Google Goes to School: Google Tools for Educators
March 22, 2008
“Like many educators new to the use of technology in the classroom, using Google as a search tool quickly became a staple in my classroom. Over the past year, Google has stretched their search capabilities to include an abundance of open source web applications tailor-made for teachers. In fact, they’ve called this new suite of tools Google for Educators.
The web application found within Google for Educators allow teachers and students to:
- collaborate with their colleagues
- monitor and participate in discussions
- publish videos
- create PowerPoint presentation and web sites
- manage photos
- monitor online data. Google has gone the extra mile by providing teachers’ guides and exciting examples of classroom teachers using Google Tools to support the use of technology as a mindtool. Those best practices demonstrate how Google applications, when are used alongside meaningful classroom instruction, can literally change the face of classroom instruction.”
Copyright © 2008 Education World
Author: Brenda Dyck, Education World®, 29th February 2008
Full article available here.
Entry Filed under: ICT, Interaction, Learning, Pedagogy, Social Impact, Trends, VLEs. Tags: Blogger, Children, Classrooms, Google, Google Docs, Google Earth, ICT, Learning, Pedagogy, Picasa, Schools, Sketchup, Software, Tools.
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