Please be sure to check out the newly available GoogleApps for Education Demo site, which allows you to do all sorts of stuff. Thanks to Dana Nguyen from GoogleApps for Education for sharing this information!
10 Ways to Use Google Books for Lifelong Learning and Research
Google Books is a Google service that makes discovering book content easier for us on the web. It started way back in 2004 and since then its mission has been to digitally scan and archive tons of book. But Google …
Google Streetview Inside World Cup Soccer Stadiums
Just in time for the start of the World Cup later this week (today, June 11th), Google has released new Google Maps Streetview imagery for South Africa. The imagery includes views of the interior of the stadiums in which the …
Google Maps Navigation Now Works in Canada and Most of Europe
In October 2009, Google released Google Maps Navigation for Android devices, a free turn-by-turn navigation system based on Google Maps. At first, the service was limited to the U.S. Recently it was extended to the U.K. and Ireland, and now …
Can academic integrity exist in the Google Age?
Technology can make it easy to coast, cheat, and otherwise circumvent the educational process. The National Society of Collegiate Scholars would like students to embrace integrity instead.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/can-academic-integrity-exist-in-the-google-age/3990…
The 1000 most-visited sites on the web
Courtesy of Google, the 1,000 most-visited sites on the web (excluding Google). The most-visited site, Facebook, has more pageviews then at least the next 99 sites combined.
Goofram – Google and Wolfram Alpha Side by Side
Goofram is a mash-up of Google Search and Wolfram Alpha search. Enter your search term(s) into Goofram and it will display relevant results drawn from Google and Wolfram Alpha.
Wave Hello to Google Wave – 10 Uses of Google Wave in the Classroom
Initially released only to developers, and invited users, Google Wave has just been released to the general public. Google Wave is an online software application product from Google. It is described as “a new web application for real-time communication and …
Google TV Has Arrived [Video]
Google officially unveiled Google TV at its Google I/O conference today. We’ve heard lots of rumblings about Google TV over the last few months, but today the product was demonstrated before a live audience. Google is teaming up with Intel, …
CloudCourse: An Enterprise Application in the Cloud
Google releases a new internal learning platform, CloudCourse under an open source license. CloudCourse allows anyone to create and track learning activities. CloudCourse also offers calendaring, waitlist management and approval features. CloudCourse is fully integrated with Google Calendar.
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/05/cloudcourse-enterprise-applicationin.html…
One Day In – This Day in History on a Google Map
There are plenty of websites that will deliver an interesting “this day in history” fact to you everyday. There are even gadgets for your iGoogle homepage that will inform you of significant events every day of the year. Yet there …
Desktop Google Reader – An Awesome RSS Reader Which Syncs With Google
One of the most popular RSS readers comes from the big G – Google – and provides a ton of interesting and unique features. The only downside? You can’t use it when you’re offline. Web based RSS reader apps might …
Google Wave Opens to Everyone – Now It’s Useful
Google Wave could be a great way to have a backchannel discussion in a course. In Wave you can play back the entire course of a conversation. This option could be useful for students who were absent from a class …
6 Reasons GTalk is The Best Free Instant Messaging Service
In this post, I’d like to show you 6 very cool ways that you can access your gTalk service no matter where you are.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-reasons-gtalk-free-instant-messagin-service/…
More Apps Coming to Google Apps for Education
Google has announced that beginning this summer administrators of Google Apps for Education and Google Apps for Enterprise will be able to incorporate Blogger, Picassa, iGoogle and other Google products into their existing roster of applications in Google Apps. Put …