Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Google Tools In The Classroom

Using Google "documents" is a great way to promote collaboration among students at no cost to school districts, as well as an excellent avenue to expose students to technology enhanced learning. Other tools such as Google Maps and Images present nice visuals for its users on a variety of locations or topics. Customized engine searches are also useful in pinpointing relevant information.
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3 comments:

  1. Kenny BeyerNovember 25, 2009 at 2:04 AM

    Chad,
    I agree that customized search engines are cool and can assist you in pinpointing relevant info.

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  2. Meredith AllenNovember 25, 2009 at 1:03 PM

    I'm thinking that our teachers would benefit from the collaboration of google docs as well...they have a heck of a time scheduling conferences around families and having to worry about what time what kid has what conference. I think they could use google docs to help them. Either that or a wiki...

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  3. brookeDecember 1, 2009 at 8:16 AM

    Chad,
    As we used a variety of the different google tools I also thought about the collaboration point. And, you make a great point - at no cost to districts, which is a huge point. I think teaching students about google tools is a way to really teach them some of the advantages of/how to use the current technologies.

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