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Google Maps: 10 Handy Tricks You Should Know

Google Maps is a fantastic free tool, but we're guessing you don't have much spare time to play around with the service. That's why we've gathered 10 useful tips to help you get more out of Maps. We'll teach you how to better visualize directions, personalize your experience and mine maps for more useful information.

Master Your Browser's Tabs with These Tricks and Extensions

There's a strange joy in keeping 20 tabs open and pretending like you have the ability to multitask and actually manage all of them. http://lifehacker.com/5883299/master-your-browsers-tabs-with-these-tricks-and-extensions
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57371538-285/nine-smart-ways-to-use-tabs-in-chrome/

Nine smart ways to use tabs in Chrome

Tabbed browsing is popular for good reason--it makes it much simpler to keep multiple pages open and readily available.

100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School – Eternal Code

http://www.eternalcode.com/100-google-tricks-that-will-save-you-time-in-school/ [via onlinecolleges.net ] With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time.
I often find myself in conversations with teachers and students about Internet search strategies.

Ten Search Tools and Tactics Teachers and Students Need to Know

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/11/ten-search-tools-and-tactics-teachers.html#.UVStj9F-P0M
http://thwt.org/index.php/discussion-collaboration/google-docs Why Google Docs? Google Apps is a tremendous platform for facilitating online collaboration in your classroom, or beyond.

Google Docs

Why Google Plus Hangouts is the Killer App: Docs

http://readwrite.com/2011/09/20/why_google_plus_hangouts_is_the_killer_app_docs Google Plus got a bunch of new features today, many of them involving Hangouts, the video chat feature. This is not the only social network with video chat in town, but Hangouts always had some stand-out features. First of all, they can be public, so anyone can see one in their stream and join in, which is a very honest interpretation of the word "social."

Use Gmail, Docs, Google Calendar Offline With the Chrome App

Last week Google launched the Offline Google Mail Chrome App . http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/09/use-gmail-docs-google-calendar-offline.html#.UVhYlNGI70M

10 ways to use Google+ in the classroom | The Theatre Professor

http://www.theatreprof.com/2011/10-ways-google-classroom/ Posted by Michelle on July 24, 2011 in Online Learning , google plus | C ircles
I have already said that I love Google Plus , and I had a post where I made a case why journalism students here at Lehigh and elsewhere need to jump in the fray now . But I wanted to sketch out some thoughts about why Lehigh University as a whole needs to be looking at GPlus.

Why Lehigh (and every other) University needs to be on Gplus. Now. | @JeremyLittau

In nearly three years, Google has developed new products, discontinued a few, and offered new features, and more people have found great ways to save time with Google. So we’ve gone and found even more great tips for saving time with Google, and this time around, the list has made it all the way to 181 different tricks. Explore our collection of tricks to find new, faster ways to search, read email, manage your time, and more.

181 Google Tricks That Will Save You Time

YouTube , which has quickly become the media site of record, has put together an infographic celebrating five years of political highs and lows.

5 Years of YouTube Politics [INFOGRAPHIC]

Sergey Brin and Larry Page; drawing by John Springs Tweets Alain de Botton, philosopher, author, and now online aphorist: The logical conclusion of our relationship to computers: expectantly to type “what is the meaning of my life” into Google.

How Google Dominates Us by James Gleick