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Gmail and Google Applications

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Anyone with a gmail account also has access to a suite of software programs for free. Educators can take advantage of these free tools and also utilize a sharing feature to use with colleagues. Free Google products include: iGoogle, Gmail, Google Reader, Picasa, Calendar, and documents such as text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Come and learn how these tools can enhance your productivity and simplify your life.

Day One:

We will begin by learning how to use Gmail and the overall Google interface. There are so many products now offered by Google that it will be hard to keep up, but we will go over many of the most popular tools for use in schools.

For this class you will often use or refer to either my gmail account: mrsploker@gmail.com or one of my websites; TEC Wiki; http://partridge-tec-wiki.wikispaces.com or my TEC Google Site; https://sites.google.com/site/ritatectools/

Gmail

Need an account? Go to gmail.com (or use the link below) and sign up. We will go through this process in class for those of you who do not have one already.

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Gmail Priority Inbox

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iGoogle Make your own home page. This can be done for computers in your classroom as well. Think about having one station set up with the iGoogle tools for a particular subject.

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Homework:

For next week please find 2 or 3 gadgets to add to your iGoogle page that you can share with the class. Try to find ones that will be of use in a classroom.

In class you will be given time to share as many as time permits.