Thing #12

I didn't realize how much Google could do until I played around on these sites.  I had always thought of it as a popular search engine, but it is much, much more than that.  I especially liked the Google Calendar.  With as much as I have going on between work, school, and different activities, Google Calendar is a great place to keep myself organized and together.  It is also really neat because you can extend it to friends and family so that they know when you are busy or when you might be available to get together.  It can honestly help simplify your life.  I created my own Google Calendar.  Here is the link:  https://www.google.com/calendar/render?gsessionid=D2Pg4r2PmgmdYgIpWcUbjQ.  Google calendars would be extremely useful in schools.  It could be used as a great way to keep parents updated.  Schools could create a calendar and put it on Google for parents and other family members of students to see what all their child was doing in school.  Individual classes could have a calendar set up for assignment, project, and test due dates.  Another really cool tool is Google Translate.  You can translate a single word or an entire paragraph into almost any language you can think of.  You can also type in a keyword; it will translate it for you and search the web for that term.  It's nice because it's quick, easy, and free.  Google Translate can be used especially in the high school setting for foreign language and english classes.  There are many valuable tools on Google-take advantage of them!