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Session Title Specialized Google Research Tools That Are Powerful, Easy, and Free

Session Description Help educators and students access relevant information, locate timely research, and share resources. Learn powerful features of Google Books, Scholar, News, Blogsearch, Alerts and more.

Theme and Strand Digital-Age Teaching & Learning:Literacies for the Information/Creativity Age

Keywords information literacy, research, google, edtechteam

Primary URL http://iste11.edtechteam.com

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Recording Preference recordable

Audience Focus Primary Technology Coordinators/Facilitators

Audience Focus Secondary Teachers

Audience Grade Level PK-12

Audience Skill Level Beginner

Prerequisite Skills

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NETS•S 2, 3

NETS•T 3

NETS•A 2

Strategic Objectives Provide leadership

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Purpose & Objectives Participants will...
Develop their own research and information fluency, and be able to share what they learn with their colleagues and students.
Learn new tools they can use to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
Be able to use Google search options to locate the latest results, the results timeline, and the “wonder wheel” for visually displaying related searches.
Be able to search Google Books, save books to “My Library”, and share books with their colleagues and students
Be able to search Google Scholar and use the “Cited By” feature to find additional relevant (and more timely) research.
Be able to search Google News for current events - and be able to use Google News as a starting point for discussions about information literacy, including bias, agenda, and authority in a text.
Be able to search Google Blogsearch for a wider variety of timely opinions.
Be able to setup Google Alerts to provide themselves with a “virtual research assistant” to deliver new resources to them on a daily basis.

Outline Google Books makes the full text of the worlds greatest libraries searchable from any computer - and makes it possible to share relevant books with colleagues or students. Google Scholar provides meaningful access to scholarly research over time. Google News aggregates and filters thousands of news sources so the important information rises to the top, and Google Blogsearch helps make sense of the social web as it happens. This session focuses on the best strategies to put these tools (and others) to use in support of educators and students, including stragies for Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), Inquiry-Driven Learning, and Project Based Learning... as well as other more traditional applications, such as research papers. Online resources for the session include links to each tool, real-world examples, and screencasts illustrating key elements of the session for later reference.
OUTLINE
Web Search
Search Features
Web Search Support
Search Options
Don't miss Latest, Wonderwheel, and Timeline!
Advanced Search
Don't miss File Type and Usage Rights.
Don't forget to learn the Google Operators like Define: and others.
Don't miss the Seach Features.
Complementary Tools
Creative Commons & Search
Book Search
Support including the History of Google Books and much more!
Search My Library
How to Access Full-Text Books (See also the new "Full View" option in the new left-side options!)
Download PDFs and Now Clips! Example: The Tragedie of Hamlet
Check out the 3D viewing option! (But, um, you need 3D glasses.)
Google has reached a groundbreaking agreement with authors and publishers.
My Library has custom bookshelves with public and private options. Learn more.
Even More...
Scholar Search
Support
Don't miss the "cited by" feature!
New: Scholar Alerts!
News Search
Support
About The Updates to Google News
Don't miss the Google News Archives! (Demo Video)
See also News Timeline and InQuotes from Google Labs.
Blog Search
Support
Google Alerts
Multimedia Search (Time Permitting)
Image Search Support (See also Image Swirl, the new image search feature similar to Wonderwheel.)
Video Search Support (See also Audio Indexing from Google Labs)
More Search Tools for Educators
Google Squared: A new way to display search results
Language Search Tools (Time Permitting)
Tip: Enter your school's website to translate the site into Spanish... and then post a link to the translation on your site!
Custom Search Engine (Time Permitting)
Support
Mrs. Gray's Research for Kids
Directing Learning with Google Custom Search by November Learning (PDF)
Screencast for Creating a Custom Search Engine
Even More...

Supporting Research The ISTE NETS for Students, Teachers, and Administrators support the importance of the session topic: http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx
Other frameworks for 21st Century skills also call for proficiency in the tools and strategies discussed: http://www.p21.org/ & http://edtechlife.com/files/skillsbrochure.pdf
The success of the Google Teacher Academy and CUE's Google Workshops for Educators illustrate the positive reception when educators are exposed to these tools and strategies:
http://www.cue.org/gta & http://www.cue.org/gwe

Presenter Background Formerly a high school English teacher, Dr. Wagner has served as an educational technology coordinator at the site, district, and county levels. He is now the president of EdTechTeam, Inc., which provides professional development and consulting services to schools, districts, and other educational institutions. In this capacity, he is the CUEtoYOU professional development coordinator for Computer Using Educators (CUE). He is also a Google Certified Teacher and director of the Google Teacher Academy. He has a Ph.D. in Educational Technology and a masters degree in Cross-Cultural Education. More: http://www.edtechteam.com/team/markwagner
This particular workshop has been successfully delivered to educators across the US and Canada - and at the Google Teacher Academy in London, England.

