Google Documents as a Classroom Tool

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Google Documents Home
http://docs.google.com/

Google for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

Google Tools for Your Classroom
http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html

Classroom Activities for Google Tools
http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html

Classroom Posters for Google Tools
http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html

Google Teacher's Community
http://www.google.com/educators/community.html

Google - A resource center for educators
http://www.google.com/educators/weeklyreader.html

Google Products
http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/index.html
A list of all the Google products

Getting Help with Google Products
http://www.google.com/support/?hl=en
Excellent help with all Google products

Google Web Search Features
http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html
Interesting ways to expand Google searches

Selected Google Tools for Teachers
See http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html for more tools

Google Earth (requires a software download)
http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html

Google Documents and Spreadsheets
http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs_spreadsheets.html

Google Picasa (requires a software download)
http://www.google.com/educators/p_picasa.html

Google SketchUp (requires a software download)
http://www.google.com/educators/p_sketchup.html

Google Book Search
http://www.google.com/educators/p_booksearch.html

Google Maps
http://www.google.com/educators/p_maps.html

Google Page Creator
http://www.google.com/educators/p_pagecreator.html

Google Custom Search Engine
http://www.google.com/educators/p_cse.html

Google Notebook
http://www.google.com/educators/p_notebook.html (requires a software download)

Other Links

Docs and Spreadsheets in the Classroom
http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html
Brief overview of Google Docs & Spreadsheets and ideas for integrating it into classwork.
WestEd

Online Research with Google Notebook
http://www.wtvi.com/teks/06_07_articles/google-notebook.html

Classroom 2.0
http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/show?id=649749%3ABlogPost%3A104925

Articles

Moving beyond a Google Search: Google Earth, SketchUp, Spreadsheet, and More. By: Siegle, Del. Gifted Child Today, v30 n1 24-28 Winter 2007.

SLJ's Technology Survey 2006: New Technologies--Like Blogs and Wikis -- Are Taking Their Place in the School Media Center. By: Brewer, Sally; Milam, Peggy. School Library Journal, v52 n6 p46 June 2006

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