Google

The whole kit and caboodle!

Caboodle

Origin The words kit and caboodle have rather

similar meanings. A kit - is set of objects, as in a toolkit, or what

a soldier would put in his kit-bag. A caboodle (or boodle) - is an archaic term

meaning group or collection, usually of people.

What’s on the menu?

Search Gears Chat Calendar Gmail Site Knol iGoogle Wave Talk and so much more……

That’s a lot of Google!

Search (Tips and Tricks)

Try the site: operator to limit the search to a specific site. Example oil site:nytimes.com

Search (Tips and Tricks)

Use Google as a calculator. Use it as a world clock

Search (Tips and Tricks)

Currency conversion Area code finder

Search (Tips and Tricks)

Word definition

Search (Tips and Tricks)

Flight status

Search (Tips and Tricks)

~ Helps you find related terms.

Gears formerly Google Gears

This is a piece of software that is offered by Google that enable powerful applications and new features to work in your web browser.

Gmail

Gears allows you to use Gmail while you are offline. You can read mail, label it and compose messages this is all

synchronized the next time you connect.

Gmail (Get driving directions)

If you enter the address into the email a map link will appear in the right hand column.

Gmail Tasks

You can use Gmail to create a task list.

Gmail Tasks

Gmail Tasks

You can create multiple lists.

You can edit details and add notes.

Gmail (All work and no play…)

You can have some fun and play with themes of your Gmail account.

Before

Gmail (All work and no play…)

How to …

1. Go to settings -> Theme Tab.

Gmail (All work and no play…)

After.

Gmail and labels

Label are just folders where you can organize your email massages.

Go to settings and pick the labels tab to create a new label.

Google calendar

Adding public calendar to your personal calendar.

Google calendar

Before

Google calendar

After

Google calendar (Customize your view)

Settings -> General Settings -> Custom View

Before

After

Google calendar shortcuts

Google calendar (Show weather on your calendar)

Settings -> General -> Show weather based on my location and enter zip code.

Google Chat

This is Google’s version of and Instant Message Client.

Notice that all the chat sessions have been saved.

Google Chat

Archived conversation

Google Chat

Why do I love chat?

1. It is a fast way to communicate.

2. You have a record of your conversation and decisions.

3. It is a great way to work collaboratively.

4. One person gets to speak at a time.

5. You can have a meeting anywhere you can make a connection.

6. It saves time.

Google Wave

What the heck is Google Wave?

(Check out the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDu2A3WzQpo)

Email was invented 40 years ago. Give or take a year or two.

Google asked what would email look like if it was invented today.

Wave is a email like tool that brings in all the good things from social software.

I love this product almost as much as I love cookies.

Google Wave

It looks like this.

Google Buzz (Built into Gmail and looks like this )

Buzz works as a kind of social media integrator. I am going to add Twitter,Flickr and other stuff.

Google Buzz

Your Google profile is where you add your other Social Media.

Ok so I fiddled with it for 30 minutes and could get it to do anything helpful.

Google site (http://sites.google.com/)

Google site (http://sites.google.com/)

Here you can create a website within minutes.

Go to Youtube and search on “Google sites tour” to find this video. It is a great introduction.

Google Accounts

There are some really helpful tools that use all the time in the accounts section.

Google Account

Google alerts are emails that are sent to you when Google finds a new search result that match your search term. These could be web pages, blogs, twitter comments. I use them to alert me to what people are saying about the library.

This is another great tool that we use to analyze our web traffic.

Google Account

Google Docs now has Google Draw. It was launched 4/12/2010

You can share and collaborate using Google Draw

Google Knol

This is a cross between Wikipedia and Squidoo. Google defines a “Knol” as a single unit of knowledge. A knol page can be created by Here are a few ideas for using Google Knol:

A few reasons to use Knol

Writing about something you are an expert on Sharing your love and knowledge of a hobby Creating your own personal web page all about you Promoting a product or an event Answering a frequently asked question or dispelling an urban myth Making a little extra money by putting advertisements on your Google Knol anyone that has a Google account.

Google Knol (htttp://knol.google.com)

Looks like this.

Google Knol

Example

iGoogle

This service let’s you create your own webpage with all the handy gadgets that can made getting information so much easier.

It is simple, just create your own Google account.

(http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=25551)

iGoogle (Things that I use everyday)

Google Reader (Let’s me subscribe to all the blog I want to read)

Google Calendar (Let’s me know what I should be doing)

Gmail (Sends me all the alerts and gets me communicate with people outside the organization)

BBC News (I can keep current with world)

Slashdot and CNET (Keep me current on the Tech front)

Chat allows me to work with others. (I am working on an ALA unconference for 2010 with Michelle Boule)

iGoogle (Adding stuff)

Google voice

This is a service that enhances your existing phone service. The number is attach to you. Not your home, your work or your cell.

Check out the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Q9MJdT5Ds)

Call you Google number at it can ring on any of your devices and you can listen or read your voicemail from anywhere.

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