Today at Smitha we learned about Google Books and Google Custom Search.
To refresh or learn more, please visit The Google Classroom. If you click on presentation and view the presentation, both of these topics are shown in great detail.
To create your own customized Google search engine, visit this link.
Please comment on how you think you will be able to use these resources at home or at school.
The ability to show search results without ads is going to be HUGE in my household. With an 8 year old and a 17 year old I have a constant stream of web searchers at the pc. I love that I can set up school related searches without dealing with all the ads. I'm going to help students who visit my pages find what they're looking for faster and I'll be able to invite your colleagues and friends to contribute (without slacking on facebook again). As far as google books goes...again, save time by narrow student searches within pre-choosen books and simply using it to read full back issues of Popular Science! YEAH google!
Posted by: Dean Speer | March 18, 2009 at 03:47 PM
I am going to use google books at home with my kids. They will be able to preview books to decide if it is something they would be interesed in reading. This will be especially helpful with summer reading assignments.
Posted by: Tracy Johnson | March 18, 2009 at 03:49 PM