My Google Tools by Susan W Quinn College of Education University of South Carolina - Columbia

Google Products With one account, access to most all the products

Google Chrome "A browser built for speed, stability and security" My Favorite Features: Choose your own theme Import bookmarks and settings from Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome browser - type URL or keyword(s) You can drag tab to new window - and back again 'Restore the pages that were open last' (Keeps your tabs the next time you start up)

iGoogle "Add news, games and more to the Google homepage" My Tabs and Themes Home = Tetris News = Beach Technology = NeonBlade Sports = Turner Field Education = Twinkle Twinkle Living = Doughnuts continued

My Gadgets on iGoogle By Google: Bookmark Date & Time Weather Google Calendar Gmail Google Reader Picasa Web Album Google Scholar Google Translate By Others: How to of the Day by wikihow.com My Facebook by SWAM Technologies Twitter Gadget by LOGIKA Corporation Windows Shortcut of the Day by NuZs.com Live Customized Sports Scores by CBSSports.com Daily Education Quotes by Barbara J. Feldman Learn to Sign by NuZs.com Box Of Links by Gadgeteer Recipe of the Day by RealSimple.com Food & Calorie Finder by Fatsecret.com

Scholar "Search scholarly papers" Search USC holdings, too! How are articles ranked? Google Scholar aims to sort articles the way researchers do, weighing the full text of each article, the author, the publication in which the article appears, and how often the piece has been cited in other scholarly literature. The most relevant results will always appear on the first page. from About Google Scholar ut.htm

Reader "Get all your blogs and news feeds fast" My subscriptions include gadgets in my tabs that regularly update news items, such as: BBC News PCMag.com Tips and Solutions Techdirt ESPN.com TechLEARNing.com About.com Exercise

Gmail "Fast, searchable with less spam" Like many people, this is how I got started with Google. (They are right about less spam.)

Calendar "Organize your schedule and share events with friends" View multiple calendars I synch it with my phone

Picasa "Find, edit and share your photos" Download a program Gather media files from computer Edit photos Albums on web site Share an album Link to the album Have a slideshow

Docs "Create and share your online documents, presentations, and spreadsheets" Put files in folders (or not) o multiple folders Publish files (URL) Share files o to view o to collaborate Save files to formats such as PDF, text, Word, PPT, Excel, OpenOffice, HTML continued

Publish FAQs for classes (document) Share to view Contacts Collaborate Presentation planning (document) Presentations Personal Productivity To do Current open projects s (compose) Responses to use again MCUA - May Come Up Again Add to resource lists Class planning Examples of My Google Docs

Sites "Create websites and secure group wikis" Choose from themes and layouts Change colors, fonts, and formatting Add Google tools and other gadgets Edit HTML code, if you'd like View revision history Share with owners, collaborators, viewers Make it public as a timed presentation

Susan W Quinn College of Education University of South Carolina - Columbia