Google Educast Show #12 – Map Maker Makes Mapping Magical!
On this episode of the Google Educast we welcome Google Certified Teachers John Sowash, Kim Zimmer, and Fred Delventhal. In Headlines we’ll discuss Google’s new Map Maker tool, look at some changes to collaboration features in Google Custom Search, and wonder whether Google’s decision to shut down Google Video matters to educators in the Age of YouTube. This week’s Tool Shoutout is devoted to Google’s newest batch of Google Certified Teachers from the Sydney, Australia cohort. Finally, as always, we’ll share some of our best Tips & Tricks.
Show Notes:
http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/help/mapmaker/ Google Earth Builder
http://www.google.com/enterprise/earthmaps/builder.html
Google Custom Search – More powerful collaboration
http://googlecustomsearch.blogspot.com/
Videos Uploaded to Google Video Will Be Removed Next Month
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/04/videos-uploaded-to-google-video-will-be.html
Instructions for downloading videos from Google Video
http://video.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=1233300
Tool Shoutout
Google Teacher Academy, Sydney Australia
GTA Sydney Notes (Mentioned By Kim)
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1smEt68C42F8SFIr6ulPU1WMU9wr3hkS5PK80uId92-A
Twitter list from Mark Wagner
GTA Syd. Agenda with live links
http://pagespeed.googlelabs.com/
How to block gadgets from Google Sites
http://henrythiele.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-block-gadgets-from-sites-in.html
Using iGoogle to create a custom student page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Xb5I_LZXk&feature=player_embedded
Follow up on Reading Levels in search
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web%20Search/thread?tid=60e0869f5f9fad86&hl=en
