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Such innovations - and a number of smart acquisitions - have led to hits like Google Earth, Gmail, Picasa, Google Docs, Blogger, YouTube, Google Calendar and others. But they have also cultivated a vast jungle of lesser-known features. Unfortunately, it's so vast, you'd need a professional tour guide to help you find the gems.

One very quick way to look up words on Google is simply to type define:anyword in the Google search field. However, their actual dictionary is far and away my favourite of all the dictionaries I've reviewed, mainly because of its clean, ad-free format. When you click on a sound icon to hear a word pronounced, it doesn't open in another annoying window. The definitions are not too complicated for use by school kids and there are examples used in context and links to other definitions found on the web. At any time, at the top of the page, you can also access web-links, images, videos, etc. that are part of a regular Google search. The site also works with NaturalReader.

Want to help out students and colleagues with handy tips on improving search results and using popular Google products like Google Earth? Just print out these posters and hang them where everyone can see them.

Advanced search feature allows you to narrow Google Search by reading level. Paul Hamilton provides instructions in this blog post.

Nice summary of Google Tools available for free

Preview on Google books doesn't contain pages 4-59 but gives a good idea of what's in the book.

This Google online conference took place May 2015 but recorded sessions can be viewed here.

Slideshow of 35 creative ways to use a pocket video camera such as a Flip Mino. Kathy Rice found this; might need to sign in to Google docs to access.

Two-page starter-sheets with practical ideas for getting started with web 2.0 apps in the classroom. Format is consistent for all the sheets and learning objectives are indexed to Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. Includes several Google apps, Voicethread, Mindmeister, Mixbook and others.

A website that combines literary tours with Google Maps to show the locations in a book or social studies lesson.

Great infographic explains levels of SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) using the example of a history report done with Google Docs.

Techy Tips for not so Techy Teachers A collaboration of ideas for quick and simple ways to use technology in the classroom - ANY classroom!

How Smartboards can be used within a UDL context.

Phenomenal set of lessons which use Google Earth to teach real world math. There are several lessons under each of 4 main topics: concepts, measurement, project-based learning, and exploratory. The author provides a screenshot, objectives and description of the lesson with a downloadable .kmz file and downloadable .doc worksheet. Probably more suitable for middle school or high school. If the Lessons link doesn't work from the main page, go to the resources page and click on lessons.

Suzanne Harwood found this database on which you can search 100 different websites for SMARTBoard resources.

This is a google file search tool that will find Notebook, powerpoint, word, Kidspiration, Inspiration, and PowerPoint files and templates.

Great TTS free app in Chrome. Select text on a webpage or in email to be read aloud. Can't get it to come up by searching in the Chrome app store though.

My favourite book creating app by far. links to downloads and blog with ideas for usingFree app on iTunes. Ideal for children's picture books, photo books, art books, cook books, manuals, textbooks, and more.

Visual dictionary combines definitions with photos from flickr and Wiktionary.