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November 2009

Samantha MorraMontclair Public Schools

Google Trivia

When did Google become a verb?

When did Google become a verb?

First recorded use was on July 8, 1998 by Larry Page, one of the founders of Google.      He wrote "Have fun and keep googling!" Most useful word of 2002-American Dialect Society June, 2006 Officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary

What did we do B.G.

http://www.google.com

http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html

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Preferenceshttp://www.google.com/preferences

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http://www.google.com

http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/Even More

Even MoreThis is where you can download:

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Search Featureshttp://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html

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Translatehttp://translate.google.com

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Google Labshttp://www.googlelabs.com/

Google FastFliphttp://fastflip.googlelabs.com/

Signing In  For some of the best services you need to sign in.

DocsSites

CalendariGoogle

You do not need a Gmail account to sign in. Any email address can be you username.

Settingshttps://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount

 Dashboard

https://www.google.com/dashboard/

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Calendarhttp://www.google.com/calendar

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Calendar-Synchttp://www.google.com/calendar

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Calendarhttp://www.google.com/calendar

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iGooglehttp://www.google.com/ig?hl=en

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iGooglehttp://www.google.com/ig?hl=en

Personalize iGoogle 

Themes 

Gadgets-Add Stuff Gmail FaceBook Box of Links Days Since Twitter Gadget Google Docs  Google Forms

When I started teaching technology:  

"Technology is a tool for gathering, organizing and communicating information."

 This is still true, but our information landscape has

changed. 

We need tools to manage all of this information.  

So, "Have fun, and keep googling."