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These are the most recent articles mentioning "google" Promoting Digital Equity with Web 2.0 and Open Source Posted 02/28/08, 08:10 ... ons ORan image manipulation program OR visual organizer,students and teachers can now access a variety of tools over the Web (often for free) . Using Google Docs or Zoho as a productivity suite, Flauntr or Picnik as an image editor, Mindomo or Gliffy as a graphic organizer increases access to a rich... Ready, Set, Doodle for Google! Posted 02/13/08, 22:24 Google announced today an exciting competition for U.S students in grades K-12. Kids from across the country have the opportunity to use their noodles by pondering a significant question, "What if...?, and turning their bright ideas into a graphic, commonly known to Google aficionados as a Google Do... NCTI Technology Innovators Conference Posted 03/01/08, 22:03 ... tive technology initiatives that offer free tools. This included Steve Jacobs from the IDEAL Group. Steve shared about his colleague Charles Chen (a Google technologist) who developed Fire Vox.Fire Vox is an open source, freely available talking browser extension for the Firefox web browser, essent... Google Announces Open Source Contest for High School Students Posted 11/28/07, 23:37 You're going to have to excuse me for gushing, but Google continues to win my loyalty because of their just plain willingness to work on good things. There hasn't been this much commitment to a "way" of being since two other guys built a company out of a Bay Area garage.Yesterday Google announce th... Google Apps for Your Domain in Education Posted 11/24/07, 19:10 œGoogle the Jelly Rolls;Become a Jelly Rolls expert;Connect to other Jelly Rolls fans;Create your own content and contribute to the global knowledge base about the Jelly Rolls;Plot the band's tour on Google Earth and create links on theKMZ file to your blog posts on the shows¦�instructs Google certi... A 14-year-old Talks Educational Technology Posted 10/23/07, 13:21 ... Twitter is the "realization" of his network, since you can see what everyone is thinking and doing. You can also ask questions--almost like a "better Google." Twitter is not distracting to him. He feels he can ignore if he needs to, and he also purposely limits the number of people that he is going ... More Tips for New Classroom 2.0 Teachers Posted 10/20/07, 23:08 ... seeking to use web 2.0 tools.Create a classroom set of logins for your favorite Web 2.0 tool that you as a teacher keeps control of for your class. Google Certified Teacher, Kyle Brumbaugh, sent me this video tutorial he found in Google Certified Teacher Forums that allows teachers to easily crea... Create a Permeable Classroom - Part I: Google Docs Presentations Posted 10/30/07, 20:55 Over the past few weeks educators around the globe have discovered some powerful new tools. Google added presentations to their web-based office suite, which already had word processor and spreadsheet components. Also, a wide variety of services now allow users to create their own streaming video "c... Tech Savvy Learning Communities (a la Moodle) Posted 09/15/07, 18:17 ... urces, bring together students, teachers, and community members in directing the course of education in new ways." Tools like Tapped In, Second Life, Google Groups, and Ning communities such as Classroom 2.0 provide innovative ways to create virtual places for professional development, collegiality,... What's Your Mindset? Posted 08/23/07, 23:57 ... in the comments section of this post and let's have a conversation!By the way, you may have noticed my map image in the this post. You can now embed Google Maps into web pages, just like you can with videos from Google Video and You Tube. ntifies it as a "teachers space" for your school, the... Global Education Collaborative Advisory Board Meeting Posted 04/06/08, 10:00 ... ll be pursued by members of our advisory group. We also discussed a survey, which I finished after the meeting, and you are welcome to take it here (Google Docs and Spreadsheets now supports survey creation). Our third agenda item focused on building community within our ning, and we mostly likely ... The Google Teacher Academy @ The Googleplex Posted 05/06/08, 11:52 ... er day! If you're a teacher, I hope your students are celebrating with you - and whoever you are, I hope you're celebrating the teachers in your life.Google, CUE, and WestEd are celebrating by announcing a special Google Teacher Academy (GTA) to be hosted at the Googleplex, Google's headquarters in ... Doodle 4 Google: Vote For Your Favorites Until May 18th Posted 05/14/08, 06:33 Doodle 4 GoogleThe Doodle 4 Google finalists have been posted and now YOU can vote for the finalists in each grade level category. The deadline is for voting is May 18th, and the winning entry will be posted on Google's home page on May 22nd. The entries are truly creative and thoughtful, so take a ... Google Gears Up as a Digital Equity Strategy Posted 05/22/08, 20:05 ... rule -- œdrop followers who fail to update after two days.�Ah, but alas, the œInternet withdrawal� symptoms made me sit up and take notice of one of Google's newest additions “ Google Docs Offline made possible by Google Gears. Google Gears is an open source browser extension that allows you you to... New and Improved: Navigating NECC 2008 Posted 06/22/08, 00:56 ... d time to visit the exhibit hall and other presentations. I've saved my planner into a calendar file (planner.ics) that can be imported into iCal and Google Calendar (perhaps other calendar programs support this file format as well). If you really want to get obsessive, you can also put your Google ... Audience Matters Posted 06/14/08, 15:11 ... hem? Will they learn from them?But then I smile again, thinking about the seventh grade student who eagerly shares with me the latest statistics from Google analytics of the viewers who have read his latest blog post. I think about how the ˜rap™ song '802' composed by two Vermont student about their... Google Teacher Academy: Chicago Posted 08/08/08, 03:21 The next Google Teacher Academy (GTA) has been announced. I've said this before, but I™m thrilled to be involved with this project - and to share it with you here on the this blog. As with all previous GTA events, tech savvy educators and professional developers in the local area can apply to partic... Hopes and Dreams Posted 08/21/08, 21:51 ... project like 43 things.Today™s technology can knock down the walls and open the possibilities for you to reach far across the globe. How about using Google Maps, Google Earth or Google Sky to take a field trip that your students™ could only dream of not so long ago. Video™s available through You Tu... Social Digital Tools with an Election Theme Posted 09/14/08, 15:00 ... s by exploring Googlitics (a site filled with links and lessons to help students participate and learn about American politics with online tools from Google for Educators). Not only have Cheryl Davis and Kathlen Ferenz compiled a wealth of resources that will help educators infuse 21st Century tools... Google Teacher Academy: NYC Posted 09/19/08, 21:28 The next Google Teacher Academy (GTA) has been announced! I've said this before, but I™m thrilled to be involved with this project - and to share it with you here on this blog. As with all previous GTA events, tech savvy educators and professional developers in the local area can apply to participat... << back