TOP TEN:GOOGLE TIPSPatricia Paschedag

Education 5611

Dr. Wall

February 7, 2010

10. BLOGGER

This Blogger can be used for a class assignment/project or the teacher can use it as a classroom update for students and parents.

9. USE THE TASKS AS A TO-

DO LIST Teachers can organize their schedules by

setting up their tasks on Gmail to make a to-do list.

8. INVITE OTHERS

Great way to help keep in touch with parents and to help keep your students informed with due dates and school events.

7. GOOGLE ALERTS

A great Google feature that will help with students research current events as well as for the teachers to stay informed with current news in their discipline and educational updates.

6. HIGHLIGHT MAIL WITH LABELS

Great feature for teachers to quickly sort their inbox which will enable the teacher to pick and read the important emails.

5. USE CANNED RESPONSES

Another great Google Gmail feature that will save teachers time writing similar emails to multiple people. Create a format, fill in the blanks, and send.

4. CONVERT UNITS

Wonderful Google search tip that will help students and teachers obtain and check conversions in units of measurements and currencies.

3. CREATE GRAPHS FROM SPREADSHEETS

Students and teachers can simply insert data into Google Docs and create a pie, line and/or bar graph making science project presentation that much easier and nicer.

2. COLLECT RESEARCH NOTES

WITH GOOGLE NOTEBOOK

Students and teachers can make notes, with sources, effortlessly with Google Notebook making the research process so much easier.

THE #1 GOOGLE TIP

IS….COLLABORATE ON GROUP PROJECTS

Amazing Google Doc feature that allows multiple users to read, edit, and save a document on Google Docs and their own computer. Perfect for group projects.