Google 2.0 Workshops

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Introduction

Session title

• What: Digging Deeper for Understanding: Using Information Smarts in a Digital World

• "Google 2.0 for Librarians TBA

• Instructor: Dean Giustini, a blogger, educator and biomed librarian

Handouts & powerpoints

• Abstract of session
• Presentation powerpoints
• Google 2.0 handout
• Google for Teachers II

What is Google 2.0?

• Google is a media company as well as a search engine
• Increasingly, the tools they provide to users help them to engage, collaborate and socialize
• Google 2.0 is the second generation search company

Simple Googling (Slides 4,5)

1. Find exact document, website or ‘known-item’ (type words into search box) http://google.ca
2. Search for “Exact phrase” (use “quotations”) http://google.ca
3. Define word define: “web 2.0” http://google.ca
4. Sports scores? Type in: South Africa 2010 http://google.ca
5. Search for pdfs, powerpoint slides or Word documents? http://google.ca
6. "web 2.0" filetype:pdf http://google.ca
7. allintitle: 21st Century Learning filetype:ppt http://google.ca
8. allintitle: “Google for educators” filetype:doc http://google.ca

Advanced search screens

• Advanced Search - http://www.google.com/advanced_search
• Wonder wheel (information organized into categories)
• (Search) Query Refinements - http://www.google.com/help/features.html#query

Basic Google for Educators (Slides 4,5)

1. YouTube - http://youtube.com and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imDFSnklB0k
2. Google Documents - http://docs.google.com (use with Google talk)
3. Google books - search full text books http://books.google.com
4. Google news - search worldwide news sources http://news.google.com (and news as timeline)
5. Google blogsearch - search the latest scoop http://blogsearch.google.com
6. Google scholar - search scholarly sources http://scholar.google.com

Resources for teachers

• Blogger: create your free blog https://www.blogger.com/start
• Google Calendar is a sharable calendar that classes use to stay on task with assignments, tests, and more
• Google search - Classroom Lessons and Resources http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html
• Google insights http://www.google.com/insights/search/#
• Classroom posters http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html
• Advanced Google for teachers http://sites.google.com/site/mestractsites/
• Googlize your lessons http://googlizealesson.wikispaces.com/

For advanced Googlers

• Reference tools - http://www.google.com/help/features.html#reference
• Essential information - http://www.google.com/help/features.html#essentials
• Google for Teachers II - http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1oai5/GoogleforTeachersII/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freetech4teachers.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fgoogle-for-teachers-ii-free-33-page.html

see also Out Google Part II