I took away several things from Doug's presentation today. I guess I would start with the most simple first, and that was the added functionality of google search. Although many of the tools were not new to me, things like reading level, usage rights and custom searches were things that I had not used before and would be of great use to my teachers. Using google earth to teach math and to conduct literacy trips was also something new and are great ideas for my teachers.
His presentation inspired me to explore several other google apps during the break, and I am currently playing around with
google keep as a way to bookmark information, create lists and in general organize all the interesting ideas and information I come across online. The second thing I am going to begin exploring is
google classroom. While still in beta format, it seems like it will allow teachers to seamlessly organize their classrooms and do things like collect and track assignments and manage google docs.
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I'll have to play with Google Keep. Never used it before. Most likely similar to Diigo. Google Classroom looks VERY interesting. Keep me posted as you explore, and maybe we can collaborate around it somehow.
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Yesterday was great and I also walked away with a lot of new things to try. Thanks for the tip on Google Keep. I'll take a look. Sounds like Evernote which I've played with a couple of time, but it's never stuck. I'd love to find something like this that captures everything in one spot. I heard you talking about the frustration of Outlook. In TTSD we are in the same boat and it drives me crazy! Outlook mail and calendar stink compared to Google. I don't get why we all use such an archaic system when we are using Google for everything else. I'd love to have it all in one place! Sigh...
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ReplyDeleteWow! Amazing tools on google for us to use in our schools. I'm particularly interested in google classroom and google keep. I also would like to get more familiar with the option of the reading level tool on google. I didn't know that even existed.
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