GOOGLE AND YOUR EDUCATION RELATED SEARCH

Teachers and students can benefit from these time-saving tools and hacks for research, project collaboration and more.

1. Geo Education: Forget field trips to the museum or planetarium. Use Geo Education to quickly zap your kids into outer space or around the world with this set of tools.
2. iGoogle: Set up your own homepage for your classroom, or if you’re a student, customize your iGoogle page to include helpful study resources, news updates and more.
3. Custom Search Engine: Save time during your searches by limiting the kinds of sites, the display and more for your search.
4. Google Notebook/Google Docs: Use this simple, remote access text document for taking notes, recording class information and more.
5. Google Groups: Set up a study group or help your students organize their own group projects with this feature.
6. Page Creator: Use Page Creator to set up an attractive, easy-to-access web page for students, parents and more.
7. News: Quickly pull news stories off the Internet with this feature.
8. Book Search: Using Book Search, you can quickly find full text books, excerpts, nonfiction texts and more.
9. Google Scholar: Students and teachers can use this search engine when they need quality, authoritative information for lectures, research projects and papers.
10. Patent Search: Use Patent Search to search over 7 million patents, images and more.