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 Google Tools

Google has created a great variety of tools to engage students in learning.

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 [|Google Earth] & [|Maps]

Take a virtual tour around the world, create placemarks, add your own images or videos. Have students add their own descriptions. Save and share placemarks and virutal tours on your blog. Embed Google Maps on your classroom blog.

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[|Make Your Mark on Planet Earth Tutorial] from Discovery Education.

[|Tutorial for Google Earth]

Make a [|Placemark]

Create and [|Overlay]

What are [|KML and KMZ] files? [|MapaList] //a wizard for creating and managing customized// //Google maps of address lists//

Google Map Mashups  Google Docs and Spreadsheets

Google Docs is a Web-based word processor, presentation and spreadsheet application. It allows the user to create and edit documents, presentations and spreadsheets while collaborating online in real-time with other users.

media type="custom" key="577561" Check out some tutorials and templates specifically for administrators:

[|http://portical.org/ Presentations/quick_takes/ googform/index.htm] -- This is an 8-minute tutorial on Google Forms for administration

[] -- This is a template that principals can start using immediately to gather data on mastery of the NETS for teachers -- it automatically aggregates the data for them.

[|http://www.portical.org/ Presentations/borgen/index. html/#siop] -- This is a Google Spreadsheet template which principals can share with their teachers for paperless lesson plan collection. A tutorial also accompanies this.

[|http://www.cue.org/stories/ storyReader$614] -- here is an example of a Google workshop for administrators

[|Google Site] [|s] A new offering from Google Apps, makes creating a team site as easy as editing a document. Use Google Sites to centralize all types of information -- from videos to presentations -- and share your site with just a few people, your entire organization, or the world.

[|Google Reader]

Google reader allows you to have anything with an RSS feed to be sent to one webpage. The sidebar allows you to easily toggle between different feeds to read the latest postings from different sites.  [|Google SketchUp]

Google SketchUp is a powerful yet easy-to-learn 3D software tool that combines a simple, yet robust tool-set with an intelligent drawing system that streamlines and simplifies 3D design. From simple to complex, conceptual to realistic, Google SketchUp enables you to build and modify 3D models quickly and easily.

Google Docs for Students Introduction in 6 Minutes: http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/family/watch/v184837444hgCxM3q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhWwmI-g4Tc

Google Docs for Teachers Introduction in 5 Minutes http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/family/watch/v18483745PCrBQcF4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXQmbj3EpCg

Google Forms for Schools Introduction in 8 Minutes: http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/family/watch/v18483743dDHrYzFa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkD_S3m-RTE

Quizlet Introduction in 7 Minutes: http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/family/watch/v184842647Jxn7aQY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diqf0P5dbNQ

Skype for Teachers Introduction in 3 Minutes: http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/family/watch/v18484978gJah3sDS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap97JddVceI