Google Geo Teachers Institute

As the official blog post says, save the date! The Google Geo Teachers Institute is coming. According to the application, which is emailed to interested parties, the event will take place in Mountain View, CA. Check out the call for interest here.

From the Web:: Google Student Blog

The Google Student Blog has great resources for computer science and math students as well as information about internship programs and contests with Google. The Interview with an Engineer feature is a good way to see what software engineers actually do at Google.

(via Lisa Thumann on Diigo)

From the Web :: 100+ Google Tricks for Teachers

Here's a nice list of more than 100 ways to use Google products. There's an extensive section on Google Books and even a mention of Google Wave. By the way, if you need a Google Wave invite, please let me know. I have a bunch burning a whole in my pocket.

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Posted from Diigo.

Google-proofing

John Sowash, on his blog, The Electric Educator, discusses the need for 'Google-proofing' questions in the classroom. This post is an excellent reminder for all of us that we need to bring our students' thinking to a higher level. Also check out Tech & Learning's Bloom's Digitally post on thinking about Bloom's using tech tools.