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=Google Tools for Schools, FREE=
 * No need for flash drives
 * No more downloading attachments and wondering where you saved them
 * No more wondering which version/revision is the most recent edit on a collaborative document

media type="file" key="Google Docs Tutorial for Teachers.mp4" = = =Google Apps=

The following information comes from Spiro Bolos- Teacher, New Trier High School NICE Mini-Conference January 31, 2009 [|spirobolos.blogspot.com] [|delicious.com/oripsolob/google]

Google Maps
books.google.com Google Earth Google Lit Trips Googlelittrips.com Pre-planning for field Trips- Make a map, Points of interest marked, what to look for

Google presentations
With one person organizing, have multiple students contribute to a presentation at the same time. Works like power point.

Google forms
- need information from a group? Set up a google form. Information will automatically be entered into a google spreadsheet -Form code can be cut and pasted into a web page

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 * Self Grading Quizzes with Google Forms**

Picassa-
Online version has web albums- public or private

Google Sites
-closest thing google has to a wiki. Others out there that are better.

Favorite quotes from this session...

Beware of the cloud - relying on free services - what if that data goes away - two types of people with backups- those that have lost their data and thos that will

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