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The Google Maps Streetview Player was developed by Brian Folts. The purpose of the player is to allow you to plan a route on Google Maps and watch it carried out in Street View without having to click along the route. To use the Google Maps Streetview Player just enter a starting point and an ending point then press play. When you press play the Streetview Player will take you along the route. You can pause, rewind, and fast-forward at any time. There is also an experimental option to download a video of the route as it is played out.

Google forms for teachers and administrators.

"Welcome!  Real World Math is a collection of free math activities for Google Earth designed for students and educators. Mathematics is much more than a set  of problems in a textbook.  In the virtual world of Google Earth, concepts and challenges can be presented in a meaningful way that portray the usefulness of the ideas."

Search for images in Google using a sketch or picture.

Audio of animal wildlife experienced through Google Earth or Google Maps.

create flashcards using Google spreadsheets.

With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training.

Create and share a customized Google map.  

All of Google's education tools and resources all consolidated in one place.

Good tips for organizing in Google Drive, also mentions an interesting sounding feature (I haven't tried)--Doctopus.

Opus is a new service that aims to help middle school mathematics teachers discover sample math problems aligned to Common Core standards. To find problems on Opus search by entering a topic and selecting a grade. You can also find problems by clicking the "browse the Core directly" link on the Opus homepage. Either way when you find a problem you can save it to your free Opus account where you can then generate a Word doc or Google Document of all of your saved problems. You can also create an answer sheet in your Opus account.

Wow--there's a TON of great video clips here. If you don't see anything else, watch Mr. D_Assessment. Fantastic laugh--could be great conversation starter about assessment.

a neat way for students to build and share multimedia slides on their tablets (including iPads) and computers. BrainyBox provides six blank screens in which students can build slides that include text, videos (via embed codes), images, and hyperlinks. I also discovered that I could embed SoundCloud recordings and Google Maps into my screens. The finished product displays my slides as a cube that can embedded into a blog post or shared by directing people to the unique URL assigned to my project. All projects can be edited by their owners at any time.

Create assignments through Google Docs that wil be automatically graded and analyzed.

From the archaeological areas of Pompeii to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Google's World Wonders Project aims to bring to life the wonders of the modern and ancient world.

"myHistro is a timeline builder and map creation tool rolled into one nice package. On myHistro you can build a personal timeline or build a timeline about a theme or event in history. Each event that you place on your timeline can be geolocated using Google Maps. myHistro timelines can be created online or you can use the free iPad app to create events on your timeline." (RB)

"PDFBinder is a simple tool that lets you merge any number of PDF documents into one, without having to resort to slow, user-unfriendly, expensive software."

Google's new too for creating and editing charts and graphs.