Google is well know for certain tools and services
Search, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Maps, Chrome, and such. These are all powerful and useful tools that are transforming teaching and learning in schools around the world.
However, in addition to those tools, Google has also created a wide range of services, apps, extensions, features, and other tools that are not as well known. Even though these tools may not be as popular or as widely known, they are still very useful in school settings.
These are the Hipster Google tools
In our culture, one of the defining characteristics of the hipster movement is to appreciate things that are not sms promotional campaign mainstream, to use services that are not well known, or to embrace something before it becomes popular among the masses. With that thought in mind, I have collected a list of tools from Google that the average person may not know about yet.
Of course with any such list, there will be some tools that you do know, but hopefully you will pick up a few new ideas and resources from the bunch. And of course simply by sharing this blog post I am potentially making these tools more well known.
Below you will find my 1-hour recorded webinar covering each of the tools, as well as the session slideshow, and a write-up for each tool with a description and related links. So, jump on them now while it is still cool to say you used these before they were popular!
Ngram Viewer is a Google search tool that lets you search for words and phrases in over 5 million books from the 500 years.
This can be a powerful search tool for Learn Math with your Face (and Google Docs) students to explore the popularity of different ideas and topics over time, as well as to see how our perceptions have changed. Students can cross reference changes in word usage with historical events, wars, politics, and more.
Type in the words and phrases you wish bz lists to search, separated by commas.
Set the beginning and ending years for the search if you wish to limit it to a certain period in history.
Click the search button.
You will now get a graph showing the change in usage of those words over time.