Thing 12

I have always use Google, just as Wikipedia announced, even as a verb.  I say it quite commonly that I will google that!  How funny because this term "google" didn't exist in my vocabulary 20 years ago.  Oh how easy those high school reports would have been!  Little did I know that Google Alerts or Google Translate existed!  I tried them both out and couldn't believe the information you can get from these sites!!  Google Translate would be a great tool to communicate with students and their parents that did not speak English!  So much goes unspoken between teacher and ELL students because of the wall between their languages.  Google Alerts is also amazing!  You can keep up to date on anything that is important to you through an email whenever Google acquires additional or new information on the subject.  Talk about a way to teach Civics class!!  Even as we are in class, history is being made all around us.  What we knew going in to class that day, might change throughout your day, and with Google Alerts you can get notified immediately!  Check these tools out as they can be a wonderful tool for your classroom too! www.googletranslate.com and www.googlealerts.com