Google for Educators offers so many different tools and activities for teachers to use! As a teacher I plan on using a ton of them, however the one that I am most interested in Picasa. This allows me and my students to edit and post pictures. A class that I took taught me to keep your students interested by allowing them to express the information in a creative way and nearly all of the ideas I was given included taking pictures and presenting them in some way. Some examples are making powerpoints, flyers, research presentations, and posters. Using a digital camera and then an application such as Picasa allows the students to be creative with the pictures that they take. And teaches them how to used a digital camera then edit and post their pictures. These are skills that they will use for many years to come.
Another tool/activity that I would like to use from google is the google sketch app. This tool allows for anyone to digitaly create, modify and share 3-D models. I plan on teaching third or fourth grade in these grades I will teach geometery and advanced measering. Being able to make these digital models and print them will spark creativity and give the students a "real-world" example of how they will later use this information.
Their is one more project that I plan on doing with my students that google apps can help me with. In this project the students will plan a road trip; they will have to draw a to-scale map of where they would like to go, visit different landmarks that we have studied and then write a journal of their trip and present it to the class. Google Earth and Google Maps will help my students with this project in fact they would not be able to complete a project like this without the help of the internet and oogle. I am so glad that Google provides teachers with so many, free, opportunities and advantages in the classroom!
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