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|| After numerous lawsuits and lots of negative press, Google has forged a Settlement and Agreement with authors and publishers. Read more:
 * =A few Other Google Tools of interest= || http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/ ||
 * **[|Google Books]**
 * **http://books.google.com/googlebooks/agreement/**
 * **http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/03/amazon-formally-protests-google-books-settlement/**
 * **http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-books-settlement-and-privacy.html**


 * Google Book Search** is a tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans, OCRs, and stores in its digital database. As of March 2007, the New York Times reported that Google has already digitized one million volumes at an estimated cost of US$5 million[9]

**__Resource links__**

 * An introduction to Google Books: []
 * New York Review of Books article “Google & the Future of Books” provides commentary by Harvard professor, Robert Darnton:[]
 * See “About this Book” example of __Fast Food Nation__: []
 *  Google has a partner program with many publishers. This is the link to information on the [|partner program].
 * Get[|1.5 million free books] on Google and your iphone

* Provides free access to many out-of-print and copyright-expired texts.  **Misses** * Certain publishers do not allow any or only limited access to their collection of works. Ideas for the classroom **  * Teach students the importance of keyword searching, as well as value of Table of Contents and Indexes. ||
 * An article on plagiarism found on Google Books:[| http://www.slate.com/id/2153313/]
 * June 10th, 2009 New York Times article on [|Google's Anti-Trust Settlement]
 * Hits ** 
 * Uses the power of the Google search engine to search down to page level.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Provides researcher with limited- and full-view results.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shows results with some magazine articles which are often difficult to find.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Features “About this book” pages: contents, selected pages, popular passages, reviews, references from the Web, books, and scholarly works, related books, key terms, and a Google Map “places mentioned” interface.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Allows researcher to add Google Book results to My Library by signing into your Google account.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Provides book reviews
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Provides several ways to search books
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Download free PDF copies of works in the Public Domain.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Copyright organizations still have many concerns about limits to Google’s legal power to digitize works.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some images may be unreadable due to poor scanning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Limited-preview books give just a few pages of a chapter then skip a few pages….
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Link to “Buy this Book” goes to Amazon.com = $$$ for Google.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recent problems in courts over plagiarism and anti-trust law.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is no listing of magazines to browse. You have to search for magazines by title.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teach students about interlibrary loans the book by clicking on “Find this book in a library link.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Find one important piece of information (even from a limited-preview page) to incorporate into research.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teachers could spark student interest by previewing several book.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teachers can use the ads in the magazines to study marketing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The entire class can have access to the same issue of a magazine, virtually impossible to do otherwise.

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 * **[|Google Reader] -**


 * Why Use Google Reader?**
 * RSS Compliant: Wealth of high quality content of individual interest is now distributed via RSS, which requires an AGGREGATOR
 * Accessibility: As a web-based aggregator, it is accessible from any Internet-connected computer
 * Feature-rich: Goes beyond Bloglines in permitting starring and sharing of specific posts
 * More Powerful Searching: Permits use of customized live RSS feed searches with tools like Google Blog Search and Technorati
 * Free! || [[image:reader.jpg width="303" height="183" align="left"]]

<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;">Google Reader is a tool aimed to simplify and make it easier to use the web. It automatically feeds updates or new items directly to an account so users can go to one place to receive information from their favorite sites. Users can create an account with Google Reader and subsribe to the websites of their choice. Any new information with go straight to them as it becomes available. Google Reader is a web 2.0 tool because it focuses on enhancing users web experience by allowing them to access information quickly and easily, as well as organize and share information with others. It is a technology that gives users control over the web, while still having the convenience of access. ||
 * Stay** **up to date with all your favorite sites**
 * [[image:Groups.gif width="311" height="225"]] || http://andywibbels.com/flash/google_reader.htm

RSS: A Quick Start Guide for Educators http://weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/RSSFAQ4.pdf

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<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;">**Blogging Tools and examples:**

Blogs are very easy to create and edit. Lots of free blogging services are available. Right now I am a WordPress fan, but blogger.com has been a favorite for years too. You can create individual or group blogs. Blogs by their nature are more private then wikis. Blogs also offer the ability to make comments if you have that option turned on, but other net readers cannot edit your web pages, like a wiki. Wikis are wide open social spaces while blogs are one person or one groups to edit. The neat thing about a blog is that is can be used for students to write their papers, get comments/feedback from other students and faculty and use this as their rough draft process.


 * My Favorite History Blog**

**//[] [|WW1]//[|: Experiences of an English Soldier]**
Transcripts of Harry Lamin's letters from the first World War, posted on a weblog exactly 90 years after they were written.

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O'Neal Public Schools Blog Spot: []

Ned the Lead from Westside Middle School [] || **[|Google Blogger] -** A blog is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning //to maintain or add content to a blog.

Blogger is a tool that makes it easy to instantly publish weblogs or “blogs.” Blogs are simple web pages, often made up of short, informal, and frequently updated posts. Blogger makes it easy to create blogs, post text and pictures, and start generating feedback in minutes. Blogger makes it easy for teachers to: • Post resources, lessons, and homework assignments. • Keep parents up-to-date on class happenings. • Refl ect on their own teaching practices and share their ideas with other educators. Blogger makes it easy for students to: • Share schoolwork with their peers, parents, and others. • Collaborate on projects and get feedback from others. • Keep a reflective journal throughout the school year. ||  ||
 * What is it?**
 * Why use it?**
 * Instructional Ideas**
 * Elementary:** Post a series of images and links to great reading activities that kids can do from home. http://techcenters1.blogspot.com/2006/10/reading-theme-3-letslook-around.html
 * Middle School:** Students can post reviews of their favorite books and invite comments from other classes, their parents, or the general public.
 * High School:** For history class, students conduct original interviews with local senior citizens, placing text, images, and audio clips on their blog as a digital archive of local <span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;">history. ||
 * || http://leecountyschools.wikispaces.com/file/view/CribSheet.Blogger3.pdf