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Eloise Pasteur

Google makes me smarter - 0 views

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    Why Google is a good thing...
anonymous

The Ultimate Guide to Google Knol: 50+ Tips and Tricks - 0 views

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    Google Knol is turning into an excellent resource for both researchers and experts alike. It offers information consumers a platform for finding encyclopedia-like articles. Read on to learn how you can make the most of this useful new tool.
Vicki Davis

When Google Owns You | chrisbrogan.com - 0 views

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    Oh, what a disturbing message. What if Google held our gmails for ransom? How much would you pay? Would it be right? This is the case with all of the things we have. Recent changes at Jott and Twitter should make us think! In fact, I couldn't even blog about it if it happened to me!
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    Recent happenings with Google accounts being disabled.
Maggie Verster

Educators on Twitter - 0 views

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    A google doc form to capture educational twitterers. Then see the spreadsheet it has been captured in. A really cool use of Google docs
Vicki Davis

Google RISE Awards - 0 views

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    Google RISe awards is a grant program -- Supports program that advance STEM and computer science. Non profit, computer science facutly, staff and students. There are a lot of opportunities here. Good luck! Due December 1st, 2008.
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    Excellent grant opportunity from Google.
Vicki Davis

Official Google Docs Blog: Templates bring Docs to life - 0 views

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    Google Doc just launched templates.
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    Google Docs just launched templates. This will be very useful.
Vicki Davis

Who is eligible for Google Earth Pro grants, and how do I apply for a grant? - 0 views

  • Who is eligible for Google Earth Pro grants, and how do I apply for a grant?
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    How to apply for Google Earth Pro grants -- who is eligible. And information on how to apply.
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    Geography teachers see if you're eligible to apply for this grant.
Vicki Davis

Geo Education - 0 views

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    Google for Educators launches Geo Education today! Cool. It includes information on Google EArth, Maps, Sky, and Sketcup and lesson plans from teachers. It also includes tips on getting started with these tools in your classroom. As you plan your summer PD, Geography teachers simply must get this on their list for fall!
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    Geo Education launghces today
Angela Maiers

57 Useful Google Tools You've Never Heard Of | College@Home - 0 views

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    Excellent ways to make Google your "find" engine rather than your "search" engine!
Art Gelwicks

Google Earth Browser Plugin - 0 views

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    Google Earth can now be used from a browser plug in!
Anne Baird

Langwitches ยป Digital Storytelling Part V- Google Maps - 0 views

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    fantastic tutorial about how to use Google maps to tell a digital story
Vicki Davis

Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web - New York Times - 0 views

  • Open Content Alliance
  • , a nonprofit effort aimed at making their materials broadly available.
  • Libraries that agree to work with Google must agree to a set of terms, which include making the material unavailable to other commercial search services. Microsoft places a similar restriction on the books it converts to electronic form. The Open Content Alliance, by contrast, is making the material available to any search service.
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  • Many prominent libraries have accepted Googleโ€™s offer โ€” including the New York Public Library and libraries at the University of Michigan, Harvard, Stanford and Oxford. Google expects to scan 15 million books from those collections over the next decade.
  • many in the academic and nonprofit world are intent on pursuing a vision of the Web as a global repository of knowledge that is free of business interests or restrictions.
  • libraries and researchers worry that if any one company comes to dominate the digital conversion of these works, it could exploit that dominance for commercial gain.
  • โ€œOne is shaped by commercial concerns, the other by a commitment to openness, and which one will win is not clear.โ€
  • The Open Content Alliance is the brainchild of Brewster Kahle, the founder and director of the Internet Archive, which was created in 1996 with the aim of preserving copies of Web sites and other material.
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    This New York Times article on the Open Content Alliance is an essential article for librarians and media specialists to read. It is also important for those following the fight for information and control of that information. In this case, the Open Content Alliance wants to make books that they scan available to any search engine while Microsoft and google are aggressively approaching libraries for exclusive access to their content. (which could be rescanned by another later, possibly.) Librarians and media specialists should understand this... when will people approach schools to scan annuals or student produced works? Maybe that is a while off, but for now, be aware that it is probably inevitable.
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    An overview of the Open Content Alliance versus Google and Microsoft battling to take control of the content housed in libraries.
Jonathan Tepper

