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iGoogle


Today we will create an iGoogle homepage.  You will explore the various gadgets that you can add to your page.   You will find gadgets that deal with news, games and more to the of which you can add to your Google page.  Have fun!!! 
Students can benefit from having a "personalized home page" that gives them access to key information from across the web. iGoogle is one way of allowing students to create their own "virtual locker". Personalized gadgets can be added to this self-designed page, including news, local weather, a personal calendar, to-do lists, encyclopedias,and many other time-saving tools that will help students organize and complete their school work. There are educational gadgets such as the SAT/ACT Word of the Day and powerful gadgets like Google Reader, which brings together information from many sources.

Assignment #1 - Create an iGoogle page to be used as your homepage.
Choose a theme. Add and arrange gadgets as directed.
Begin with the following:
  • Google News
  • Links List
  • GMail
  • USA Today News
  • Google Map Search
  • Wikipedia Search
  • Dictionary
  • Online English Grammar
  • Calendar
  • Livestrong Fitness Tip of the Day
Add a post to your blog describing 3 of the gadgets you added to your iGoogle page and why you chose them. Include the # of current users for each gadget. Also add a link to your iGoogle page.


Customize your Google homepage by adding a theme and gadgets. You can switch back and forth from iGoogle to Classic view.

With Google you can: Search, Explore, Communicate, Show and Share.
iGoogle



Personal Learning Environment

Click here to create your iGoogle page!
  • Create an iGoogle page
  • Take a snapshot of your iGoogle page
  • Create a post called iGoogle and explain iGoogle.




Getting Social with iGoogle. Social gadgets Social gadgets let you share information and play games with friends. You can tell if a gadget is social if it has the social icon icon in the top right corner. Click the icon to see the gadget's social settings. The figures in the icon will show up inside a border when social options are enabled. To share social gadgets with your friends, use the drop-down arrow and click 'Share this gadget.' Learn more. To explore social gadgets click here! To watch tutorial on social gadget igoogle click here! Add social gadgets to: See what your friends are doing Play games with each other Share and collaborate Create a post of the iGoogle Social Gadget that you shared. What is the gadget Who did you share it with What other gadgets did you find that you could have shared Take a screen shot - showing the gadget being played.
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