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There are a boatload of awesome Google tools that we use every day. And they’re free, too, which tends to be a big winner for teachers and students. Free is probably the number one reason for giving Google’s tools a try – you haven’t lost anything but a bit of time if you decide you …
Beth Dichter's insight:
Google provides so many tools it is hard to keep track of all of them. This post provides information on 7 tools that may find a place in your classroom. Do you have a student that needs a clean and clear space to write, with no distractions? If Chrome is available as a browser consider installing the app Write Space, a "minimalist text editor." If students are working in Google Drive and are researching a paper they may have found the Research Tool that allows you to quickly search the web for specific information, make suggestions and more. Google Forms continues to add features, including the ability to create surveys. Have your students design a survey and graph their data, or use it the survey tool to do a quick formative assessment as an exit ticket. Learn more about Moderator, Image Directory, and Google Templates (that's right, Google has templates designed for students and teachers) in the post. Chances are you will find at least one or two tools to use for yourself or with your students (or both)! 
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"I’ve been completely obsessed with Google’s new mini-site devoted to finding better ways to incorporate proper web searches into the classroom. Dubbed ‘Search Education,’Google’s new site has an array of lesson plans, videos (check a sample out below), concept maps, and other tools designed to help any educator properly integrate Google... As part of Search Education, Google has shared a bunch of lesson plans that are organized by degree of difficulty. So, if you consider yourself and / or your students Google experts, you should try out the more advanced plans. If you don’t know what ‘boolean’ means, then you probably should start with the more basic stuff. The following are just some of the many lesson plans brought to you by Google. Check out the site for more info!"
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Google has released a new ebook “A New and Open World for Learning” which is about the products and services that they provide for education. Let’s be honest…it is a marketing tool…but it also provides examples of you might want to use Google apps. You may download the entire book, or you may pages about primary and secondary education only, or about higher education only.
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What can we do to make our students better at online searching? Here is an article that provides tools to help your students learn to be better online researchers. Students need to lear to focus and 'distill [the] idea into a few key specific search terms', a skill we must teach. The post provides suggestions on how to teach digital literacy skills. The levels that need to be taught are (quoting from the post): * It begins as a critical thinking and language skill... * Utilizing various "search help" tools that may search engines offer... * Critically sorting through the results... * Sometimes, supply your kids with the internet resources you want then to use... A list of useful links is also included.
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"The original Art Project counted 17 museums in nine countries and 1,000 images, almost all paintings from Western masters. Today, the Art Project includes more than 30,000 high-resolution artworks, with Street View images for 46 museums, with more on the way...The expanded Art Project embraces all sizes of institutions, specializing in art or in other types of culture..." Some of the new things you will find in the expanded Art Project include: a new tool Explore and Discover allowing you to search by period, artist, or type of artwork; Street View images of higher quality, an enhanced My Gallery and more. There is also an eduational sections available.
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