In a recent TILT training, I was teaching Google +, including Hangout. We turned on the feature that broadcasts your hangout through your YouTube channel (for a very short time). What a great way to teach! Parents and students can benefit from this communication!
A professional learning community where educators can collaboratively explore emerging technology is important. This blog is an avenue for our PLC members to network and share their experiences using these tools.
Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts
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Mar 22, 2010
Day 1: Exploring Google Tools
Since I am starting a new class this week, I thought I would devote the next series of posts to the content I will be presenting.
Below, you will find my first resource...Google Tools you might not have been aware of. This resource can be found at Slideshare.net (search for caskeyd):Google Search Tools
View more presentations from Desiree Caskey.
We will be talking about one of Google's tools called Chrome, which is a browser. Watch this short clip to get a better definition of the concept of browser:
This is a handout I created to help collect all the different Google search tools and strategies:
Google Search Tools
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Mar 21, 2010
Using Google's Book Search: Aesop's Fables
This is an example of how you can take a book you found in the Google Book Search and embed it into your blog:
Day 2: iGoogle Explored
New to the concept of iGoogle (or Google Home Page)?
Here is a quick video to help you with the concept of iGoogle:
iGoogle is a great tool, with a new feature - social gadgets:
iGoogle handouts from SlideShare.net (search caskeyd for more resources:)
Once you have got your iGoogle page set up...here is a tip on changing the settings on your gadgets:
Here is a quick video to help you with the concept of iGoogle:
iGoogle is a great tool, with a new feature - social gadgets:
iGoogle handouts from SlideShare.net (search caskeyd for more resources:)
Once you have got your iGoogle page set up...here is a tip on changing the settings on your gadgets:
Mar 20, 2010
Day 3: Google Docs
Here is a video by Lee Lefever - "In Plain English" - to help explain the concept of Google Docs:
Here is a resource from SlideShare that you can use as a reference:
Google has updated Docs to offer you more options and tools. They have improved this tool by leaps and bounds! Check out this video to see how:
Want to share documents with me? I am caskeyd@gmail.com!
Here is a resource from SlideShare that you can use as a reference:
Google Docs
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Google has updated Docs to offer you more options and tools. They have improved this tool by leaps and bounds! Check out this video to see how:
Review Videos: Google Forms & Google Squared
This was made for business...but you can translate it for education:
I also found this video that does a nice job of describing and illustrating Google Squared, which is my new favorite tool:
I also found this video that does a nice job of describing and illustrating Google Squared, which is my new favorite tool:
Here is a cool resource...watch Google's 15 second search tip video series!
Mar 19, 2010
Day 4: Setting up a Classroom Blog
Let's start our session by watching a short video called "Blogs in Plain English"...sound familiar?
Here is a great, simple video to teach you how to set up your blog for the first time. This video was used to teach a class...so there might be some instructions you don't want to follow:
Blogger has a video series and here is the first one...creating a blog:
Want more tutorials from Blogger? They have a whole series here!
Here is a resource you can view and print out if you like:
Here is a great, simple video to teach you how to set up your blog for the first time. This video was used to teach a class...so there might be some instructions you don't want to follow:
Blogger has a video series and here is the first one...creating a blog:
Want more tutorials from Blogger? They have a whole series here!
Here is a resource you can view and print out if you like:
Creating A Blog
View more presentations from Desiree Caskey.
Blogger Resources
This is a tutorial I created and published on Slideshare.net:
Creating A Blog
View more presentations from Desiree Caskey.
Mar 18, 2010
Day 5: Google Sites
I found a short series of videos that I thought you would find useful for creating Google Sites. Although building a site using this tool is pretty straight-forward, it is always nice to have a resource to refer back to as you have questions.
Radford University has put together a series of tutorials for Google Sites. I have embedded all of the tutorial videos.
Google Sites Tutorial Part 1:
Google Sites Tutorial Part 2:
Google Sites Tutorial Part 3:
Google Sites Tutorial Part 4:
Here is a simple handout you are welcome to print. This will get you started using Google Sites:
Radford University has put together a series of tutorials for Google Sites. I have embedded all of the tutorial videos.
Google Sites Tutorial Part 1:
Google Sites Tutorial Part 2:
Google Sites Tutorial Part 3:
Google Sites Tutorial Part 4:
Here is a simple handout you are welcome to print. This will get you started using Google Sites:
Google Sites
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Mar 17, 2010
Day 6: Picasa and Picasa Web Albums
Another great "In Plain English" video to explain photo sharing concept:
A resource you can reference later, print if you like:
There are some great video tutorials for Picasa. Here is one:
A resource you can reference later, print if you like:
Picasa
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There are some great video tutorials for Picasa. Here is one:
Picasa is Cool! I want to learn more!
Some of you have found that Picasa is a really cool tool and want to explore it more. There is a lot to Picasa, so if you want some help...start here:
I just learned that you can email your photos to your Picasa site!
