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Google: Considerations for Educators George Siemens University of Manitoba Presented to Contact North April 25, 2008

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Presentation to Contact North on history/trends with Google and role in education

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Google: Considerations for Educators

George SiemensUniversity of Manitoba

Presented to Contact NorthApril 25, 2008

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Google: as an ideology

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Google: as a company

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Google: as an identity

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Crash course in Google history

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Google has altered...

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How we find information

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What we do with information

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Where we store information

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How we interact with others around information

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How does Google make $$?

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Google options for Organizations

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Google Apps

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Google Sites

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What does Google offer?

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Search

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Alerts

Search

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Earth

Search

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Desktop Search

Search

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Images

Search

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Maps

Search

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Notebook

Search

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Scholar

Search

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Toolbar

Search

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BookSearch

Search

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(and misc options like 411, product, finance, etc)

Search

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Communicate/collaborate

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Blogger

Communicate/collaborate

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Gmail

Communicate/collaborate

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Orkut

Communicate/collaborate

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Groups

Communicate/collaborate

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Docs

Communicate/collaborate

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Picasa

Communicate/collaborate

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Reader

Communicate/collaborate

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Calendar

Communicate/collaborate

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iGoogle

Communicate/collaborate

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Talk

Communicate/collaborate

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YouTube

Communicate/collaborate

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SketchUp

Communicate/collaborate

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Mobile

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MapsSMS

Mobile access

Mobile

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On your computer

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Google PackWeb AcceleratorDesktop Search

On your computer

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Choices Google makes on our behalf...

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...but where is this all going?

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Google as the centre of the web

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Google as media company

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Three Stages

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1. Google as “sensor” of trends

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2. Google as “reactor” to trends

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3. Google as “creator” of trends

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Impact:Google as Microsoft of the web?

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Future Considerations

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“Many sites, one API”

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Centralizing the decentralized web

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Personalizing the impersonal web

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Impact of Google on society

Privacy

Access

Identity

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Revolution?

A changed game.

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