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=Google Tools Home= Class meeting dates: __April 29, May 6, May 13, May 20, May 27 __ Time: 3:45 - 6:45 Location: High School Room 115 (Note Room Change)

You may wish to consider bringing the following optional items to the course. They are not required but might come in handy. If you don't have any or all of these **don't** go out and buy - they are not that important. 1. A flash drive 2. USB connection mouse. 3. Personal headphones, ear buds, or head set.

April 29. Google Account and I-Google Learners will create a Google Account and build a school appropriate I-Google page which shall include RSS feeds to topics which they teach. Learners will explore and use widgets to improve access to appropriate classroom materials and activities. Various search techniques including advanced search, image search and timeline search will be presented and discussed. May 6. Blogger. Using their created Google Account, learners will create a classroom blog. Blog widgets will be discussed. Security and Internet safety issues associated with creating web content will be discussed and addressed in learner’s created blogs. May 13. Google Docs. Using their created Google Account, learners will use Google Docs to upload previously made documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. The sharing of these files will be discussed. Learners will also create documents, presentations, and spreadsheets using Google Docs. Embedding of Google Forms will be discussed. Learners will create a Google Form and embed in their previously made Blog. May 20. Google Earth, Google Sky, Google Maps Learners will explore the uses for Google Earth, Google Sky, and Google Maps in their classrooms. Uses for Science, Math, Language Arts and Social Studies will be demonstrated and discussed. Learners will located and use pre-made KMZ files (trips) for use in their classrooms. Learners will also create a Google trip for their classroom using Google Earth. May 21. Assorted “Google Goodies” Learned will use Google Reader as an aggregator to read changing content on the web. Google Video and downloads using kepvid.com will be used. Calendar, Translate, Scholar, News, and experimental labs will be discussed. Learners will experiment using Google’s “more tools”.
 * __Course Syllabus__**