literature using Google Earth [|Google Earth for Earth Science] [|Google Earth for Teaching Math] Real World Math NEISD Project List for Google Earth

Use this to organize your schedule and track events. Sends email reminders and you can share with others easily.
 * Google Calendar**

You can host multiple calendars Add events and even send email invites Set reminders for events

Ideas for Teachers: 1. Create a calendar for each subject you teach and then add your lesson plans per day. 2. Coordinate campus events 3. Allow students to create a calendar to keep track of assignments, due dates and personal information. 4. Collaborate group projects by sharing due dates, project goals, and track individual contributions.

Allows you to create and share word processing files, spreadsheets, forms, and presentations. Accessible for editing from any computer connected to the Internet. media type="custom" key="6489977"
 * Google Documents**

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1. Create and share documents with other teachers to collaborate on lessons or projects. 2. Collaborate with others where you are tracking student progress across a team. 3. Access the same documents at home and work without a flash/thumb drive. 4. Check student work as their progress. Add comments or notes while the student is editing. 5. Share for peer-to-peer writing. 6. Write collaboration stories. 7. Take class notes that are shared to the entire group. 8. Collaborate with students in other classrooms worldwide. 9. Create online timetables for members of a group to work together and enter progress.
 * Classroom Activities for Word Processing:**

1. Allow students to have backchannel chats while working on a presentation. 2. Collaborate with each other to create a group presentation. 3. Peer-review and editing. 4. Create a "whole-class" presentation. 5. Create a photo slide-show and embed on a personal blog or other site. 6. Create presentations on any content area. 7. Develop an online portfolio of individual and/or class work. 8. Share presentations with family members outside the district.
 * Classroom Activities for Google Presentations:**

1. Keep track of student information or allow students to track their own information online. 2. Create class checksheets. 3. Calculate data. 4. Create electronic lesson plans and rubrics. 5. Collect information in a form to be used for charting data.
 * Classroom Activities for Google Spreadsheets & Forms:**


 * Go back to iGoogle. Add the "Google Docs" gadget which will show a list of all your documents on your iGoogle site.

Teaching Writing, Revision, and Collaboration using Google Docs - article from Weekly Reader Lesson Plans from Google Teachers - select by subject, grade level and even Google tool

Create and manage your own individual website or group wiki. Your Google site can host your calendar, announcements, and files you use with communicating to students and their parents.
 * Google Sites**

Lesson by a teacher on creating a Classroom Google Site Lesson on creating a Project Site Lesson creating an Administrative site

Picasa - Google's picture storage and editing tool

Google Labs - see what they are testing! Google Squared Google Sets Image Swirl Transliterate Aardvark FastFlip Google Goggles - interesting

End of Course survey - in Eduphoria....hopefully!