Pioneering research shows 'Google Generation' is a myth - 0 views

  • All age groups revealed to share so-called โ€˜Google Generation' traits New study argues that libraries will have to adapt to the digital mindset Young people seemingly lacking in information skills; strong message to the government and society at large
  • โ€œLibraries in general are not keeping up with the demands of students and researchers for services that are integrated and consistent with their wider internet experienceโ€,
  • research into the information behaviour of young people and training programmes on information literacy skills in schools are desperately needed if the UK is to remain as a leading knowledge economy with a strongly-skilled next generation of researchers.
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      This is needed for all countries, just few countries realize it!
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      Multiliteracies approach seems to be the focus now in the education landscape. Paper sabout learning/teaching with technology are emmerging in this area and seem to address this.
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  • โ€œLibraries have to accept that the future is now.
  • Turning the Pages 2.0 and the mass digitisation project to digitise 25 million of pages of 19th-century English literature are only two examples of the pioneering work we are doing.
  • the changing needs of our students and researchers and how libraries can meet their needs.
  • We hope it will also serve to remind us all that students and researchers will continue to need the appropriate skills and training to help navigate an increasingly diverse and complex information landscape.โ€
  • CIBER developed a methodology which has created a unique โ€˜virtual longitudinal study' based on the available literature and new primary data about the ways in which the British Library and JISC websites are used. This is the first time for the information seeking behaviour of the virtual scholar to have been profiled by age.
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      They have created a new technique called a "virtual longitudinal study" that sounds fascinating.
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      not sure if that is an established methodology... interesting.
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    This study breaks a lot of the stereotypes people may have about use of the Internet. It also presents important information for libraries and schools.
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    Wow -- this longitudinal study shows that all generations show "google generation" traits with over 65 year olds spending 4 more hours a week online than some of the younger ages. It argues that libraries must adapt to the digital mindset AND that young people are lacking in information skills! This is an important study for all educators, business leaders, AND students on the Horizon project. Another reason to remind ourselves that we base practice on RESEARCH not STEREOTYPES!
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    Wow -- this longitudinal study shows that all generations show "google generation" traits with over 65 year olds spending 4 more hours a week online than some of the younger ages. It argues that libraries must adapt to the digital mindset AND that young people are lacking in information skills! This is an important study for all educators, business leaders, AND students on the Horizon project. Another reason to remind ourselves that we base practice on RESEARCH not STEREOTYPES!
Vicki Davis

Search Features - 0 views

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    Special features and information about how to search on Google. This is a great page to take your students and have groups glean information about how to search.
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    Location of special information about Google searching.
Leigh Zeitz

YouTube - Google Goggles - 16 views

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    Youtube video about how Google Goggles works.
Mrs. Jepson

Eportfolios - 31 views

  • This Google Site has been set up by Dr. Helen Barrett to focus on the use of Google Apps to create ePortfolios. On this site, there are instructions on how to use the different elements of Google Apps to maintain e-portfolios.
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    Electronic porfolios
yc c

Doodle 4 Google - March 31, 2010 - 6 views

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    Welcome to Doodle 4 Google, a competition where we invite K-12 students to play around with our homepage logo and see what new designs they come up with. This year we're inviting U.S. kids to join in the doodling fun, around the intriguing theme "What I Wish for the World." Please visit the official competition website for a full listing of all contest rules and requirements. Only students from registered schools can enter, so be sure your school is registered by March 17, 2010. All doodles must be submitted by March 31, 2010.
Ted Sakshaug

10 useful Google Chrome Experiments - 14 views

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    new apps being developed for Google Chrome
Ben Rimes

"Sesame Street" Releases Google Search Story Parodies [VIDEOS] - 20 views

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    Parodies of the Google Search Stories movies as done by famous characters on Sesame Street. Humorous, and intriguing, it's one way to bring traditional media characters onto the web.
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