Bibliographic post 2. "Beyond Googling: Applying Google Tools to Inquiry-based Learning"

    Now there are a lot of tools and instruments that exist in the Internet for helping users work faster and more effectively on the Internet. This article describes how these tools can help in teaching and learning, and gives some knowledge about its use. There are four areas of Google tools which were described in this article and can help students: Google for information, Google for multimedia, Google for collaboration, creation and communication, and Google experimentation.

   “Google for information” was created for advanced searching and includes Google Web Search, Country Search, Google Blog Search, Google News, Google Books, and Google Scholar. Country Search gives an access to resources in many countries around the world. Google Blog Search gives an opportunity to find new information about requesting themes. Google Use allows using archives, and these archives can be sorted by date. Google Books includes millions of digitized books; and there are also a lot of professional journals, books, reports, and other scholarly works in Google Scholar.

   “Google for multimedia” includes Google Images, Google Video, Google Map, and Google Earth, where you can find maps, photographs, diagrams, and videos. Google Images exists for finding different pictures on definite themes. With the help of Google Video, you can find different videos, news reports, and others, and it often uses YouTube because Google is its owner. Google Maps gives access to satellite images, terrain visuals, and maps. Google Earth is a part of Google Maps and also provides satellite images of places on Earth.

   “Google for collaboration, creation and communication” is used for sharing information. If students want to use this area, they must have a Google account (G-mail), and G-mail can provide an easiest way for communication between students and teachers. And it also includes two more parts: Google Talk, which exists for collaborating projects around the world using both video and voice, and Google Groups which includes virtual book clubs, online debates, and class discussions.

   “Google experimentation” was created for seeing how new technologies work. Also, it includes Google Translate which can help in understanding different texts in foreign languages.

So, Google gives us an opportunity for better researches, and these four areas with its tools and functions can help in learning, teaching, and just in receiving common knowledge in different areas of life.

Lamb, A. & Johnson, L. (2010). Beyond Googling: Applying Google Tools to Inquiry-based Learning.

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