Google+More+Than+Just+Search


 * Google: More Than Just Search **

__ **Overview: ** __ We've all heard of Google, "The Search Company". But many of us have little or no experience with Google "The Software Company" or Google "The Data Company". Google maintains hundred of different products and services, and they collect gigabytes of data about all of us. In this session, we will explore some of the Google services and features that you've probably never used (and have maybe never even heard of).

__**Session Goals:**__

 By the end of the session, participants will understand how Google collects and manages data, how to use maximize the use of multiple identities in Google Chrome and on the Chromebook, and will have explored some of the "less frequently used" Google services.

=**Burning Google Questions? List them in THIS DOCUMENT! **=

**Topics:**

Much of the data stored about you can be seen on the Google Dashboard. And you can change your advertising settings. And you can see where you've been And you can see your web history and opt out of personalized searches (see Eli Pariser's TED Talk) You can also take your stuff out of Google || Google NGram Viewer - visualize word frequencies in written text over time Google Public Data Explorer - explore, compare and contrast publicly available data Google Correlate - visualize correlations between web history and locations (among other things) Searching by voice and image Search by reading level with Google Advanced Search Search does math!! (Enter a math problem, conversion, or graph equation in the search box) || A Google A Day - Daily puzzle using Google Search And internet literacy with lesson plans (and a few other lesson plans as well) || Interactive Whiteboard Interface (Leanback) Disable "Related Videos" at the end of the video (add ‘&rel=0′ to the URL) || Google Cloud Print - Print from your Chromebooks and Android Devices || One browser, many devices (the good, the bad, the ugly) Multiple users in Chrome Chrome Project - Google Lego || Google Sky || Mobile App/Quickoffice - Access and edit Google Drive and Microsoft Office files from your phone or tablet Fusion tables - like spreadsheets, but with so much more! Video transcoding - Watch uploaded videos YouTube Style Revision histories on non G-Docs documents Research (Hey, Go visit Lisa's session!) || Google Analytics Google Webmaster Tools || **The Google Cultural Institute** (Go visit Lisa's session!) Life Magazine Photo Archives Let Me Google That For You! ||
 * **Google - The Data Company** || //If you're not paying for it, you are not the customer - you are the product.//
 * **But Google Also Uses this Data in Useful Ways** || Google Trends - see what people are searching for
 * **Google Teaches Search Skills** || **Google Teaches Internet Literacy with Videos**
 * **YouTube Tricks** || YouTube for Schools - open YouTube without actually opening YouTube
 * **Chromebooks - Managing and Maintaining** || Google Apps Admin Panel
 * **__Start with the Browser: Google Chrome__** || media type="custom" key="24081122"
 * **__Google Voice__** || media type="custom" key="24081136" ||
 * **Google Maps** || Google Mapping Engine (Sample - The Great Gatsby)
 * **__Google Drive Tips__** || Apps - There are Google Docs, but there's a lot more!
 * **Google Moderator - Get input from others** || media type="custom" key="24093486" ||
 * **For the Web Developers** || Google Fonts
 * **Have fun with Google Schemer!** ||  ||
 * **Other Resources** || **Zygote Body**

** Facilitator Contact Information | **

Mark Samberg (919) 513-8551 mjsamber@ncsu.edu @mjsamberg