EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GOOGLE (ALMOST) Everything Google: http://www.google.com/options GOOGLE ACCOUNTS: http://www.google.com/accounts - Free access to Google Docs, Google Calendar, and other apps requiring an account - Also can be used as a Gmail account and a YouTube account GOOGLE SEARCH: http://www.google.com/ OR http://www.google.com/advanced_search - Basic search strategies - Use clear, concise keywords - Try multiple words (synonyms) for better results - Advanced search options - Search for exact phrases (in quote marks) - Search within a site or domain (.gov, .org, .edu) GOOGLE CALENDAR: http://www.google.com/calendar - Requires a Google account - Ability to customize multiple calendars and share with other individuals - Ability to publish calendar/embed it into a website - Ability to import Google Calendars into iCal and create 2 way sync GOOGLE DOCS: http://www.google.com/docs - Google Documents - Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7y7NafWXeM - Think of it as an online version of Microsoft Word - Easy to use, lots of options for customizing - Ability to share documents and edit collaboratively in real time - Google Forms - Online surveys and forms, lots of uses - Easy to create, customize, and publish in a few steps - Great for staff surveys, sign-in forms, suggestion forms, etc. GOOGLE MAPS: http://www.google.com/maps - Lots of options beyond just directions and mapping - Create an embedded map for your building - Use Google Places to set up an online profile for your building GOOGLE BOOKS: http://www.google.com/books - Search for freely available ebooks and buy books from Google eBookstore - Receive previews or full book views (depending on copyright date) - Copy links and/or embed books into webpages GOOGLE SCHOLAR: http://www.google.com/scholar - Search trustworthy, peer-reviewed information directly from Google - Returns pre-prints of journal articles, patents, books, legal opinions GOOGLE SITES: http://www.google.com/sites - Set up a website quickly and easily - Use templates to make your site look great in a snap!
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT POWERPOINT AND YOUTUBE
ADDING VIDEOS TO YOUTUBE: - Options include: insert a link, insert downloaded file of the video, insert embed code of video (some versions of PowerPoint support this) INSERT LINK INTO POWERPOINT: - Type your text - Highlight text - Go to Insert -> Hyperlink and paste URL into appropriate box - Requires Internet access to work when in Slideshow mode DOWNLOADING YOUTUBE VIDEOS: - Depending on browser, search for “youtube download add-ons” - Install appropriate add-on - Use add-on to download YouTube video - A good add-on for Firefox: Easy YouTube Video Downloader INSERT DOWNLOADED FILE OF YOUTUBE VIDEO INTO POWERPOINT: - Go to Insert -> Movie and navigate to file - Insert downloaded file (FLV or MP4 work well) into PowerPoint - Inserts video with player attached, no need to navigate away from PowerPoint or use Internet POWERPOINT ALTERNATIVES: - Prezi (prezi.com) - Google Docs Presentations (docs.google.com) - Zoho Show (show.zoho.com) - 280 Slides (280slides.com) SHARING POWERPOINTS: - Slideshare.net: great for uploading, sharing, and viewing PowerPoints (as ppt or PDF files) and finding PowerPoint ideas, content, themes, etc. - Google Docs Presentations has a great presentation tool AND lets you collaborate on presentations with other users
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT TECHNOLOGY TOOLS by Melissa Corey
JOIN TWITTER: - Become a Twitter user and follow the right people! - Join at twitter.com - You can be a consumer and watcher instead of a producer and commentator - Some great people to follow for tech tools on Twitter: - @AuntyTech - @EduTecher - @CyberTeacher - @TeachersFirst FOLLOW TECH SITES AND BLOGS: - Edutecher (edutecher.net) - Free Technology For Teachers (freetech4teachers.com) - Go 2 Web 2.0 (go2web20.net) FINDING TECH TOOLS FOR YOUR SUBJECT AREA: - Google your subject area + web 2.0 tools - Find others on Twitter who are in your subject area - Work with others in your school district to get better at using technology - Find conferences (especially online conferences and webinars) to learn about new tools - Search YouTube for tutorials on using new tools
BEST ADVICE - DON’T BE AFRAID TO TRY NEW TECH TOOLS! DON’T BE AFRAID TO FAIL!