Google accounts and more
Our 12/10 goal is to explore tools to understand what they do and how they shape the current use of web tools in social and learning environments. Not everyone will like, or see a need for, every tool, but this tool represent a cross section of technology in use in student’s lives.
Google offers free tools that make collaboration (sharing and editing the same document at the same time) easy. There are other companies whoch offer similar services, and Microsoft will soon be expanding their colaboration services, but Google gives a great overview to how these tools can be used inthe classroom for student projects as well as learning tools.
Creating a Google account is easiest by making a Gmail account, Google’s free email. Even if you do not use the gmail service, the user name makes it possible touse other Google services and is the easiest way to access those tools.
To learn more about GMail, read http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about.html or watch this fun video
