Showing posts with label google. Show all posts
Showing posts with label google. Show all posts
Friday, November 6, 2015
Improve Search Skills - A Google a Day
 Searching for information is a process that involves critical thinking. A Google a Day is a trivia game that provides students and grownups with a playful way to improve search skills. Every day Google posts a question that is complex enough that a regular Google search won't yield the solution. Players have to put on their thinking caps to find the answers. Here are some things you should know about a Google a day:
Beyond the fun of the trivia game, Google has also put together lessons and materials to help teachers teach students how to search, known as the Google Search Education Evangelism Site which is worth taking a look at. The materials on the site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike license which means teachers can use and modify them for their teaching as long as they give attribution to Google.com and keep the sharing going by licensing modifications of the work under the same category. | |||
Thursday, November 5, 2015
How To Back up Google Drive file
I have witnessed several people lose their files because they thought the worst would never happen to them, so they didn't bother to create a back up. As I often tell people, if you only have files in one location, whether they are on a hard drive in your PC, an external drive or online, they are at risk. A failure could mean you lose everything. These days, we store increasingly more files online, but it is wrong to think they are any safer there than on a hard drive. If you don't have a back-up, you could still lose them. With this in mind, my tip is for people who use Google Drive to store files. You should still back up your Google Docs files if you can't afford to lose them. This is easier than you might think, because you can simply right-click any file or folder and select Download. If you have a Documents folder on Google Drive, for example, just right-click it and select Download. If you don't store your files in folders, hold down Shift and right-click each file, then select Download. Documents are automatically converted to Word and Excel, and everything is zipped.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Explore the Great Barrier Reef: Google Wonders Project
The Google Wonders Project is an interactive website that allows visitors to discover many of the wonders of the world. Virtual visitors can get off the beaten path and explore wonders from 6 continents up close through Google's amazing street view technology. Virtual visitors can find factual information, stunning images, 3-D models and YouTube videos right on the page, which makes the World Wonders Project an amazing teaching tool.
The newest addition to the collection takes visitors on an underwater tour of the Great Barrier Reef. Divers used the world's first tablet-operated underwater camera to capture high-definition panoramic images of the reef to create stunning content.
The underwater expedition is part of a larger scientific study which aims to help bridge the gap between scientific awareness and public knowledge. Google has partnered with The Catlin Seaview Survey for a major study of the world’s reefs and has made images from from coral reefs in Australia, the Philippines and Hawaii available through Google Maps. There will also be a dedicated YouTube channel for project-related videos. It's probably only a matter of time until Google assembles more packages of teacher-friendly content from the underwater expeditions and makes them available through the Google Wonders project.
Visit the Great Barrier Reef on the Google Wonders Project
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Explore the World - Google World Wonders Projects
If you can't visit the great wonders of the world in person, Google's new World Wonders Project can get you pretty close. The World Wonders Project is an interactive website that uses the same street view technology used in Google Maps to allow visitors to explore many of the wonders of the world. In order to allow virtual visitors to get off the beaten path, Google used tricycles with cameras to explore territory closer than cars can go. In addition to exploring the World through the amazing street view technology, Google provides factual information, stunning images, 3-D models and YouTube videos right on the page.The World Wonders Project is a valuable resource for the classroom. The virtual tours lend themselves to learning in ways in which an encyclopedia or textbook cannot compete. Comprehensive educational packets complete with curriculum connections and ideas for use in the classroom offer teachers an innovative way to teach social studies through engaging multimedia rich student centered learning experiences.
The project launched at the end of May and currently features 132 ancient and cultural spots located across many areas of the globe. It appears as though the site will expand. One does have to wonder, where's Africa?
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| Browse by location or by theme and try Google World Wonders Project for yourself! |
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