My Top Three Internet Tools

One of the three internet tools I chose as a resource for teaching is Google. Google is considered to be one of the top search engines in the world. It is a search engine that offers a wide variety of services including but not limited to internet searches, services for creating blogs and sending and receiving email messages. Google also provides social networking tools, organizational tools and chat tools as well as services for mobile devices. The features of Google that are useful for classroom instruction are gmail which can be used for written communication between teacher, students, and parents; google Earth which provides 3D overviews, through satellite images, of major cities and other places, driving directions, and maps to numerous locations; google blogger (web log or blog), a social networking service for connecting with friends and family , posting your opinions, giving advise, staying in touch, and a host of other communication needs. Using google in the classroom or as part of the instructional plan helps to build up the technology skills and to meet the academic standards for technology literacy. Some of the ways to use google in class is to have students use the internet to search for articles and other resources, search for images, post their blogs to communicate with their classmates, use it to communicate with other students around the world, download photos, create blogs, and create an organizational site that can be used as a portfolio of their work. There are countless ways to be able to achieve techology literacy through the use of google.

I used google to create this web page as part of the course requirements for ED 481G last spring. It was, at first a bit challenging but once I figured out how to use the tools and navigate around the pages, I really got involved in developing the page. The most fun I had was editting the pages. Everytime I thought I was done, I would think of something else to add or delete. The final product (and grade) were worth every bit of anxiety and sweat. But the best part of this was that it was free! http://sites.google.com/site/fayecamachokaible/Home.