Google Search Update

True North Professional Development Conference October 8, 2010

Polly-Alida Farrington

Slides & resources will be online at:

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1st tip of

the day

What can we cover in 90 minutes?

• What’s new in search• Data Tools• Scholar• News• iGoogle• Reader• Docs• Sites• Picasa• Maps & Earth

But first….

Google for Educatorshttp://www.google.com/educators/

•Activities•Lesson Plans•Posters•Community

Info for parents & teachershttp://www.google.com/familysafety/

Google Newhttp://www.google.com/newproducts/

“How search works” - Handy overview for classes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNHR6IQJGZ!

What’s New in Search?

And a few not-so-new tips!

Google Instant

New!

Google Instant Music Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgFh6IAQoDA

Wonder Wheel

Related Searches

Something Different

Not so new – but handy! Google 411 – Voice Search

Still new to many - Mobile Voice Search

No more klutzy typing on tiny keypads!

Virtual Keyboard – Wow!(language tools link)

Hot!

Personalized Search with Stars

Stars on Maps

Stars = bookmarks & show up in iGoogle gadget

Sidebar Tools

Content types

Same results -but more visible

Search Limits – vary by content type

Video Episodes

New!

Updates = Real Time Results

Translated Search

Hot!

Social Search

Hot!

Results Nearby

Results Nearby – Custom Location

Timeline(can help find primary sources)

Images

Advanced Search Options - Images

Still only place to limit by licensing. (labeled for reuse)

All new image display

New!

Image info on sidebar

Similar Images

Life Magazine Photoshttp://images.google.com/hosted/life

Odds & Ends!

Experiments happen!

Google Instant was tested on random folks before it was released to all. http://www.ousbey.com/blog/live-updating-google-search-results

translate.google.com

Google Search Stories

http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories

5 Awesome Ideas For Using Google Search Story Creator In The Classroom http://ow.ly/1Axo2

My Search Storyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dm_x6EGIHk

Google Sets (Google Labs)

http://labs.google.com/sets/

Google Trends (Google Labs)http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends

Visualize Trends

Aardvark

Mobile Search!

Easier Sign Up w Yahoo account

Data

Election Datahttp://maps.google.com/elections2010

Public Data google.com/publicdata/home

Public Data – embed code

Google Data Explorer

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pollyalida/5060939806/

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Legal Opinions

Embed Google Scholar Searchhttps://services.google.com/inquiry/scholar_email

Google News

Fast Flip View

Google News Timeline (Google Labs)

http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/

Really Old News!

News Updates

iGoogle

News Updates via RSS

Google Reader

An RSS Feed Reader

Sharing Items

Connections

Google Docs

Feedback Form, Quiz, Survey

Feedback Form Results

Create New Form

Multiple Pages & Paths

Tons of Templates

Google Sites

Fast, flexible, free

School Library Site

Google Sites

http://sites.google.com/site/scrlctwitter/

Create a Site

Easy to Edit

Add Stuff!

Research Project Page

Calendar

Picasa

Tags and more

Picasa - Collages

Finds Faces

Google Maps

Street view on all 7 continents

Explore with photos

Explore with terrain

HyperCitieshttp://hypercities.com/

Augmented Reality

A new way to interact with surroundings

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvdmerwe/4051151050/

Creating Custom Maps

Export to Google Earth

Explore Related Info - Google Earth

http://www.googlelittrips.org/

GoogleLitTrips.org

GoogleLitTrips.org

Google Earth

World Events

Photos and Background Info

Lake Chad - Then

Lake Chad - Now

Sometimes “historic” imagery is more current

Historic Map Overlays

Measure Distances

Explore the Oceans

And the Sky

Historic sky maps

And still more….

mhms-media.blogspot.com/

Blogger Template Designer

Google Groups

Building Maker

Google Sketchup

Questions?

Ideas?

Share!

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Thank you!

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