What is it?
iGoogle is a personalized home page that gives studentsand teachers at-a-glance access to key inormation romGoogle and across the web. Personalized gadgets canbe added to this sel-designed page, including GoogleNews, local weather, a personal calendar, and many othertime-saving tools. There are educational gadgets suchas the SAT/ACT Word o the Day and powerul gadgetslike Google Reader, which brings together inormationrom many sources. Collected gadgets and tabs thatare specic to a unit o study or personal interest canbe shared via iGoogle, sparking class discussion andcommunication. Gadgets can even be added andremoved as the class progresses through dierent subjectsduring the year.
Why use it?
Students can use iGoogle to:
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Stay inormed with breaking news and current events.
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Add gadgets such as class calendars, to-do lists,encyclopedias, and dictionaries that will help themorganize and complete their schoolwork.
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Create customized tabs or assignments, activities, orpersonal interestsTeachers can use iGoogle to:
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Keep up-to-date with blogs or their own proessionaldevelopment.
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Add gadgets or planning and organizing theinstructional day.
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Develop a custom tab or access to their onlineproessional learning network.
http://www.igoogle.com
Expert Tip
Unleash students creativityby having them make theirown iGoogle gadgets. Clickon “Add stu.” Then under“Create your own gadget”click on “Try now.”
Get the tool:
iGoogle
in the Classroom
Created by CUE and WestEd for Google
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