Thing #12

One of the tools I used was Google alert. I love tracking earthquakes and now I have this alert set up for me. This was a very easy tool to use. It only took an overview of how to use it, and I had my first alert going in about 3 minutes. It can't get much easier than that! You can see my alert at http://www.google.com/alerts/manage?hl=en&gl=. The other tool I was interested in was the Google calendar. I already use the calendar feature in Microsoft and this tool was very similiar. You can see my calendar at . I can use the calendar to create a monthly calendar for my classroom. I can put all deadlines and important assignments and events on each calendar and send a copy home to parents. I might be able to email the calendar out to parents who wanted to share their email. The Google alert feature would be very useful in the classroom. I could set it up to send me alerts about the events I am teaching about in my science class.