These videos are less than two minutes each and cover using all the features of Google docs. If you want to learn in a simple direct format, check them out.
Google for Educators
Among all the links and downloads out there, it can be hard for teachers to know which ones work best. Google has made it easier by creating Google for Educators, which compiles some of the search engine's most useful features in one place.(Edutopia)
100 Ways Google Can Make You a Better Educator
Google Book Search
Google Book Search, the electronic equivalent of browsing through a library, is a great way to find new books for your class to read or for your students to use as research tools. You can
browse through specific categories, type in keywords, or search for particular titles. Each result includes the information you'd find about that book in a card catalog, plus a table of contents, links to book reviews and related works, and other resources. For instance, in the
results for Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you'll find links to scholarly works about the novel.
(Edutopia)
LiveBinders
Resources to help you learn and teach with Google
Google Docs
Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor, spreadsheet and presentation editor that enables you and your students to create, store and share instantly and securely, and collaborate online in real time. You can create new documents from scratch or upload existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. There's no software to download, and all your work is stored safely online and can be accessed from any computer.
Google Docs is particularly handy for teachers when revising students' work. It allows you and your class to track what changes have been made, save each revision, and collaborate in real time. And it's a great organizing tool: You can easily upload old documents in other applications to Google Docs so all your files are accessible in one place. Not only can your students create electronic documents and spreadsheets, they can also instantly access and edit each other's essays, post their work to a blog, publish it as a Web page, and create eye-catching presentations -- all within the same program. (Eduptopia)
Introducing New Google Docs
Google Forms
Many uses in the classroom and for administrators. Create professional looking forms, choose from over 60 themes and 7 question types. See entries in
spreadsheet form, automatically add responses to a spreadsheet that are connected to your survey. Easily view the collected information, automatically generate sophisticated charts and graphs. Here are two examples:
Computer Club Sign Up,
Administrator Interest Survey
Video:Using Forms in Google Docs
Google Squared
Google Squared Video
Watch the video, now click here and try it out.
Google Wonder Wheel
Wonder Wheel Video What is it?
Wonder Wheel Step by Step
Watch the video and read the step by step directions, go to Google and try it out!
Google Maps
Many of us have used
Google Maps to find driving directions, but its usefulness goes way beyond getting from point A to point B. Before a field trip, your students can study the area they will visit through
a variety of maps, including street, terrain, and satellite views. Then document your trip by creating
personalized maps that include your route, as well as fact balloons, photos, and even videos.
(Edutopia)
United Streaming Integrated with Google Maps
Lit Trips is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!
Google Lit Trips
Google Earth
Google Earth Across the Curriculum
Google Earth
Video: Navigating the Globe in Google Earth
Video: What's new in Google Earth
Video: Exploring the Ocean in Google Earth
Learn Google Earth through Quiz
Google Earth Learn is a very clever self-paced quiz game designed to familiarize the user with the features and tools of Google Earth. With each level, the user is taught a new feature about navigating Google Earth, with a mini-quiz in order to move onto the next level. Instead of a tutorial, this quiz-game format is very approachable to those of all ages, and highlights many interesting tools that Google Earth has to offer (such as exploring the ocean, looking at satellite images from the past, etc.).
Math and Google Earth
Google News
Google Knol
Knol makes it easy for you to write and share your knowledge with the world. It's free and easy to create, collaborate on, and publish credible web content.
Video: How to Create a Knol
Google Knol
Google Instant makes Web searches easier
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Google for Educators
Among all the links and downloads out there, it can be hard for teachers to know which ones work best. Google has made it easier by creating Google for Educators, which compiles some of the search engine's most useful features in one place.(Edutopia)
100 Ways Google Can Make You a Better Educator
Google Book Search
Google Book Search, the electronic equivalent of browsing through a library, is a great way to find new books for your class to read or for your students to use as research tools. You can
browse through specific categories, type in keywords, or search for particular titles. Each result includes the information you'd find about that book in a card catalog, plus a table of contents, links to book reviews and related works, and other resources. For instance, in the
results for Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you'll find links to scholarly works about the novel.
(Edutopia)
LiveBinders
Resources to help you learn and teach with Google
Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor, spreadsheet and presentation editor that enables you and your students to create, store and share instantly and securely, and collaborate online in real time. You can create new documents from scratch or upload existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. There's no software to download, and all your work is stored safely online and can be accessed from any computer.
Google Docs is particularly handy for teachers when revising students' work. It allows you and your class to track what changes have been made, save each revision, and collaborate in real time. And it's a great organizing tool: You can easily upload old documents in other applications to Google Docs so all your files are accessible in one place. Not only can your students create electronic documents and spreadsheets, they can also instantly access and edit each other's essays, post their work to a blog, publish it as a Web page, and create eye-catching presentations -- all within the same
program. (Eduptopia)
Introducing New Google Docs
Google Forms
Many uses in the classroom and for administrators. Create professional looking forms, choose from over 60 themes and 7 question types. See entries in
spreadsheet form, automatically add responses to a spreadsheet that are connected to your survey. Easily view the collected information, automatically generate sophisticated charts and graphs. Here are two examples:
Computer Club Sign Up,
Administrator Interest Survey
Video:Using Forms in Google Docs