[Year 12 IT Apps] RE:Google tools

[murch at tpg.com.au]

I love your idea Bill, and use google substantially. If you set up an igoogle page, most of these tools can be accessed quickly, so add in 
reader, notebook, todo etc as well.
However, do students have to be 18 years of age to use all this. I am not certain but thought I read somewhere that was the case.
Anne Mirtschin
Hawkesdale P12 College

Quoting Bill Oldham <billo at kew.hotkey.net.au>:

> Is anyone considering using the Google tools that are now available
> to use
> in all the SACs for next year except the database one?
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> This year I started with a Google account. I began with Gmail, Gtalk,
> and
> Ggroups.
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> This lead into using Blogger, Google images and Picasa.
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> Then came the online versions of a word processor, spreadsheet and
> web page
> creator programs as part of Google docs.
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> Timelines were developed in a rough sense using Google Calendar and
> Google
> docs spreadsheet.
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> Add to this a start of using PBwiki, YouTube and Google toolbar.
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> It seems like most of ITA in 2009 could be covered using Google tools
> and be
> completely online.
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> What do you think?
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> Regards, Bill Oldham (sessional teacher at Chisholm TAFE and VU)
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