Tools for Educators

For Dr. Pastore's Classes
30 points

Google Book Search

Google Earth

Google Maps

Google News

Google Calendar

Google Documents and Spreadsheets

Google Groups

Google Page Creator

Google Picasa

Google Sketchup

The goal of this assignment is for you to:

• Become familiar with Google Tools
  
  
• Use Google Tools
  
  
• Determine how Google Tools can be used to improve teaching and learning

We will preveiw these tools in class. The links for this activity are:

Google for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

Google Tools for Your Classroom
http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html

Classroom Activities for Google Tools
http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html

Classroom Posters for Google Tools
http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html

Following are the steps for this assignment:

1. Visit and browse each of the above links.

2. Create a web page and save it as googletools.html. This page should have the following:

• Copies of the above links
• Choose 5 Google Tools from the list at the top of this page
• For each tool, give the name, address, and 1) a three or more sentence description of the characteristics of the tool and 2) a three or more sentence description or example of how the tool could be used in a lesson. Do not copy and paste information from the web site! These descriptions must be in your own words!
  
  
  

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