100+ Google tricks

As an official Google groupie, I am always looking for new and different ways to use Google tools. My PLN hooked me up with a handy site designed for college kids but one we all should be using.
100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School has some old chestnuts (using Google Search to [...]

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Tip of the Week – Where are we?

I love Google Earth and all of its bells and whistles. But the following activity is a great way to hook kids using just the basics of GE that is very simple to implement.
I call the activity “Where Are We?” and can be used to introduce a variety of history or geography units.
Select at least [...]

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Google Books adds EVERY issue of Life magazine

We talked earlier about how Google has added a ton of Life magazine images to its Image search database. Life magazine was always known for its fantastic photographs and adding them to a searchable database made your job as a history teacher just a bit easier.
Well . . . Google Books just went one better. [...]

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Inserting Mac images into Google Earth placemarks

Adding Placemarks and personalized tours to Google Earth is one of the main reasons why I like Google Earth so much. Being able to edit the GE Placemark with photos, text, hyperlinks and videos make the experience very interactive.
And up until four or five months ago, I had no problem doing that. (Heck, I was [...]

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Tip of the Week – Creative Commons & Google Images

Let’s say you’re a social studies teacher looking for some multimedia resources that will enhance a Battle of Gettysburg unit. You jump over to Google Images and do a quick search using appropriate keywords. Google returns over 327,000 results.
The problem?
Copyright issues.
The question?
What can you legally use? Most of us are very used to just taking [...]

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