Google your way to greatness!This book for K-12 educators explores the wide array of Google tools and shows how to use them in the classroom. Appropriate for experienced Googlers as well as novices, the text is organized into parts according to the 21st-century skills each tool promotes. Included are specific classroom activities that teachers can use with students immediately. An interactive website offers video tutorials that support the instructions and an online community for sharing successes.
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"This book immediately gets the savvy teacher-educator to begin identifying, exploring, planning, playing and making invaluable and challenging connections that will redefine the curricula experiences of students, teachers, and parents." -- Rose Cherie Reissman Literacy Consultant/Teacher Educator "Going Google is a must-have for the emerging technology teacher. It addresses the applications students are using in today's classroom and provides real, authentic ways to effectively emplys these tools to engage the leaders of tomorrow." -- Avis Canty, Special Education Teacher "Any educator who wants to be blown away with possibilities on how Google can support 21st Century learning should get this book!" -- Sara Stewart, Project Facilitator, Instructional Technology "This book is an invaluable resource for a teacher who wants to incorporate more technology in the classroom by utilizing tools that he/she already has available." -- James E. Anderson, K-12 Principal "This book is one of the most invaluable publications for teachers today. The author has taken a totally free resource and developed an excellent reference tool which every educator should utilize." -- Karen Canfield, Elementary Principal "This is a GREAT book. It addresses a critical issue: how to incorporate technology into our regular classrooms, in a clean and easy style that is very accessible even to educators who are less tech-savvy!" -- Rick Yee, Principal "Going Google provides practical directions with appropriate screen shots that show readers exactly how to use the tools." -- Joan Irwin, Education Editor/Writer
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Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 216 mm
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978-1-4129-9878-9 (9781412998789)
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Jared Covili is a professional development trainer at the Utah Education Network (UEN) in Salt Lake City. Jared specializes in teaching strategies for classroom integration of technology such as social media tools, geospatial learning, and digital devices. Jared received his bachelor's degree in English and his master's degree in Instructional Design and Educational Technology from the University of Utah. His background includes four years as a secondary Language Arts teacher. Besides his work at UEN, Jared is involved with the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET) and served as president of the organization for 2011-2012. Jared also works as an adjunct faculty member in the College of Education at the University of Utah, where he teaches technology integration classes to undergraduate students. In addition to Going Google, Jared is also the author of Classroom in the Cloud: Innovative Strategies for Higher Level Learning from Corwin Press.
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
I. Communication and Collaboration
1. Google Docs
2. Google Calendar
3. Gmail
4. Google Sites
5. Blogger
6. Google Groups
7. Google +
II. Creativity and Innovation
8. Google Earth
9.Picasa/Picasa Web Album
10. YouTube
III. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
11. Google as a Searching Tool
12. Advanced Search
13. Google Custom Search
14. Information with Google
15. Google Alerts
16. Google Reader
17. iGoogle
IV. Moving Forward
Glossary
References
Index
