Monica Martinez
TCEA Director of Professional Development
Google Certified Administrator
mmartinez@tcea.org
Bing TV Commercials - Information Overload- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN28Ad3TNrQ
Web 3.0 - This will be about semantic web (or the meaning of data), personalization (e.g. NetVibes), intelligent search and behavioral advertising, among other things.
Surfing - Will we do the surfiung or will the machine do the surfing for us?
Organization - Howwill our information be organized?
Interface - Will the web look the same for me as it does for everyone else?
Tools - What technologies will be common and which will be obsolete?
Information literacy becomes very critical in a Web 3.0 world.
Finding the information we want, verifying the information, and applying the information are all components of information literacy.
Google Squared
http://www.google.com/squared
Example: Look Up US Presidents on Google Squared - http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=US+Presidents
- You can add and delete columns. When you add a column, Google searches the information for you. EX: Add a column for spouses to the US Presidents Search
- Hover over any square in your search results to see where the information is coming from. Click on the square to select a different source.
- Google squared results can be saved to Google Docs and further manipulated
Narrowing Down Your Search - Use Google Advanced Search!
Efficiency in search is important in the ocean of information that is on the Internet
- Click that Advanced Search link to the right of the Google Search Box on the home page
- Use the fields and watch Google build the syntax for you
- Narrow searches by file type (just looking for PowerPoints?)
- Use usage rights filter to make sure you are not violating anyone's copyright (students are no longer protected by fair use when the graduate from school, so it is important to teach this)
- Returns search results in a web/mindmap format
Google Image Swirl - Similar to Wonder Wheel but for images. Categorizes the type of image you are looking for.
You Tube - Upload a video to get help!
- Ex: Help With Bow Drill Set - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuFsDN8dsJU
- Digital Citizenship - boy never shows his face or gives his name or phone number
- Digital Literacy - boy created the video and is sourcing the cloud to get assistance with his project
- Search using your voice and your location. Find websites, local businesses, product prices and more.
- Search Google via text messages
- Text message query to: 466453
- Text HELP to 466453
- Send STOP to cancel to 466453
- Example - let students look up words while they are reading
- Gives multiple ways to search Google. Many of the same features as Google advanced search but in a little more user friendly format
- Google has its own form of this - www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html
