May 17, 2012
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I opened up a new Google Doc this morning and was greeted with a new Google Docs feature called Research. Use this research tool to learn more information about the topics in your document. Well now, this looks interesting. And … Continue reading
January 4, 2012
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As I read about the low cost tablets popping up in India like the $140 Classmate and the $45 Akash, I can’t help but wonder, would these low cost tablets exist if it were not for Google and their open … Continue reading
August 17, 2011
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MIT has received some funding from Google Education to launch a new mobile learning centre focusing on “the design and study of new mobile technologies and applications, enabling people to learn anywhere anytime with anyone”. Not surprising since it is … Continue reading
February 5, 2011
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Two resources created by Google have popped onto my radar screen this week that will certainly be valuable for educators; Google Body and Google Art Project. Google Art Project is a series of interactive virtual tours of some of the … Continue reading
September 30, 2009
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Google Docs Viewer is a handy little service that let’s you view documents and presentations within the browser without having to open a third party application. It eliminates the need for students to have additional applications (such as PowerPoint or … Continue reading
September 11, 2009
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Did you know that over 30% of our leisure time is now spent online? Or that 20 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute? Or that worldwide, over 6 billion songs have been sold on iTunes? Where did … Continue reading
July 9, 2009
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Google announced a new feature for Image Search today that should make it easier for you to find, modify and reuse images from across the web. Google Image Search now has a license filter which will allow you to filter … Continue reading
February 7, 2009
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I had my horizons greatly expanded this week when I discovered a feature of Google Reader I didn’t know existed. Google Reader will translate foreign language feeds into English. To access the translation feature, click on either view settings or … Continue reading
January 27, 2009
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Feedly is a Firefox extension that allows you to create a magazine like start page for your Google Reader subscriptions and while the magazine style does add a nice look and feel to Google Reader, that isn’t what I like … Continue reading
November 21, 2008
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Updated November 22: Since writing this post, Google has turned this feature off and made it an opt-in service through Google Experimental Search. Update November 24: aaaaaand it’s back. Last night I noticed a couple of new options on Google … Continue reading