Thing #7

Google has so many cool tools......I didn't know how much to access was out there! I, like so many others I'm sure, used google to search for websites, images and information. I never thought to look at the other tools they had to offer. I was introduced to Google Earth and set up a gmail account last summer.

Well, I spent about two hours playing around with some of the other tools. I set up a calendar and embed the code on my blog. I see that working out great for family and friends to know what I have planned for the day, month and week. As far as using it for educational purposes, I could see setting it up to show what's happening in the library and making it public for teachers to access from their computer. It would be a great to use as teacher for parents to see when I have time available for conferences or to check on their scheduled time.

I also set up an igoogle page...which I plan on playing around with more later and I used Google notebook to bookmark websites to reseach for a webquest. I'm still trying to figure other ways to use the notebook but it would be great tool to use to help students when doing research...all the websites they locate could be put in one place for easy access.