Google Update

Capital Region BOCES SLS August 2011

Polly-Alida Farrington

Google & YOU!

Create Account

Dashboard

https://www.google.com/dashboard

Profile – Public View

Profile - Contacts

Google+

G+ - Circles

G+ - Sparks

G+ - Hangouthttp://flic.kr/p/a1jzSU

G+ - Hangout

http://flic.kr/p/a9e64G

Great Stuff!

http://kathyschrock.net/googleblooms/

Google a Day Widget(http://dltj.org/article/introducing-agad4lib)

<iframe width="300" height="250" src="http://agoogleaday.com/embed.html" frameborder="0"></iframe>

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

Google+ For Educators

http://goo.gl/SGDQK

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

“How search works” - Handy overview

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

Fun Google Logos

http://www.google.com/logos/2011/lespaul.html

Google’s short URL tool:http://goo.gl

Add .qr to get QR code:http://goo.gl/cRaSk.qr

Scan this with your smart phone

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

Mobile

Danger

Will

Robinson!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drp/41370809/

Google Catalogs iPad app

Mobile Voice Search

No more klutzy typing on tiny keypads!

Mobile Search!

What’s New in Search?

And a few not-so-new tips!

Expanded Site Links

http://www.wdyl.com

Voice Search in Chrome

Wonder Wheel

Virtual Keyboard(language tools link)

Page Preview

Sidebar Options

Review Advanced Search Screen

Content types

Search Limits – vary by content type

Search Limits Galore

Time Frame

Sort by date or relevance

Sites with Images

Something Different

Related Searches

Reading Level

Eliminated “landscaper” results

Timeline

Timeline(can help find primary sources)

Visited – Not Yet Visited

Translated Pages

Content Types

Breaking News search

Realtime – older & newer

Same results

Video Episodes

Recipes

Social Search

Regular Search Includes +1’s

Social – now includes G+ also

Without Social

SOCIAL

With Social

Connect your Accountshttps://profiles.google.com/connectedaccounts

Places

Places Search

Places Search

Maps

Stars on Maps – sync w phone

Images

Start search with an image

Start search with an image

“Search Google with this Image”Google Chrome addon

Google Results

Sites with images

Sort by Subject

Advanced Search Options - Images

Still only place to limit by licensing.

(labeled for reuse)

Similar Images

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

Image Swirl (Google Labs)

New

Odds & Ends!

Custom search

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 Story

Google Sets (Google Labs is going away )

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

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

Visualize Trends

Google Maps

Plain Old Map View

Satellite & flat

Earth view in Google Maps

45 degree View (try Bing maps too!)

List of locations http://goo.gl/tBAHv

Weather View

Street view on all 7 continents

http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/gallery.html

Interior 360° Views

Explore with photos

Explore with terrain

Map Game http://goo.gl/576VV

Where in the World?

http://goo.gl/NysVn

London Riots on MapTube

http://goo.gl/YuB1r

HyperCitieshttp://hypercities.com/

Augmented Reality

A new way to interact with surroundings

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

WhatWasThere.com

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

Data

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

Public Data google.com/publicdata/home

Public Data – embed code

Fusion Tables

http://www.google.com/fusiontables/

London, UK : Economic Deprivation http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Legal Opinions

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

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

Create Charts – Copy to Docs

new 8/2011

Create Charts – Copy to Docs

Google Sites

Fast, flexible, free

https://sites.google.com/site/chiliteensrock/home

School Library Site

Google Sites

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

Create a Site

Easy to Edit

Add Stuff!

Research Project Page

Calendar

Google Books

Embed

Apps

Picasa

Tags and more

Picasa - Collages

Finds Faces

And still more….

mhms-media.blogspot.com/

Blogger Template Designer

Building Maker

Google Sketchup

Questions?

Ideas?

Share!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejake/286030741/

Thank you!

http://lib20.pbworks.com