The+Google+Galaxy

=The Google Galaxy=

How can you really use the power of the Cloud to improve your teaching and directly impact student achievement? Check out some of the tools that Google puts into our hands as educators. These tools are freely available to anyone who is interested. This session will help you to become familiar with some of these tools, and some practical ways you can implement them in your classes, no matter what your subject matter!

The Google Galaxy has wide array of powerful tools that can't fit into one session. so we will have The Google Galaxy 1 and the Google Galaxy 2. You do not need to attend both or to attend 1 prior to 2.

Both sessions with include general overviews of the tools, concrete examples of classroom use, and hands-on time if possible.

Facilitators: Tom Cook (1) and Joe Konecki. (2)

Tom Cook will focus on Google: - docs - calendar - groups - gmail - books - scholar - sites

Joe Konecki will focus on Google: - Blogger - Google Reader - Google Translate - Better Searching - Picasa - iGoogle - Google Earth

Google Tools Bootcamp Google Tools for Educators Podcast (needs iTunes) Google Applications for Educators Explained (video, needs iTunes) Google Tools for Teachers Classroom Activities Geo Education Google Classroom Posters Learn to Search Better Google Tools Explained Podcast (needs iTunes) Google Search Cheat Sheet Google Apps Lesson Plans Google Apps for ePortfolios