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Google ngram viewer is an important tool that searches the frequency of the occurrence of certain words across all text of a period. I've blogged about this before. Another important tool for researching.

Some great ideas for using different google applications to collaborate with others across the globe.

Google science fair has shared their 2012 winners from around the world. Consider looking at this as an option for your student science fair projects.

Artificial Intelligence and the "deep learning" movement are hitting it big time: big bucks and big influence on our future. Geoff Hinton is working for Google to help improve voice recognition, image tagging and more. Microsoft, IBM, Baidu (search enging in China) and others are getting into AI. This is part of education as AI and learning tools can be greatly impacted. Read and share this article if you're an education or technology futurist. Fascinating.

So, I use Find Big Mail to find all my large mail and then this tool to save all the large attachments to google Drive. I can then go in and remove the attachments and free up space in Gmail. Very cool.

The Google Search app on your start screen. I have Chrome but also want to have this search engine (in addition to Bing) on my Windows 8 computer start.

A wonderful collaborative real-time drawing space which connects to your Google Plus account, allowing you to illustrate, explain and teach remotely across the world. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Want to add voice comments to your Google Doc. Here's how from the educator's technology blog. Many students say that this helps them feel more connected to teachers. Think about it, if they struggle with writing, they might struggle with reading and this is the kind of differentiation that can really help some kids.

An awesome way to have jobs for various students that they tweak and design. This template will get you started with an attractive Google Doc Template. Adapt it for you.

Google Classroom

Google Drive Script

Demo site for showing Google Docs to people who don't have an account. It refreshes every hour. Very nice. Shared on Twitter recently

Sharing Google Docs is now more straightforward and easier. You can share with others without them having to log in by just setting the doc to "share with anyone who has a link". Good explanation videos at this link.

Instructions on how to use Google Docs storage area to host your KML file so you can embed it into a webpage.

BTW - I'm using CiteBite to allow me to link to a specific spot on the page.

"CoSketch is a multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize and share your ideas as images. Simple sharing * Anything you paint will show up for all other users in the room in real time. * One click to save a sketch as an image for embedding on forums, blogs, etc. Zero hassle * Runs in all common browsers without plugins or installation. * Free and without registration. Now with Google Maps support! * Use google maps as the background for your sketches to show directions or share trips."

Participants in today's Parent Coffee Talk will create a Google Account and sign into Google Reader. A great school blog. Also see: Grade 2 video blog tutorial for parents http://www.mjgds.org/21stcenturylearning/?p=445

Using an online calculator to find great circle distances between two points on Earth.

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