Google for Educators

Google is literally everywhere—from Google Docs and Gmail to various mobile applications. Being a Google fanatic, I can definitely appreciate the fact that Google has an entire section of its web site devoted to teachers! One aspect of teaching that many teachers struggle with is incorporating internet search engines into research. There are resources available on this site such as informational printable posters and full lesson plans devoted to teaching students how to use search engines and how to distinguish between sources that are credible or not credible. I was pleasantly surprised to see numerous full lesson plans available on the site. If you are looking for a great way to incorporate technology in your classroom, this site will definitely give you some great ideas. Other resources include Google Lit Trips and a discussion board. Google Lit Trips is a tool which allows you to use Google Earth in order to explore places mentioned in popular literature. Another nice feature of this site is that it categorizes all resources by age group.

Although there are not that many features to the web site now, there is an option to sign up for notifications to receive site updates. I’m sure over time many more features and tools will be added.

Google for Educators:
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

Google Lit Trips:
http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html