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AN INTRO TO GOOGLE
What are you missing?
MICHAEL J. ELSON
Technology Consultant
Gmail
• Google mail = free• 7GB storage = a lot!• Opens up to other features: Google Docs, iGoogle, etc.
Google Calendar
• Online Calendar = accessible from any connected computer
• Share calendars with others: friends & family, work
• Access shared calendars: sports teams, holidays, clubs
• Task Lists
Google Docs
• Create and share documents• Fully-functional word processor,
spreadsheet and presentation software• Save files as PDF or MS Word, Excel,
Powerpoint• Documents are stored online• Universal access
Google Apps
All that Google has to offer:• Docs• Spreadsheets• Presentation• Talk• Mail• Reader• Sites
Google Talk
• Instant messaging• Voice and video chat (Mac & PC)• Send and receive voicemails• Gmail service works with built-in chat using the Google Talk network.
Others
Google Reader
• Constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content.
Google Photos (Picasa)
• Photo sharing and storage
Others
Google Sites
• Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share webpages.
YouTube
• Google owns YouTube = complete integration
Others
Google Scholar
• Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
Google Books
• Searches the full text of books that Google scans.On October 9, 2009 Google announced that the number of scanned books is over 10 million.
Google Resources
• Images• Maps• News• Shopping• Translation• Blogs (Blogger)
• Earth• Directory• SketchUp • Search options
o Wonder wheelo Timeline
• Gears
Cool Google Stuff
• Similar Images Lab - http://similar-images.googlelabs.com/
• Google.org - http://www.google.org/flutrends/• Google Squared - http://www.google.com/squared• Google Blogs - http://blogsearch.google.com/• Google News Timeline -
http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/ • Google Sets - http://labs.google.com/sets • Google In Quotes - http://labs.google.com/inquotes/
THANK YOU
Sadie Pope Dowdell LibrarySouth Amboy, NJ