Google

GOOGLE PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION Please check out what is currently available! Lead and Learn Google Apps This is a wiki that has a Google Apps page with lots of resources about the Google tools. Teaching like it's 2999 We're Getting Google Scripty in Here! Writing scripts is one way of customizing google. Check out this link to learn more. Google Forms - More then Just Multiple Choice Livebinder with resources for creating and using Google Forms in varied ways. Handy Handouts - Check out the Google resources

Google provides a variety of helpful search tools. Below are PDFs you can print and utilize to learn more about these tools. One that many people may not be familiar with is the reading levels. Google has a search tool that allows you to check readability levels of a web resource. I have also provided links to training materials and videos about the various tools. See Hangout Here... Googl Apps Training Materials This link will take you googles training materials. You may be most interested in the tab called docs under the Google Apps Education Edition link. This docs tab provides lessons you can review on how to use Google Apps. Explore Google Search Short videos about the various google search features.

**Google Searches Tips and Tricks** This document provides some quick tips and tricks for google searches that you may not know are possible. They are quick and easy and time savers for students.

**Create a Custom G****oogle Searchmedia type="custom" key="9216008"**
If you try to search for a topic using my custom search engine you will find that only search engines that I have designated as part of my custom google search engine will be used. This is a great way to keep your students within specific search engines that you have checked out and found appropriate for them. In my custom google search you will see that [|www.kidsyahoo.com] ; [|www.awesomelibrary.com]; [|www.iknowthat.com]; and [|www.wikipedia.org] are the only search engines for which information will appear. Try It! Put in a topic and see what comes up. To close up the search list just click the X nest to the search window.

In addition to getting the embedded code to put your search engine into a web page or other web based tool you can also get the URL to share. [] This URL will take you to my search engine. Try It! Steps to create your own Custom Search Engine can be found within this document.

====** Google Reader ** The advantages of google reader are that it allows the user to subscribe to blogs or websites that are frequently updated and then it lets you know when something new has been added. Here is a video about Google Reader to help you better understand how it works. [|www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english] Steps are provided to walk you through the setup of your google reader. ====

For CVSD users you can use the instructions below but you will go to the district Google page www.Google.com/a/cvcolonials.org and then follow the directions on the forms below.

**Google documents can be organized into folders.**
Next to the create button you can click the icon with the arrow. This button will prompt you with options to browse your computer folders and files so that you can keep your documents organized.

**Google Docs tutoria**l [|click here]
Users can also organize their documents in the my collection section of the left menu items on the Google Docs screen. If you click on my collections you will see a new folder icon appear (see below). Click on this icon to add a new folder to your my collections. You can then organize your Google Documents into the folders you create. Flubaroo - Check out this site to learn about Flubaroo. You will find a quick video tutorial as well as a practice quiz to grade. More than just a grading tool, Flubaroo also: Steps to Using Flubaroo - Instruction for a Self Grading Quiz using Flubaroo [|click here] Flubaroo tutorial [|click here] Another Flubaroo tutorial click here How to create a self grading form using Google and Flubaroo [|click here] Google forms as an auto-correctiong assessment [|click here]
 * Computes average assignment score.
 * Computes average score per question, and flags low-scoring questions.
 * Shows you a grade distribution graph.
 * Gives you the option to email each student their grade, and an answer key.

Tired of those long URLs - go to the web browser address line and key in [|www.goo.gl] and you will be taken to the URL shortner from google. It will give you a short URL that can be shared.

**Google Calendar**
Help for Google Calendar []

Check out this link for Lesson Plans utilizing Google tools []
 * Google Lesson Plans**