A "$0" Google Online Solution.

1. iGoogle. uGoogle?
Nellie Chew
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2. A $0 Solution?
• Google Apps!
– Communicate & Connect
• Google Mail (Gmail)
• Google Talk
• Google Calendar
– Collaborate & Publish
• Start Page (iGoogle)
• Google Docs
• Google Video (& YouTube)
• Google Sites
• Read about their $0 solution:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/org/index.html
• Watch~ Google Apps here
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleApps
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3. Did you know?
http://blog.compete.com/2006/10/05/youtube-googlevideo-site-lonelygirl15-
traffic-growth-2006/
• Now they are ONE~
– http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/google_youtube.html
– http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_buys_youtube.php
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4. Google Docs for Teachers
• Watch what they have to say:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPjJK6LZdM
• More Ideas for Teachers:
https://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134592
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5. iGoogle
your personalized Google homepage
• Just type igoogle at address bar, sign in & customize~
• Read help: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/?hl=en
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6. Google Apps
You may wish to watch an interactive Online Tutorial to start:
http://services.google.com/apps/resources/overviews/welcome/topicWelcome/index.html
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7. Gmail
your Google email
• Just type mail.google.com at address bar
• Unfortunately, you MUST create a @gmail.com account to use
gmail features…
• Or, you can always set your non-gmail e.g. @hotmail.com as
your secondary account :P
• Otherwise, just keep using your usual email and use all other
Google features :D
• Read help:
http://mail.google.com/
support/?hl=en
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8. Google Calendar
your online shareable calendar
• Just type calendar.google.com at address bar
• Read help: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/?hl=en
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9. Google Groups
your user-owned group
• Just type groups.google.com at address bar
• Read help: http://groups.google.com/support/?hl=en
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10. Google Docs
your own Google-powered documents
• Just type docs.google.com at address bar
• Read help: https://docs.google.com/support/?hl=en
• View YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/googledocscommunity
• Add to iGoogle~
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11. Picasa & Picasa Web Albums
your online photo & video albums & desktop
editor!
• Just type picasa.google.com to download Picasa 3 for photo
organizer, editor and upload tool~
• Or picasaweb.google.com for online web albums~
• Read help: http://picasa.google.com/support/?hl=en
• Watch Picasa 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskC6c_5L1M
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12. Google Sites
your FREE website!
• Just type sites.google.com at address bar
• Read help: http://sites.google.com/support/?hl=en
• View examples here: http://www.google.com/sites/overview.html
• Add file attachments, information from other Google
applications (like Google Docs, Google Calendar, YouTube and
Picasa), and new free-form content~
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13. Watch how to create a Google Site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD-4FRTzxkI
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14. Take an interactive online tutorial
http://services.google.com/apps/resources/overviews/welcome/topicSites/index.html
Note you can take the online tutorials for the other Google Applications too~
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15. Perhaps something like this…
http://sites.google.com/site/nelliesite/
Within your One Google Account, you may create more than one Google Site
(e.g. 1 for personal website, 1 for group website)
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