Presentation for the PETE&C 2010 workshop, 'Information YOUR Way'

1. Google Tools: Information YOUR Way PETE&C 2010 ©2010 Nancy Sharoff Image from Flickr: Robert S. Donovan

2. Note: Most of these services require that you have a gmail account. If you do not, go to www.gmail.com to sign up for one.

3. Google’s Mission ‘Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.’ Retrieved 3/6/08 from http://www.google.com/corporate

4. Today’s Mission Image by gaurang at flickr.com

6. Search…ing Image by Marc Shandro at flickr.com

7. Search – Top Tabs

8. Show Options… (Web) Have FUN! Click on ‘Wonder Wheel’

9. Web Options– Wonder Wheel

10. Show Options…(Images)

11. Show Options…(Video)

12. Advanced Search…ing Image by bionicteaching at flickr.com

13. Oceans = 27,700,000

15. File Format:

16. Oceans + .ppt = 16,100

17. Domain:

18. Oceans + .ppt + .edu = 4,350

19. Other

20. Where Have You Been?

21. Enable ^History^ by going to www.google.com/history and you can see where you’ve been.

22. If there is a result that is indented, it is related to the above referenced result.

23. DidYouKnow? 4 6 6 4 5 3

24. DidYouKnow? time:[name of place]

25. DidYouKnow? define:[word]

26. DidYouKnow? Fill-in-the-Blank Mt. Everest is * feet high

27. DidYouKnow? related:[url w/o ‘http://’]

28. Google Squared

29. Google Squared http://www.google.com/squared

30. Word of CAUTION: ALWAYS verify the information!!! (Good lesson for students!)

31. Customized Search

32. http://www.google.com/coop/cse

34. Once you create one, go to ‘manage your existing search engines’

35. ‘Homepage’ View

36. ‘Control Panel’ View

37. Google News

38. news.google.com

40. Advanced Search

41. Google Alerts Image Source: Flickr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/simiezzz/1070601182/

42. Google Alerts

43. THANK YOU!