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To steal an epxression from the kids: OMG! There is so much more to google than I ever realized.

I put together a customized search engine for a world religion unit that I will be teaching. There can be some very misleading web sites out there when it comes to religion. So, I thought this would be a perfect time to put some limits on a google search. While I have not put in any specific web sites yet, I have at least laid the foundations. I see a perfect chance for some collaboration here as my LMS come up with some reliable sites to share with the kids. I will also have to collaborate with my tech coordinator to figure out how to link it to my teacher web page. I am really discovering that technology can serve as a way to bring people together.

I also did a google alert about ancient history. So, I am curious to see what I get about that.

I discovered that the news archives search and timeline are PERFECT tools for history day. My concern is that many of the articles cost about $4. Are there any free options out there? I found some really cool looking articles about the teacher strike in Minneapolis of 1970 (a topic one of my groups is doing). But could not read the whole thing. FRUSTRATING!

Within google for educators I found a lesson plan entitled "flying through the crusades" which uses google earth to show the students the path of the crusades. Looks very interesting. Perhaps too intense for my purposes, but with some tweaking might be great!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Google!