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Google for Educators

3 Article Summary

Google application is a very versatile program and allows for a wide variety of uses in and out of the classroom. Some of the uses of the Google applications mentioned are collaboration, creation and communication. Another feature to the Google product is being able to work from any location such as school, home, library and more. This is a very attractive feature especially for schools where students would need to be able to work on assignments at school as well as at home.

What I learned

These articles have really opened my eyes. I was not aware of all of the functions that the Google product offered. I have been aware of Google maps, email, earth and calendar but I had no idea that Google had other features such as Blogger, Google Groups and PicasaWeb to just mention a few of them. I also did not understand the concept of the "cloud". but after reading these articles I now understand how the information is saved and that one can access whatever document you need as long as you are using Google Docs.

How the technology tool is used in the Classroom.

Google technology is an asset to the classroom. Teachers can assign students a projects in groups and the students can work together simultaneously on Google Docs together. Google Apps is used to communicate though email from teachers to students, teacher to parents and student to student. Research is a valuable tool of Google especially the Google Advanced Search. Students could use this as a way to research projects and it gives to them an opportunity to access a larger library of information. The teacher can use Google Video, Google Images, Google Maps and Google Earth to use as visual aids in teaching different subjects to the students.

How the technology tool is used for student learning and/or instruction

Student can be required to use the Google Reader and regularly check on the web for news feeds, online journals and other items. As indicated in the section above, teachers can use Google Video, Google Image, Google Maps, Google Earth and many more. These applications can be used as visual aids or they can also help to teach a certain concept in a variety of subjects. Student can use use Google Sites, Google Blogger, Google Talk and other apps. These apps can help to create web pages, talk to other students around the world, and being able to create blog pages. As stated above the Google Application Tool is an asset to the Teacher, student and classroom as a whole.

The articles I used for the Technology Tools are as follows:

Beyond Googling: Applying Google Tools to Inquiry-based Learning, Lamb, Annette and Johnson, Larry, __Teacher Librarian__; Apr 2010, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p83-86, 4p Google and Microsoft Go to School, Dessoff, Alan, __Education Digest__; Dec 2010, Vol. 76 Issue 4, p4-7, 4p Schools Opt for Google Apps., Barack, Lauren, __School Library Journal__; Jun 2010, Vol 56 Issue 6, p12-12, 1p

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