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We take a look at the new Google Research Tool, which has been added as a sidebar in Google Docs. WOW, creates footnotes drag/drop feature, powerful.

Train yourself on google docs! This was a terrific class taught by a Beaverton S.D. instructor.

Good info graphic on google searching

a great page to start your search that breaks down many of the types of searches on Google into separate search boxes; good way to demonstrate to students the many things one can search on Google

Banned book map thru Google map with details around the US w/banned books from 2007-present. Terrific resource for Banned Book Week for MS/HS!

Google programs organized in a useful manner!

Lesson ideas- training, google apps deployment, data migration, consulting, change management and support

Nice Dewey lesson

Who was the creator of this ppt? I would like to use it with modifications, but of course would ask permission first.

Apps for Kids is a source for top kid-friendly, kid-safe Android apps. -- interesting.

The next research link...

Wow, fantastic resource, I'll be using this a LOT in the coming months: Mashpedia: Mashpedia is a thematic content aggregator that integrates a variety of data from online services and applications like Wikipedia, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Google News, Books, and further contextual information into a single interface, presenting an organized outlook of live content feeds for every topic, thus providing a broad spectrum of data and media that eliminate the user's need to visit each service separately.

Last week Google announced another round of service and product closures. The popular image editing tool Picnik was included in the list of services that they're shutting down. I've had a few people ask me for recommendations for alternatives to Picnik, so here's a short list of alternatives to explore.

Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.

Great search tips!

It's time for school librarians to step out and enlighten their communities about 
all the ways their libraries impact students' education.  

Great umbrella site for QR code use in the library and classroom across all content areas

We had been discussing a method to distill a question into its components and turn it into a strong query, the string of words she would type into a search engine to look for her answer. Students have often expressed that it's hard to identify "just the words they need."

Side by side comparison of Oregon school library standards and common core

"Librarians, teachers and parents have told us how hard it is for students to understand web searching. Boolify allows students to visualize and interact with the abstract concept behind the search process--it is intuitive and easy to use with your class or in your library. Search results are presented through Google's "SafeSearch STRICT" technology to prevent objectionable content from appearing in their search results. There are two important caveats: a) no filtering technology is 100% secure, as this blog posting astutely points out and 2) we are unable to control or modify the results that we provide, beyond the filtering settings available through Google."

Terrific links to inspiring links.