assignment #2

I went to Google classroom tools for teachers and found three things that I would like to learn more about so that I can use them in my class but also so I can use them myself. I looked at the book search area and saw that I can use this tool when I need to find books on topics. Good to know since I have to write a 25 page paper for another class this semester. As a history teacher this will help my students and I find out more about what ever our topic is. I like the fact that you can read some of the books on line but it also lets you know where to borrow or buy the book if you want to have a hard copy of it. The second thing that I saw was the GEO education section about Google Earth, geography, and maps. I think students should be able to see the area that they are learning about, what it looks like, where it is, how big it is, etc. This will be a great tool to help us all figure out where things happened and visualize what those people saw. It helps make history "real" if you can see where it happened, at least that is how I feel. The Google groups tool will be great for the groups I hope to be able to use. I want to set up families, armies, and nations in my class. Google groups will make my idea work. Google docs is something I am going to have to learn more about before I understand it. For now I know that it can help me and my students to work together to understand and create what ever we need to for the lessons. As a teacher it will be great to see who is doing so I can give credit and help where it is needed.