Google+Education+Tools

__**Google Education Tools**__
__**Google Book Search**__
 * Preview books online
 * Allows student to access books you may not have in your classroom library. The complete online text is not available for all books, though (more likely for out-of-copyright books)
 * Students can read the book on the computer using a tool like Pacecar to help them focus on fewer lines of text
 * Search the text of the book for passages related to specific things. For example: Search //Fast Food Nation// for "corn" and all references to corn come up. __**Google**__

__**Google Notebook - JK LOL - they stopped development for new users :(**__ With Google Notebook, you'll be able to: >
 * save clippings from sites around the web so you can access them later
 * annotate your clippings by adding your own thoughts or comments
 * organize clippings into different notebooks or in sections within a single notebook
 * invite specific collaborators to contribute to your notebook -- just click on the "sharing options" link in the top right-hand corner of your Google Notebook and enter the email addresses of the people you'd like to share it with
 * share the information in your notebook with everyone -- once inside "sharing options," select "publish this notebook" to make your Notebook public
 * This can help students when doing online research individually or collaboratively.


 * __Google Posters__**
 * Download posters from google that give tips for how to use their tools like Book Search.
 * Print them out and post by the computers in your classroom.


 * __News.Google.com__**
 * Allows students to search current events

__**iGoogle**__
 * helps students stay organized
 * create a public calendar to post class assignments. Easier to update than a printed syllabus. Can't be lost!


 * __Other Tools...__**
 * Calculator
 * Conversions
 * Dictionary
 * Time Zones
 * Classroom Activities
 * Picasa
 * Google Teacher Academy
 * Geo Education - Earth, Maps, Sky, Sketch-up, Mythology (lesson plans)
 * Teacher Community (Discussion Groups)
 * Page Creator