If you go to your Settings in Picasa, you can set this up:
Mar 16, 2010
Day 7: Exploring Google Earth
Google Earth is a fascinating tool and can be used in your classroom for just about anything! You can use it just like you would use a traditional globe or you can really get involved in it and make your own global tours.
My friend, and fellow TILT teacher, Mandy Bighorn just shared this link with me! It is a website that integrates Google Earth, Google Maps, Panoramia, and who knows what else! We will experiment with this by going to this site first! It is called VPike.
Because there is such a depth to Google Earth, I will have a lot of video resources available for you. Depending upon what you want to explore...there's a video for that!
First, here is a tutorial on the basics of Google Earth:
If you want to explore this fabulous tool in depth, I suggest you start here:
Discover Google Earth
Google Earth Product Tours
Learn Google Earth by playing this interactive game
Finally, Google Earth has its own channel on YouTube...watch GoogleEarthVideoHelp
My friend, and fellow TILT teacher, Mandy Bighorn just shared this link with me! It is a website that integrates Google Earth, Google Maps, Panoramia, and who knows what else! We will experiment with this by going to this site first! It is called VPike.
Because there is such a depth to Google Earth, I will have a lot of video resources available for you. Depending upon what you want to explore...there's a video for that!
First, here is a tutorial on the basics of Google Earth:
Google Earth Basics
View more presentations from Billings Public Schools.
If you want to explore this fabulous tool in depth, I suggest you start here:
Discover Google Earth
Google Earth Product Tours
Learn Google Earth by playing this interactive game
Finally, Google Earth has its own channel on YouTube...watch GoogleEarthVideoHelp
Feb 26, 2010
Day 8: BPS goes Google! Learn the tools here
Visit the BPS TILT page to find a list of tutorials. You can get tutorials in print form, video, or embedded slide shows.
Visit Slideshare to see a collection of presentations too!
Exploring Google Tools Resources
Well, we are wrapping up our exploration of Google Tools! I hope you have found some valuable information and tools you can use in your personal as well as professional lives!
If all the resources and virtual handouts you were given in class were not enough (:O)...here is a collection of resources for you to use as you delve deeper into each tool:
Gmail Blog: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/
Google Apps Blog: http://googleapps.blogspot.com/
YouTube:
Gmail Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/user/Gmail
Google Docs: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDocsCommunity
Google Maps: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleMapsHelp
Google Earth: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleEarthVideoHelp
Google Earth Tours: http://www.youtube.com/user/mkbarth?blend=1&ob=4
Other Sources Besides Google:
Picasa: http://www.learningelectric.com/picasa2/
Google Earth Blog: http://www.gearthblog.com/
Google Updates & News: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/
If all the resources and virtual handouts you were given in class were not enough (:O)...here is a collection of resources for you to use as you delve deeper into each tool:
Gmail Blog: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/
Google Apps Blog: http://googleapps.blogspot.com/
YouTube:
Gmail Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/user/Gmail
Google Docs: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDocsCommunity
Google Maps: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleMapsHelp
Google Earth: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleEarthVideoHelp
Google Earth Tours: http://www.youtube.com/user/mkbarth?blend=1&ob=4
Other Sources Besides Google:
Picasa: http://www.learningelectric.com/picasa2/
Google Earth Blog: http://www.gearthblog.com/
Google Updates & News: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/
More Google Tools to Explore
Posted on Feb 25th, 2010 MacLife magazine highlighted Google tools we might not be aware of:
- News Timeline - search primary source documents
- Patents - see what patents are already out there before you start your invention
- In Quotes - takes 2 politicians and compares their quotes on different issues
- Moderator - a forum for questions, suggestions, communication about stuff
- City Tours - get a tour mapped and planned out for your next vacation
- Audio Indexing - see what politicians are saying about different topics
- Code Search - a reference tool for programmers
- Image Swirl - find similar images in a fun interface
- Fast Flip - have dozens of news resources displayed simultaneously
- Scholar - an amazing resource for educational research
- Product Search - comparison shopping at its best
- Trends - see what is trending on the web (based on hits per site)
- People Hopper - morphs the photos of one friend into another (from your Orkut account)
- Orkut - Google social network
Feb 24, 2010
Coming Soon...Google Rules the Web
From a Feb 22nd article in Wired Magazine:
You would think that having a 65% market share of the web searching world, Google would be sitting back and relaxing. Not so! Google is working harder than ever to role out new search tools and applications to make your surfing and researching on the Internet even more intuitive.
Click here to read the article
You would think that having a 65% market share of the web searching world, Google would be sitting back and relaxing. Not so! Google is working harder than ever to role out new search tools and applications to make your surfing and researching on the Internet even more intuitive.
Click here to read the article
Feb 8, 2010
Apr 6, 2009
Blogging Handout
I am using this presentation in my Classroom Web Pages Class. Thought you might find it of value:
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