Download - Google Educators
Google: Considerations for Educators
George SiemensUniversity of Manitoba
Presented to Contact NorthApril 25, 2008
Google: as an ideology
Google: as a company
Google: as an identity
Crash course in Google history
Google has altered...
How we find information
What we do with information
Where we store information
How we interact with others around information
How does Google make $$?
Google options for Organizations
Google Apps
Google Sites
What does Google offer?
Search
Alerts
Search
Earth
Search
Desktop Search
Search
Images
Search
Maps
Search
Notebook
Search
Scholar
Search
Toolbar
Search
BookSearch
Search
(and misc options like 411, product, finance, etc)
Search
Communicate/collaborate
Blogger
Communicate/collaborate
Gmail
Communicate/collaborate
Orkut
Communicate/collaborate
Groups
Communicate/collaborate
Docs
Communicate/collaborate
Picasa
Communicate/collaborate
Reader
Communicate/collaborate
Calendar
Communicate/collaborate
iGoogle
Communicate/collaborate
Talk
Communicate/collaborate
YouTube
Communicate/collaborate
SketchUp
Communicate/collaborate
Mobile
MapsSMS
Mobile access
Mobile
On your computer
Google PackWeb AcceleratorDesktop Search
On your computer
Choices Google makes on our behalf...
...but where is this all going?
Google as the centre of the web
Google as media company
Three Stages
1. Google as “sensor” of trends
2. Google as “reactor” to trends
3. Google as “creator” of trends
Impact:Google as Microsoft of the web?
Future Considerations
“Many sites, one API”
Centralizing the decentralized web
Personalizing the impersonal web
Impact of Google on society
Privacy
Access
Identity
Revolution?
A changed game.
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