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	Session Title	Specialized Google Research Tools That Are Powerful, Easy, and Free
	Session Description	Help educators and students access relevant information, locate timely research, and share resources. Learn powerful features of Google Books, Scholar, News, Blogsearch, Alerts and more.
	Theme and Strand	Digital-Age Teaching & Learning:Literacies for the Information/Creativity Age
	Keywords	information literacy, research, google, edtechteam
	Primary URL	http://iste11.edtechteam.com
	Exhibitor Status
	Commercial Content
	Recording Preference	recordable
	Audience Focus Primary	Technology Coordinators/Facilitators
	Audience Focus Secondary	Teachers
	Audience Grade Level	PK-12
	Audience Skill Level	Beginner
	Prerequisite Skills
	Platform Alerts
	NETS•S	2, 3
	NETS•T	3
	NETS•A	2
	Strategic Objectives	Provide leadership

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	Whiteboard Request	No whiteboard needed
	Whiteboard Other
	Whiteboard Use
	Videoconferencing
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Proposal Summary			view/edit this section
	Purpose & Objectives	Participants will... Develop their own research and information fluency, and be able to share what they learn with their colleagues and students. Learn new tools they can use to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning. Be able to use Google search options to locate the latest results, the results timeline, and the “wonder wheel” for visually displaying related searches. Be able to search Google Books, save books to “My Library”, and share books with their colleagues and students Be able to search Google Scholar and use the “Cited By” feature to find additional relevant (and more timely) research. Be able to search Google News for current events - and be able to use Google News as a starting point for discussions about information literacy, including bias, agenda, and authority in a text. Be able to search Google Blogsearch for a wider variety of timely opinions. Be able to setup Google Alerts to provide themselves with a “virtual research assistant” to deliver new resources to them on a daily basis.
	Outline	Google Books makes the full text of the worlds greatest libraries searchable from any computer - and makes it possible to share relevant books with colleagues or students. Google Scholar provides meaningful access to scholarly research over time. Google News aggregates and filters thousands of news sources so the important information rises to the top, and Google Blogsearch helps make sense of the social web as it happens. This session focuses on the best strategies to put these tools (and others) to use in support of educators and students, including stragies for Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), Inquiry-Driven Learning, and Project Based Learning... as well as other more traditional applications, such as research papers. Online resources for the session include links to each tool, real-world examples, and screencasts illustrating key elements of the session for later reference. OUTLINE Web Search Search Features Web Search Support Search Options Don't miss Latest, Wonderwheel, and Timeline! Advanced Search Don't miss File Type and Usage Rights. Don't forget to learn the Google Operators like Define: and others. Don't miss the Seach Features. Complementary Tools Creative Commons & Search Book Search Support including the History of Google Books and much more! Search My Library How to Access Full-Text Books (See also the new "Full View" option in the new left-side options!) Download PDFs and Now Clips! Example: The Tragedie of Hamlet Check out the 3D viewing option! (But, um, you need 3D glasses.) Google has reached a groundbreaking agreement with authors and publishers. My Library has custom bookshelves with public and private options. Learn more. Even More... Scholar Search Support Don't miss the "cited by" feature! New: Scholar Alerts! News Search Support About The Updates to Google News Don't miss the Google News Archives! (Demo Video) See also News Timeline and InQuotes from Google Labs. Blog Search Support Google Alerts Multimedia Search (Time Permitting) Image Search Support (See also Image Swirl, the new image search feature similar to Wonderwheel.) Video Search Support (See also Audio Indexing from Google Labs) More Search Tools for Educators Google Squared: A new way to display search results Language Search Tools (Time Permitting) Tip: Enter your school's website to translate the site into Spanish... and then post a link to the translation on your site! Custom Search Engine (Time Permitting) Support Mrs. Gray's Research for Kids Directing Learning with Google Custom Search by November Learning (PDF) Screencast for Creating a Custom Search Engine Even More...
	Supporting Research	The ISTE NETS for Students, Teachers, and Administrators support the importance of the session topic: http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx Other frameworks for 21st Century skills also call for proficiency in the tools and strategies discussed: http://www.p21.org/ & http://edtechlife.com/files/skillsbrochure.pdf The success of the Google Teacher Academy and CUE's Google Workshops for Educators illustrate the positive reception when educators are exposed to these tools and strategies: http://www.cue.org/gta & http://www.cue.org/gwe
	Presenter Background	Formerly a high school English teacher, Dr. Wagner has served as an educational technology coordinator at the site, district, and county levels. He is now the president of EdTechTeam, Inc., which provides professional development and consulting services to schools, districts, and other educational institutions. In this capacity, he is the CUEtoYOU professional development coordinator for Computer Using Educators (CUE). He is also a Google Certified Teacher and director of the Google Teacher Academy. He has a Ph.D. in Educational Technology and a masters degree in Cross-Cultural Education. More: http://www.edtechteam.com/team/markwagner This particular workshop has been successfully delivered to educators across the US and Canada - and at the Google Teacher Academy in London, England.

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