Google+Take+Home

=Google Take Home Page=

This page is for the best ideas we learned about Google Applications for Education; Google tools; Google hardware, etc.
//Want to add something? Click the "edit" tool in the upper right corner and the page is yours to add, revise, update. You can add text, links to resources, videos, etc.// Carol LaRow provides a summary of Google tools here: [] ~ Google Tips from [|Tammy's Top 20] Google Reader [] Filter by Reading Level Go to [|www.google.com] and click the “Advanced Search” link. Realtime filter --Perform a Google search, then click the “Realtime” link ~ Alan November's presentation on Empathy suggested using the 'site 'operator tool to expand students perspectives --- For example : lesson “Number the Stars” by Lois Lowry--to research WWII and Denmark we MUST include info from the country of Denmark not just rely on info from USA–To do this use 'site' operators for countries: root zone database to search reference domain names—then search limiting to just hits from Denmark ie (WWII site:dk)

Middle school--HS level

November also discussed the profiles Google creates based on our searches: he showed the Eli Pariser youtube “[|Beware online filter bubble] --compare searches same info in search bar different hits--ie. Eygpt—on one computer, all hits were travel related, another were all political-- depending on users profile!

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