A great list of resources for educators. A must see list of Google resources!
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/google-for-educators_22.html…
A great list of resources for educators. A must see list of Google resources!
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/google-for-educators_22.html…
Google Code University is an online repository of tutorials and course content in the form of text, video and slides to help people get started with various computer science topics, especially those that center around web development. You’ll find courses
Google Certified Trainers Kevin Brookhouser and Tim Lee conducted a free webinar all about the advanced features available in forms and spreadsheets in Google Docs. The webinar includes directions for how to create a self-grading quiz using forms within Google
From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time.
http://www.eternalcode.com/100-google-tricks-that-will-save-you-time-in-school
Let’s take a look at how using Google has gotten me more organized than I have ever been.
http://simpleorganizedlife.com/how-i-use-google-to-organize-my-entire-online-digital-life
Google has launched TeachParentsTech.org, a little spin-off web site that features 50 how-to videos, all designed to answer your parents’ basic tech questions.
http://www.openculture.com/2010/12/google_teaches_your_parents_tech.html
Google is launching its long-expected web-based ebook offering, now renamed Google eBooks, in the US from today and says it aims to bring it to other countries next year.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/dec/06/google-ebooks-edition-launches
You can use the free Google Translate service to instantly translate text from one language to another and in some language pairs, you may even listen to the translated text.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/speak-foreign-languages/18288/
In an attempt to teach the average person about the fundamentals of browsers and the web, Google has released an interactive online book that explains concepts like, TCP/IP, HTML, browser extensions and malware.
Google has announced that nearly all of Google’s tools can now be integrated into your Google Apps for Education account. This means that if there is a Google tool that you want the users in your Google Apps for Education
Everyone who has a Google account should visit their Dashboard once a year. It’s like Google’s way of showing you their hand—let you see what info they have on you—and allow you to change it.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/what-google-knows-about-you-and-how-to-tweak-it.ars
Google is trying to save users from the back-click button, by giving them the option to see a visual preview of the page they are thinking of clicking on.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/google-instant-previews/