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=**WHAT DID WE DO** **BG....BEFORE GOOGLE?**= For teachers google is a POWERFUL TOOL. There are so many applications that can transform your classroom into a technology haven. Here are just a few worth exploring....

[|GOOGLE EARTH]
This amazing tool allows you to see Earth like you have never seen it before. You can take students to places they didn't know existed. This piece of software which you must download is free and can look at geographical features, weather patterns and overlay maps of earlier times. These are just a few of the amazing things Google Earth can do. It is a must have for anyone who ever refers to anywhere.

Google Earth gives you a wealth of imagery and geographic information. Explore destinations like Maui and Paris, or browse content from Wikipedia, National Geographic, and more. [|Learn More]

View some of the most popular Google Earth content, published by many organizations and millions of users around the world. Open the files and browse them just like a document, but in a visually intuitive and interactive interface.

[|GOOGLE GROUPS]
Need a discussion board. Google groups offers a great tool that lets you create groups that you can monitor. Create a group of your own so you can get in touch and keep in touch with your group’s members. You can choose whether you want to read and post messages online, or to just use your current email account to read and respond.
 * Start a discussion in your own group**
 * Discuss online or over email**



[|GOOGLE DOCS AND SPREADSHEETS]
This is an unbelievably amazing tool. With google docs you can create any type of document, store it online and even have others edit, or make revisions to the document if you chose to have them do so. You can do almost anything you could in Microsoft Word. If you already have a document in word-then you can import the document and manipulate it. The amazing thing is you can access it from ANY computer-as it is all stored online. It also has spreadsheets with the very same purpose. It is an incredible tool.

[|GOOGLE LIT TRIPS]
For grades 9-12. Google takes you to the places you only read about in stories-literally. The Odessey, the Grapes of Wrath, MacBeth...use google lit trips to show students the settings, the paths they traveled and the journeys they endevored as the story is put into perspective for them. Some of the trips come with podcasts so students can listen while viewing the maps.

[|GOOGLE SKETCH UP]
3D for Everyone Developed for the conceptual stages of design, Google SketchUp is a powerful yet easy-to-learn 3D software. It combines a simple, yet robust tool-set with an intelligent drawing system that streamlines and simplifies 3D design. From simple to complex, conceptual to realistic, Google SketchUp enables you to build and modify 3D models quickly and easily. If you use Google Earth, Google SketchUp allows you to place your models using real-world coordinates and share them with the world using the Google 3D Warehouse.