9: Google on Your Phone/Write a Google Doc

Google has a lot of apps.  When you get on your Gmail page and look at the top left side of the screen you can see some common apps listed and a drop-down menu for more... All of the things listed on the top and in the drop-down menu are Google apps. Here's a link to Google Products that are out there now, but they are making more products each day.

So far, we've learned about Gmail, Blogger, iGoogle and Google Reader. Many of these products are also available on SmartPhones, too. If you have an iPhone, and iPod Touch, a Blackberry or an Android phone, visit the iPhone app store or the Android Market or the Blackberry App World and see if you can add Google Reader to your device so that you can read your news from anywhere, anytime. See if you can add the Blogger app to your device so that you can post pictures or comments to your blog from anywhere, anytime. If you don't have a SmartPhone, you can still look at the app stores, or you can skip down and work on today's real assignment on Google Docs.

 

 What is a Google Doc?  Watch this "In Plain English" video from YouTube to find out...

 

(If it's not big enough, please click here to watch it in full screen.)

So a Google Doc is a document that you can work on by yourself or with a group of people from anywhere. You can work on it any time and you don't need to have any certain program installed on your computer or phone to use it. Pretty cool, eh? 

I've created a Google Doc that lists your next assignment. Click the link and complete the assignment. 

If you finish it before the end of the hour, please visit your classmates' blogs to read their most recent posts and comment on their writing.

Happy Googling!