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From The Atlantic Project...

[|Is Google Making Us Stupid?]

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 This is a short list of applications that we will be highlighting...

iGoogle - personalize your Google page (James)

Blogger - classroom blogs (James)

Google Calendar – sync with outlook, share with family & colleagues, smart phones (Barry)

Desktop – desktop search and widgets (Barry)

Docs– spreadsheets & forms, collaboratively writing and editing (both)

Maps – directions (personal & coaching), trips, waypoints, public transport (both)

[|Cool tricks: converter, calculator, dictionary]

 Even more...

Gmail - great email platform. 7+ GB of storage, less spam, and mobile access. Voila!

Gchat - instant message friends when on iGoogle & Gmail

[|Earth] - the world is at your fingertips!

[|Translate] - Translate text, webpages and documents

[|Goog411] - Free 411! Free always tastes better:)

[|Google SMS] - Text message your search query to **466453** ("GOOGLE" on most devices) and receive a text message back with your results. Check the link for sample queries.

[|Buzz] - Google's social networking platform, through gmail

[|Chrome] - Google's slick web-browser

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Contact us...

Barry Smith - bsmith@hinsdale86.org

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James VanDenburgh - jvandenb@hinsdale86.org #|close #|close