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 * Survey of Google Tools**

=Google Search Tools= media type="youtube" key="MtirDMfcOKE" height="344" width="425"
 * Search Options - POWERFUL tools for searching. (Above video is a bit dated, but gives some good tips)
 * A great help page to learn more about the Search Options
 * An excellent guide about searching. Check it out!
 * Search domains: Try this example - economy site:*.gov (copy and paste into google search field)
 * Wonder Wheel - In the Show Options area. The above search in the Wonder Wheel
 * Custom search engines - make a search engine to search only the site(s) that you specify
 * Advanced Image search - find images tagged with Creative Commons license
 * Google News - search for news items with tons of options
 * Try this: try searching the Google sites in different countries
 * China: @http://www.google.cn - try the image search for Tienanmen Square protest
 * See a list of the various urls for google in different countries

=Google Docs=
 * Take the tour
 * Sample form - The form could have also been embedded onto this or any web page (See results)
 * Word processing docs - up to 10 synchronous editors (PERFECT for grad class projects!)
 * Solves the problem of how students collaborate on files and how they transport files
 * Collaborative writing/editing help document
 * Presentation tool allows for "backchannel" chatting during presentation. POWERFUL tool!

=Google Reader=
 * Google Reader aggregates (collects) 'feeds' from websites into one location.
 * A nice video tutorial (youtube)

=Google Books, etc=
 * Scholar - find articles and primary source documents
 * Books - find complete books online
 * Translate - and Translator toolkit (see link on the left)

=Google Maps=
 * Google Maps - create collaborative maps, and even embed them. A nice help page
 * Nice video tutorials for Google Maps - a MUST see!
 * Street view - Now THIS is VERY cool!
 * [|Google maps Help.pdf]
 * Search for this address: 5625 Hempstead St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Turn on Street View by dragging the person icon onto the map

=Google Earth=
 * Download here - new version also installs the Browser plugin. Very nice!
 * Gallery of excellent tours, etc. Download and open the KMZ files and then save them into your Places. Check out the categories on the left
 * Tour Google Earth, Google Moon, Google Mars, and Google Sky
 * Google Lit Trips - wonderful collection of Google Earth trips matched to works in literature (navigation at the top)
 * Sample - [|Aeneid.kmz] (Needs Google Earth installed)
 * Google Earth Tip Sheet - keyboard shortcuts and help docs
 * Blogs - GREAT places for the latest in Google Earth
 * The gearthblog - possibly the BEST blog for hearing about new finds on Google Earth
 * Google Sightseeing - another excellent place to learn about new discoveries and tours
 * Ogle Earth blog - another great blog
 * Google Latitude and Longitude blog - another blog with great practical tips

=Google Sketchup=
 * Download here - excellent for math classes, too
 * Learn more about it here
 * Training videos - a great place to start. Self-paced tutorials from the link on the left
 * Samples of what your students can do with it. They'll get lost in here for days!
 * Watch this guy show off some of the tools

=Picasa - for your photos=
 * Download here - Probably for your own use and not for school.
 * See a web album - sample web album

=Google Gadgets - FUN STUFF!=
 * 1) Here they are. CAUTION - This page will suck the time right out of your day! :-) You can embed these on any web page

=Misc=
 * Nice page withlinks to posters, etc for many tools