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Google for Educators Overview
Tools and Strategies for
Educational Innovation
Lucy Gray
Lead Technology Coach
Urban Education Institute
The University of Chicago
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IGoogle
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New YorkGoogle Teachers Academy
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Googles Mission
Organize the worlds information
and make it universally accessible
and useful.
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Google Philosophy
Focus on the user and all else will follow.
Its best to do one thing really, really well.
Fast is better than slow.
Democracy on the web works.
You dont need to be at your desk to need an
answer.
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Google Philosophy
You can make money without doing evil.
Theres always more information out there.
The need for information crosses all borders.
You can be serious without a suit.
Great isnt just good enough.
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Applied to LearningFocus on the student and all else will follow
Its best to teach a few things really, really
well.
Fast is better than slow.
Democracy in the classroom works.
You dont need to be at school to need an
answer.
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Applied to LearningYou can teach without doing evil.
Theres always more information out there.
The need for information crosses all borders.
You can be serious without a suit.
Great just isnt good enough.
Courtesy of Mark Wagner, CUE
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Ideas worth replicating...
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A video is worth 1000 words...
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Questions that come to mind...
How can we use these tools for our own professional
productivity?
How can we incorporate these into our own
schools?
What can schools learn from innovative businesses?
What are WE doing differently?
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Google For Educators Sitehttp://www.google.com/educators/index.html
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Features
Recent Projects and News
The Infinite Thinking Machine
Teacher Community
Classroom Activities
Classroom Posters
Tools for Your Classroom
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Recent Projects and News
Election Tools for Teachers
Google Education Resources
GeoEducation
Using Docs in the Classroom
Google Celebrates Earth Day
2008
Doodle 4 Google
Open Source Contest
Geography Awareness Week
Weekly Reader and Google Docs
Project Spectrum
International Cleanup Weekend
Google Lunar Xprize Educational
Content
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Infinite Thinking Machinehttp://www.infinitethinking.org/A weblog sponsored by WestEd and Google
Internet T.V. shows found also in iTunes and Google
Video
Concrete examples of innovation in education
7 contributors
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Teacher Communityhttp://www.google.com/educators/community.html
A Google Group for all teachers
Participate in threaded discussions
Network with other educators
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Classroom Activitieshttp://www.google.com/educators/activities.html
Classroom Activities
Exemplary Lessons
NECC Presentations
Computer Science Unplugged
Google Lit Trips
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Classroom Postershttp://www.google.com/educators/posters.html
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Tools for Your Classroomhttp://www.google.com/educators/tools.html
Book Search
Earth
Maps
News
iGoogle
Web SearchBlogger
Calendar
Docs
Groups
Page Creator
Picasa
SketchUp
Google Apps Education EditionCustom Search Engine
Google Notebook
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Google Sites
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Tools for Your Classroom
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Book Searchhttp://books.google.com/
Search the full text of books to find
ones that interest you and learn
where to buy or borrow them.
About Google Book Search
Add Google Book Search to your
site
Google Book Search - News &
Views
Explore Shakespeare with Google
My Library
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Earthhttp://earth.google.com/
Satellite imagery of the Earth that includes layers of information
Content partners include Discovery Education, National Geographic,Wikipedia
Still pictures
Share files
Google Earth
Google Earth Community
Teacher Meme
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Mapshttp://maps.google.com/
Google Maps
Searchable
Directions
Street View
My Maps
Google Maps User Guide
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Newshttp://news.google.com/
Search thousands of publications
Use in conjunction with Google Reader via RSS feed
Archives
Custom news searches and personalized news page
Blog search
Comments by people in the
Quotes
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Web Searchhttp://www.google.co.uk/help/features.html
Define
File TypeCurrency Conversion
Calculator
Track Packages
Google Help: Search Features
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Custom Search Enginehttp://www.google.com/coop/cse/
Formerly known as Google Co-op
Roll your own search engine using pre-selected sites
Embed on your website and blog
Bookmark sites directly to list of web sites
Others can can contribute to the web sites search
Examples:
My Search Engines
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Google Apps - Education Editionhttp://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html
Google Apps for Education
Customizable
Includes:
Gmail
Google Talk
Google Calendar
Google Page Creator
Google Start Page
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Next Steps
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Strategies for success
Get a Google Account (Gmail gives you a Google account OR you can make
a Google account with any email address)
Concentrate on one tool to start
Focus on your own productivity
Make generic student accounts for projects
Advocate and educate in your district about the power of these tools
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Recommended Resources
The Search by John Batelle
The Official Google Blog
Google in Education group within Diigo
Google Teacher Center newsletter
Googles YouTube channel
Google Teacher Academy Resources
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