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Google Search Education

Google's new Search Education pages currently offer fifteen lesson plans aligned to ISTE NETS, Common Core, and American Association of School Librarians standards. Lesson plans are arranged according to skill level in five categories:  picking search terms, understanding results, narrowing results, searching for evidence, and evaluating credibility of sources.

Web Safety Tutorials from Google

Google recently launched a new series of online safety tutorials called ThinkB4U. The introductory video is very cheesy, but the information is sound once you skip the intro. Aimed toward students, parents, and educators in three separate sections, interactive video explores protecting online reputations, recognizing and avoiding scams, conducting effective research and critical thinking, and responsible text messaging.

The construction and editing of this site fascinates me more than the information itself. The design is very slick and takes the web page to a new level: visually stunning and simple to navigate. The design assumes the audience has an extremely short attention span.

Created by: HackCollege

It Ain't Pretty

It doesn't have to be. Lots of great information here about working with Google Apps.

Finding Google Advanced Search

You may have noticed that Advanced Search no longer appears on the main Google screen. Fear not — it’s moved but not gone.

To find it, click on the cog icon in the top-right corner of the Google screen, as shown in the screenshot below. (Taken from School Library Monthly Blog)

Google Apps Status Dashboard

The Google Apps Status Dashboard is a grid of Google Apps products and their current status of service outages and service disruptions. The next time you're wondering if a Google Apps product is down for everyone or just you, check the Status Dashboard. (Tip from Free Technology for Teachers.)

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