Thing #7 Cool Google Tools

Finally something I was able to see a direct use for in my classroom. The Google Notebook will be very useful for any group research project. It was much easier to find useful images through Google Scholar than Flickr, but it was a little frustrating that reading more than the abstract usually cost money. Picasa Web Albums was much easier for me to use as well. The Google Docs presentation had several nice templates and inserting videos and pictures was a breeze. This might be a better tool than powerpoint since all the students can access it and their operating platform (Mac or PC) should be irrelevant. I will have to experiment further to find out for sure.