igoogle

OK
I now have igoogle as my homepage on my computer. It has Facebook, Google Docs, the weather, the news and a gang of wandering penguins on it.
Don't know if Google would be my ideal workplace - all looks a bit too intense (and young!!) for me and besides I am really happy working with my kids at Nagle CC!

Google Books

Wow - a Literature teacher's dream site.
I have already told my Office Buddy about the study guides that she has access to here!!!
Definitely can see a big use for this in my job as an English teacher.
I was also able to hunt down a book I have been trying to buy for a while - thank you Google Books!

Google Docs & Google Maps

Know a bit about Google Maps - but didn't know I was able to edit it and add to it.  Don't know if I ever will...
Google Docs is very exciting. Tried to get my Year 12 class to help with the editing of a document that we are currently working on yesterday BUT our network blocks them out of gmail. I have asked our IT guys if there is a reason why, hopefully it will be lifted soon.

Web2

And I thought that Google was just a place to use for searching the web, and for finding images!!! So much more to it!
I have had a go at using some of the Web2 tools - use Prezi extensively, have 2 classes using Glogster and have made use of Wordle quite a few times - but there is so much more to explore and use!

First Time Blog

This is my first session for How 2 of Web 2 and I am sitting in the school library with my good friend Ann who is also learning about all this with me.  We figured that 2 heads would be better than one!!!
We now have a blog - mine has some very random fish on it, don't know how long they will last!!