Google+in+the+Classroom

[] The Google Website for Educators describes the different tools, provides tutorials and videos showing you who to get started using them and includes some examples that illustrate how educators are incorporating them into their own classrooms.

Types of Tools Is a combination word processor, spreadsheet and presentation tool that enables students to share their work easily, access if from any computer that has Internet access, and save their work automatically so they won’t lose what they have written. Educators find Google Docs helpful because they can monitor student work while they are writing or revising in class and identify and work with students who are having major problems.
 * Google Docs** []
 * The word-processing tool lets students collaborate during the revision process and keep track of the changes and who is making them through a Revison History tool.
 * The presentation tool enables students to work together to create a group presentations from any location and jointly present the topic.

Provides access to thousands of news sources, including archives going back 200 years. Students can search for events, people or ideas and see how they have been described over time. They can search articles in order of relevance to the query and see a historical overview of events and articles associated with the query on a timeline that is automatically created Google News is updated continuously throughout the day.
 * Google News** []
 * Teachers and students can also set up Google Alerts, emails automatically sent whenever there are additional news results about their saved search terms.

Let educators set up their own place to communicate and collaborate safely and securely with their students.
 * Google Groups** []

Free downloadable application which combines satellite imagery, maps, 3D terrain and 3D buildings to create a high realist virtual globe.
 * Google Earth** []
 * Google Maps** []

A handy tool that enables students to take notes while they are doing their research topic. They can browse, clip, and organize information from across while they are doing their research for a topic.
 * Google Notebook** []

(If you are interested I have a whole article that gives examples of how they can be used.) //Information Searcher Vol. 17 No. 3//