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Beyond Googling:
Fire and Fire Safety Example

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As you explore subject area applications, consider the many ways Google tools can be used in teaching and learning. Let's use the topic of fire disasters and specifically the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire to learn about the options and opportunities with some of these tools.

Explore each of the following areas including Information, Multimedia, Collaboration, Creation, and Communication, Fun and Learning, and Teaching.

Google for Information

Search for "Triangle Shirtwaist Fire"

• Google Web Search - Results
• Google Images - Results
• Google Blog Search - Results
• Google News - Results
• Google Books - Results
  • The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire by Jessica Sarah Gunderson (Juvenile Graphic Novel)
  • The Triangle Fire by Leon Stein (Juvenile Fiction)
  • Triangle by Dave Von Drehle (Adult Nonfiction)
• Google Scholar - Results
• Google Patent Search - Results
• US Government Google Search - Results
• Google - Countries Search
  • Google Canada
  • Google Spain
  • Google Japan

Google for Multimedia

• Google Maps - Results
• Google Video - YouTube - Results
• Google Earth

Google for Collaboration, Creation, & Communication

• Google Calendar
• Gmail
• Google Docs/Spreadsheets/Presentations
  • Document - Uprising
  • Presentation - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
  • Spreadsheet - Deadliest Fires in US History
• Google Picasa - Results
• Google Reader
• Google Groups - Results
• iGoogle
• Google: Blogger - Results
• Google: Sites - Fire and Fire Safety
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Google for Fun and Learning

• Google Features
• Google Labs
• Google Experimental
• Google Translate
• Google Finance
• Goog-411
• Google Sets
• Google Transit
• Google Trends
• Google Lively
• Google Health

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Google for Teaching

• Google Educators

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Developed by Annette Lamb, 6/2009.