Google’s Education on Air breaks the conference mold

It’s that time of the year.  Across the nation, collegiate faculty members are checking luggage, riding in cabs and staying in hotels to attend and present at academic conferences.  Having just returned from a stint of three international conferences in four weeks, I’ve come to realize that the conference format is not an ideal format [...]

See the future with Google Glasses

Google created quite a stir last week by announcing one of its projects currently in development.  Project Glass (also known as Google Glasses) will allow users to connect to a wide range of information through a wearable pair of glasses.  Using augmented reality functionality, people wearing Google Glasses will be able to access a wide [...]

Google Docs introduces stock photos

Google Docs just keeps getting better!  For those of you who have used Google Docs, I’m sure you already appreciate its ability to allow real-time collaboration in online word processing documents, presentations and spreadsheets.  Used in educational settings, Google Docs can be a tremendous tool to help groups of students work together on projects and [...]

More communication options with extras in Google Hangouts

Google continues to develop it’s social networking platform (Google+) by adding a bunch of new features to make the tool more social and collaborative.  This week, I thought I’d outline some of the new features and how the features can be used in education.  While some people may be happy to hear that Google has [...]

Animated maps with Animaps

Google Maps is one of the go-to applications that is part of my everyday life.  It seems like I’m always pulling up Google Maps on my computer or my iPhone to find directions to a school, a restaurant or some far-off destination.  In classroom settings, however, I haven’t used Google Maps that often. Sure, I’ve [...]