ICT SupportGoogle for Educators™ Unveils Interactive Tools for Schools

Google for Educators™ Unveils Interactive Tools for Schools. Edweek. Online December 2006. (Requires registration as guest.) Inspired in part by questions from educators in the field, the Web search-engine company Google Inc. has unveiled a variety of online interactive tools, curriculum resources, and lesson plans for teachers. … a tutorial for teachers on conducting better Web searches… Google Earth, three-dimensional mapping software based on satellite imagery; SketchUp, a 3-D software program that lets students design buildings and explore geometric concepts; Google Book Search, which finds books that match students’ search terms; blog and photo-sharing software; and word-processing applications that allow students to work simultaneously on the same document from different computers. …