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The TOP TEN Google Tips for Teachers Erica Coleman EDUC 5611 – W1 Fall Semester 2010

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Page 1: Top Ten Google Tips for Teachers

The TOP TEN Google Tips for Teachers

Erica ColemanEDUC 5611 – W1

Fall Semester 2010

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#10 Best Google Tip for Teachers

Use the Google Image Search

Students often enjoy a visual aid to accompany the lecture of the teacher. Google images provide visual aids in less than a second. I like to use images in my PowerPoint Presentations, but I sometimes need an

impromptu picture while I am teaching. Google Images is perfect for that.

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#9 Tip

Search within a specific website – In the Google search box type in site:yourwebsite followed by your search

item.For example: Let say you would like to search for what

about.com says about school uniformsIn the Google search box type site:about.com uniforms

I chose this because this is such a time saver. Forget having to go to the website and then search all

through it for what you want. From now on, Google can do that for me!

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#8 Tip

Google News – keep track of what is going on in the world with headlines from Google News!

I chose this tip because as a teacher, I can get caught up in just what is going on within my

four walls. In between classes, on lunch, and break, I can keep up with current news

headlines with Google News..and it is super fast, too!

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#7 Tip

Google SketchUp will take anypicture and make it into a 3D image.

Students can use SketchUp to rev up any lesson that requires illustrations.

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#6 Tip

Google Groups and Google Docs Where students can meet and study with their

group -- online!

Our school pushes for students to use technology on a daily basis. Students can use Google Groups to discuss and plan for group

projects.

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#5 Tip

Reopen a closed tab with Google!Ctrl+Shift+T to reopen that accidentally closed

tab.

Rationale: Completely selfish! I do this all the time—this function is so valuable to me. I work

at a fast pace and will close a tab accidentally. This is no longer a problem

for me with Google.

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#4 Google Tip

Save any page as a PDF with this bookmarklet from Google!

I need high quality PDF files to share with colleagues. This tool from Google is perfect

for what I need so often.

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#3 TipBlogger – Create an easy to use, free, and

customizable blog to share photos and thoughts with all your subscribers.

Keep in touch with parents and students through your own personal blog! If approved by parents and administration share your class photos with

the families of your students to keep them involved in what goes on in your classroom.

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#2 Tip

Picasa is free photo editing software from Google.

Teachers can use this free software to edit photos for publishing on blogs, websites, or to

hang in the classroom.

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#1 : The BEST Google Tip for Teachers is…………… (yes, that is a drum-roll you hear)

Google Scholar is a specialized Google search to get results from scholarly literature.

High School students do not often have access to the online scholarly journals that university students do, so Google Scholar is a great research tool for students to use to find reliable sources.