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Patrick Higgins

Google LatLong: Roman history comes to life in Google Earth - 0 views

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    hmmmmm....
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    Google unveils a major new layer for Earth. Plus, there is a K12 competition for writing curriculum around it.
Patrick Higgins

Google Flu Trends - 0 views

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    Track the Flu this winter using a joint project between Google and the CDC.
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    I wondered if anyone had seen this yet. You can use it to track the flu via Google.
Erica Hartman

Official Google Blog: Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning - 0 views

  • ... communication skills. Marshalling and understanding the available evidence isn't useful unless you can effectively communicate your conclusions.
  • .. analytical reasoning. Google is a data-driven, analytic company. When an issue arises or a decision needs to be made, we start with data. That means we can talk about what we know, instead of what we think we know.
  • . a willingness to experiment. Non-routine problems call for non-routine solutions and there is no formula for success. A well-designed experiment calls for a range of treatments, explicit control groups, and careful post-treatment analysis. Sometimes an experiment kills off a pet theory, so you need a willingness to accept the evidence even if you don't like it.
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  • ... team players. Virtually every project at Google is run by a small team. People need to work well together and perform up to the team's expectations.
  • ... passion and leadership. This could be professional or in other life experiences: learning languages or saving forests, for example. The main thing, to paraphrase Mr. Drucker, is to be motivated by a sense of importance about what you do.
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    Great article from the Google Blog about who they want and how to promote thinking skills in the classroom.
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    Read this. It's worth it.
Patrick Higgins

Country and Territory Codes - AdWords API - Google Code - 0 views

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    Use these with google searches and news searches to get a different country's perspective.
Patrick Higgins

Official Google Blog: More books in more places: public domain EPUB downloads on Google... - 0 views

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    Google books makes downloading books in the public domain possible through their site.
Patrick Higgins

Google Apps - 0 views

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    Listing of projects associated with Google Applications
Patrick Higgins

Part I: Query Input - Google Guide - 0 views

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    Great tutorial site for how to use Google and other search engines.
Patrick Higgins

Mobile - 0 views

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    This is cool
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    Using cell phones in class but some students don't have unlimited texting? No problem. Google simulator allows them to use the SMS feature to do simple queries and research.
Patrick Higgins

Google Docs Templates - 0 views

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    Pre-made research templates, thanks Erica!
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    Google has created templates for research papers with the formatting already done in them.
Patrick Higgins

Official Google Docs Blog: Interesting ways to use Docs in the Classroom - 0 views

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    Tom Barrett's 50 Ways to use Google Docs in the classroom
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    Barrett's Google Blog post
Patrick Higgins

Google Docs Templates - 0 views

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    useful
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    Google Docs Citation templates.
Patrick Higgins

Google For Educators - 0 views

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    Google's collection of election tools for your classroom. Good stuff here for visual learners
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    Great political/election coverage through google.
Patrick Higgins

Complete List of Google Earth Activities - 0 views

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    Thx to Angela Maeirs for this one. List of Google Earth activities for subject areas.
Patrick Higgins

writewith. - 0 views

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    Similar to Google Docs. I think there are some features here that Google might think about adopting.
Patrick Higgins

Resources for Teachers Search Tools - 0 views

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Patrick Higgins

Welcome! ‎(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)‎ - 0 views

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    Example of a student using Google Sites to do his sophomore research paper. Note the traditional aspects and new aspects of research.
Patrick Higgins

The Lily Pad - 1 views

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    An outstanding take on Google Forms by David Wees. Great use of the format of creating multiple pages to make a choose-your-own-ending story. Will be sharing this one.
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