Google+Goodies+Handout

Google Products ** Sample Project  ** After signing up for a Google Account (it's free), click on the products icons and decide what you would like to do. The easiest to start with is **Google Docs.** Create notes about web pages you read, create a blog (see the Blog Handout), Create a calendar (this is a little complicated for a beginner), or compare Picasa to Flickr. ** Overview  ** Google has a range of web 2.0 products. **Notebook** lets you clip and collect information as you surf the web. You can add notes to what you are reading on the web. **Blogger** lets you create a blog. ( With **Calendar** you can schedule events in your library and in the computer labs you use AND you can color code the calendar into levels and give different people access to different levels. For exampe, the library staff can see the entire calendar. The computer lab aides can only see what is going on in the labs. Furthermore you can make it so people have read-only access or the ability to schedule an event. If your students don't have Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Access at home, they can still create presentations, spreadsheets, and databases using **Google Docs**. **Picasa** is a photosharing product like Flickr--see the Photosharing Handout. **Reader** is an aggregator for RSS feeds. See the RSS Feeds Handout. **Video** lets you search for videos on Google Video and YouTube.(see the Videosharing Handout).
 * 2 Google Goodies that I rely on are the iGoogle homepage and the Google Notebook. - shannon
 * Katrina loves the way the Google calendar can be layered and is integrating into her program for scheduling labs.

** Sample information  ** ** Directions  ** 1. Go to [|Google Goodies]

2. Set up a free account. Look on the screen for Don't have a Google Account? Click on [Get Started]. a. Type your home or school e-mail address b. Choose a password that is a minimum of 8 characters. c. Re-enter your password. d. Continue with Get Started with Google Docs until you click on Create my account.

3. Experiement with whatever product appeals to you. Google Docs is recemmended as a beginning. ** Product Information  ** **Google is widely used as a search engine and for other web 1.0 applications such as Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Images. It is user-friendly so it is a good place to start with Web 2.0 applications.
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