Plan+B

[|Lainie Rowell] Skype and Twitter: lainierowell lainie at me.com (replace "at" with @ and remove spaces) []

Before we get started, please create a Google Account (If you don't already have one)
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
 * [|Ten Things About Google]
 * [|Google Culture] (and [|20% Time]) Check out [|Salman Khan's] 20% time project!
 * Google Labs

Activity: The Google Jigsaw
 * 1) Decide which of the tools you most want to learn more about. (Each person on a team should select a different tool.)
 * 2) Leave your team and join others who have selected to learn about the same tool.
 * 3) Learn all you can in the time allotted - be sure to focus on how the tool might be used in an educational context. (See below for details on this part.)
 * 4) Return to your original team to share what you learned.

Google Tools:
 * @Search
 * @Docs
 * Maps
 * @Sites
 * @Reader

During Step 3, set up a shared Doc and answer these questions:
 * 1) What is it? How does it work? What's special about it?
 * 2) How might it be useful for educators and students?
 * 3) What else do you want to learn about it?

@Groups

@Proof of Concept


 * __Tip__**:

Associate Multiple eMails with Your Google Account
 * 1) Log in to your Google Account anywhere.
 * 2)  Visit []
 * 3)  Click on "Edit" next to "Personal Information" in the left hand column
 * 4)  Under "Associate email addresses with your account" type a new address next to "Add an additional email address:"
 * 5)  Press "Save" and repeat for each address you want associated with the account.


 * __Other Resources:__**

Projects That Pop - Google Site Used in FISD

[|TinyURL - http://tinyurl.com/]

[|Mailinator - http://mailinator.com/]

[|Web Country Codes - http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/web_country_codes.html]

[|Google Apps for Ed].