Overview

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.

• Ten Things About Google
• Google Culture (and 20% Time)

Getting to know you...all about you!
If today's students could call you from their retirement party, what advice would they give you to make you a better teacher?

Driving Questions

1. What free and educationally beneficial services are available from Google?
2. How will you use Google services as a teacher?
3. How will your students use Google services?
4. Would you "eat your own dogfood"?

More

MisterSill Google Site - My workshop website where you can find more of  the materials I mention during the GLI.

Top 10 Reasons to work at Google

Google Almanac - A Google Site Created by GTCs (Kyle Brumbaugh, Jerome Burg, Cheryl Davis, & Kathleen Ferenz) for the GTA
Google Hacks - A good reference book. The first half or so includes some great tips... the rest gets a bit technical.
Googlepedia - Another good reference book to use when teaching particular applications.
Google Earth Lessons - A bunch of lesson plans.
Google Aps Tutorial
Google Lit Trips - By Jerome Burg
Google Channels on YouTube

GTA Resources:

• http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/welcome
• http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/2008-09-24/welcome