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Latest news on Google Books settlement (as of November 9, 2009). Has links to supporting materials and history of the effort to work out a deal and make a digital library possible.

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Time October 31, 2009 article on Google book scanning battle. Less useful for the article itself but rather for the background info it provides and possible leads into investigating the history of this effort. Would be useful for the library science class.

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The video intro explaining Google Building Maker which looks easy enough for grade school kids to use. You can quickly model a building and submit it to Google for review. If approved, it will be added to the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth.

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Good example of why scanning all the books would be a great idea for research. I don't care who does it or if multiple companies do it but it is something that needs to be done and this provides a good argument as to why it needs to happen.

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Blog entry about how one person views Google accounts and Apps in light of CIPA and COPPA. I've seen similar stances in other places before. I'm not sure about absolute legality but seems reasonable.

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Google site within the Education section of classroom posters produced by Google. Has Search Tips, Web Searching, Book Search, Scholar, Google Earth, etc. Looks like good classroom resources for teachers to use.

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A 2-minute video illustrating forms in Google Docs. Lots of ways to use this in education, particularly higher education or teacher professional development.

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Google's SketchUp web site. Let's you download and provides links to information about what it might be used for and examples.

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A blog with lots of resources on using Google Earth in the classroom as well as Google Earth news.

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A great web site to get ideas on using Google Earth and My Maps with literature. Has example lesson plans for a variety of grades.

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An excellent resource for teachers looking for ideas on using Google Earth in the classroom. Has links to detailed lesson plans, additional software, Google Earth tutorials, etc.

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Announcement with 1.5 hour video explaining/describing Google Wave which will be released sometime in 2009. It's hard to describe this but it might be thought of as an evolution in email to embrace the more social/collaborative aspects of web 2.0. It may have application in education and might be useful in one or more of my courses.

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Google for Educators start page. Leads to video ideas, classroom examples, forums, etc. Good way to show students what Google has for teachers that they may not be aware of.

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Google's listing of keyboard shortcuts for Gmail. Useful for anyone but may be very useful for special needs situations.

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This could easily be used in a current events classroom. Nice way to integrate technology that is a mashup. Also a different way to visualize the data.

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Ideas for the new vision of assessment. Does an OK job describing what it is about and gives some concrete ideas of technology tools and how they can be used for formative assessment of students.

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Google SketchUp teacher guide for projects broken down by subject and grade level. Some are rather simplistic but they give you ideas to get started.

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Article about German court case regarding thumbnails in image searches. Legal in U.S. based on two cases, now seems illegal in Germany.

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Educause's brief on "Google Jockeying" which is something educators might want to assign as a specific task to a student in your class--and have them add the info to a wiki or blog simultaneously.

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A free service that lets you put your Flickr photos on a map--Flash-based--you can add map to web sites/blog posts, etc. Supports geotagging. Map can be any size with up to 1000 points. Can do custom coloration. Worth investigating. Only concern is Flash.

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