Saturday, June 20, 2009

Thing 7

Google is taking over the world -- is a comment I hear often in almost any venue you can imagine. These folks and the services they provide are truly genius. I have an iGoogle page, I have set up a Calendar that's not really used much, have used Notebook but not as extensively as I would like to and I simply adore all that Docs has to offer. Learned last week that the forms option will let you create a survey. Love that!
  • School implications . . . now that more teachers, students and families have Google accounts (for email if for nothing else) I can see incorporating these more with students. I work predominately with 5th and 6th graders so there are some issues to work out there.
  • What I would like to do: A. post the calendar on the library web page and make it so that teachers can sign up to use the different library spaces online, B.have students create iGoogle pages so that both teachers and I can "push" info out to them, C.use Notebook more and teach students and teachers how to do so as well, and D.Have students, teachers and folks in staff dev. sessions take advantage of Docs.
  • Have thought about . . . A.Using Earth to put together some lit-trips, B.Move all my photos to Picasa - although now I'm torn between Picasa and Flickr -- more research to be done on that, and C.Figure out the implications for my level of student with Scholar. I'm sure the teachers (especially those working on advdanced degrees) would get a lot of use out of it. I hear great things . . .

Oh so much to do and learn!

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  1. AnonymousJune 21, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    Hi LC
    I like Picasa for a few reasons - it has an email app for sharing pics and it has another app which allows one to post a pic as a screensaver or wallpaper. Also, in my experience, Picasa works best for importing pictures from my digital camera.
    I really like your blog-style - very easy on the eyes!

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  2. VWBJune 25, 2009 at 7:40 AM

    it's sad about notebook no longer being available to new users. I too recently learned about the survey form function Docs (I think at the same place you did???) Am trying to put a little survey together to practice and paly with...see lots of future uses of it!!

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  3. big_country65June 25, 2009 at 6:07 PM

    I have Picasa downloaded on my computer but really never use it. I think I might have to try it out for my digital downloads also. Google is the best thing since sliced bread. it has so much to offer from pics, searches, email, blogs, etc.

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  4. sarahJune 26, 2009 at 10:39 AM

    I did not realize that you could do surveys. I'll get on there and check it out!

    Can you tell me more about your idea for Google Earth and lit trips? That sounds neat!

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  5. Jan WilliamsJune 28, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    I would also like to know what, "post the calendar on the library web page and make it so that teachers can sign up to use the different library spaces online": just wandering what the library spaces are??
    Thanks so much!

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  6. mrsgJuly 11, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    Here is a link to the Google Lit Trips http://www.googlelittrips.com/ If you scroll down the page and there is a pdf link on the March 11, 2009 post called Building Lit Trips Basics.

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