All Blog Posts Tagged 'Google' (26)

All the buzz... Google Chrome

Google has introduced a new Web browser, called Chrome, which is directly targeted at going head-to-head in the browser market with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The move takes the…

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Added by John Costilla on September 4, 2008 at 6:28pm — No Comments

'Google Generation' refers to a generation of people born since 1993, who have grown up in an Internet dominated world. According to Wikipedia, the phrase has entered common usage as a "...way of referring to a generation whose first port of call for knowledge is the internet and a search engine, Google being the most popular".

The Online Computer Library Center recently conducted a global survey that indicates the… Continue

Added by Chad Outten on April 13, 2008 at 9:41pm — No Comments

Doodle 4 Education

My Graphic Design students competed in the Doodle 4 Google contest. Students were to join in the doodling fun around the intriguing theme “What if…?”

Here are the submissions … which one do you like best?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575283@N04/sets/72157603901276672/detail/

Added by Colette Cassinelli on April 10, 2008 at 4:12pm — No Comments

The Google Experiment - Part 2

I just realized that to keep anyone that is interested in looking at the creation of the Social Studies unit I am only using Google for they would need a URL. Well here it is:

http://tom.whyte1.googlepages.com/home3

Come and visit, and provide feedback please.

Added by Tom Whyte on March 25, 2008 at 6:31pm — No Comments

The Google Experiment

2 weeks ago I started looking at all the little links that started popping up within Google. The one that got me hooked was iGoogle (life has never been the same). Then Gmail and the list goes on, after 2 days of just playing, clicking here, linking there, downloading the latest little gadget, putting a theme in iGoogle, I asked myself what could all this be used for. 2 weeks later, I am knee deep in developing a Social Studies Unit for LAP students that utilizes multimedia technology provided… Continue

Added by Tom Whyte on March 24, 2008 at 10:39pm — No Comments

The Savvy Teacher’s Digital Toolbox: iGoogle Homepage

By Alix E. Peshette

Cross-posted from EdTech Gold Rush

Many teachers search the web for online resources, images, dictionaries, translation help, news of the day, interactive activities and blogs of interest. Those sites are often bookmarked and usually forgotten in the hodge-podge of the web browser Favorites list.

A lot of teachers spend the day with the web browser homepage showing on the computer monitor. Some… Continue

Added by Alix E. Peshette on March 17, 2008 at 8:00pm — 4 Comments