5 Good Google Tools for Social Studies Teachers – And How to Use Them is a blog post on the Free Technology for Teachers web site. I especially liked the Google Scholars and Google Newspaper Archives.
Math Trail Powered by Google Maps, these exciting trails take you to locations connected by a theme. Students must use an email address and then they can choose the level of difficulty. This game combines map skills, knowledge of geography, and of course, math skills.
This website is designed for educators who wish to extend the concepts of the math curriculum beyond the pages of the text. Google Earth is the dynamic tool that will be used to accomplish this. Google Earth provides startling clear satellite views of the globe in an interactive 3D environment. Beyond the visual, users can add placemarks, annotations, photos, and models, as well as measure distances and draw paths.
Within this site you will find lesson ideas, examples, and downloads for mathematics that embrace active learning, constructivism, and project-based learning while remaining true to the standards.
Doodle for Google 2012
Doodle 4 Google invites K-12 students to express the theme–”If I could
travel in time, I’d visit…”–as creatively as possible using Google’s
logo as their canvas. This year’s winner, along with having his or her
doodle featured on our homepage for a day, will take home a $30,000
college scholarship and a $50,000 technology grant for their school. And
as an added bonus, the winning Doodle will be featured on a special
edition of Crayola’s 64 box! We hope you’ll get everyone in on the fun
(but please — just one doodle per child!). All submissions must be
postmarked by March 20th and received by March 23rd so there’s not a
moment to wait!
Google Science Fair Google is looking for the brightest young scientists from around the world to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today.
Google understands the importance of finding the right information at the right
time. We create tools to let you find the information you need, of the kind you
need, when you need it. In most cases, a simple search works really well. But
for more specialized questions, a bit of instruction in how to search improves
all searcher–from middle school students to trained professionals–and lets you
discover and use more, higher quality sources than ever before.
Google Sketch Up is a free amazing drawing/3D site for students to use in a variety of educational settings.
Google Scholar is a search engine for the high school or college students looking for research through journals and scholarly primary sources.
Google Lit Trips allows students to travel along beside characters and walk the path they walked by working with Google maps. From the site: ” I like to say Google Lit Trips “3-dimensionalize” the reading experience by placing readers “inside the story” traveling alongside the characters; looking through the windshield of that old jalopy in The Grapes of Wrath or waddling alongside Mr. and Mrs. Mallard’s duckling family in Make Way for Ducklings.”
70+ Google Forms for the Classroom Google Forms is a great tool. Take a look here for a more detailed introduction and guide to using and creating a Google Form – this was written prior to Google bringing forms into the NEW menu.
How do our browsers and the web actually work? How has the World Wide Web evolved into what we know and love today? And what do we need to know to navigate the web safely and efficiently?
“20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web” is a short guide for anyone who’s curious about the basics of browsers and the web.
11 Techy Things for Teachers to Try this Year from Richard Byrne’s Free Technology for Teachers blog is a great list of free tech tools to help you be more productive in your job and help your students have authentic ways to learn and publish.
Creating Gmail “Sub-Email” Accounts for Students allows a teacher to manage those Web 2.0 applications that require an email address for student use. For example – Voice Thread. This article walks you through how to set up “dummy” accounts for your students that will run through your gmail account. Thanks to FCPS Technology Resource Teachers in Frederick County, Maryland for this tip.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Google, ISTE 10, Web 2.0 | Posted on July 7, 2010
41 New Ways Google Docs Makes your Life Easier Google has been hard at work this summer making your document editing, sharing, and creation experience much better. We thought this might be a good time to get you up to speed on all the new features that will make your upcoming school year much MUCH easier.