Stop spending hours looking for information online – have the information come to you. How can make this happen? By using Google Reader and RSS What is RSS? RSS (real simple syndication) is the ability to “subscribe” to changes made on a website or blog. (Click here to view a video: RSS in Plain English) First, you need
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The beginning of a new year is always a great time to reflect on growth and accomplishments of the past year. For me professionally, 2008 brought about the greatest change. Having the opportunity to present concurrent sessions at ITSC, NCCE and ILC 2008 gave me the opportunity to expand and connect f2f with my personal
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Following Google’s philosophy of making the information you want readily available to you, iGoogle offers many different gadgets and themes to customize your iGoogle home page. Here’s a look at what we’ve done with ours. From Mary Fran: I really like a quick snapshot of the time and weather. That’s why Date & Time and
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Google Presentation is not quite robust a presentation program as PowerPoint or Keynote but students can create their entire presentation online and work on it with group members or access it from home/school. But I have found the REAL POWER of Google Presentations is when you use the online presentation format. Instead of my students
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Collecting data from multiples users has always been quite the challenge. But now thanks to Google shared spreadsheets and forms – it’s a snap! Just like Google Docs, spreadsheets can be shared with anyone. This makes collecting information easier than ever. Here are some examples of how I have used Google spreadsheets: Collect names, addresses
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By MaryFran Lynch Revision Last week we introduced you to Google Docs and gave you some ideas of times you might want to use the text feature to collaborate with your colleagues and times you might like to have your students use it. This week, we’d like to introduce you to one of the great
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Google’s focus will always be providing high quality search results but many of their other products have revolutionized how individuals share information and collaborate on documents. This week’s tip is to introduce you to Google Docs & Spreadsheets. Google Docs makes creating, editing and sharing documents so easy and best of all – it’s FREE!
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