Resources for Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank Economic Education Conference

Today's post is a list of resources from my presentation "Going Google : Google Tools For Teachers" at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank on July 17, 2014.

All of the resources that were mentioned in the presentation are listed below as a reference for the future.  Please bookmark this page for easy reference when you are sitting in your classroom and want to find the one Google app that was mentioned today that would be perfect for that new lesson or activity.

Favorite "Economic Specific" Resources

• Freakonomics Podcast - amazingly awesome resource for economics teachers, can listen to podcasts online or subscribe on iTunes - all FREE

• Cagle Political Cartoons and Commentary - great collection of political cartoons updated daily

• Planet Money from NPR - a blog and podcast with interesting stories and sessions on current events and economics, very classroom friendly

Google Tools and Apps to make your life easier and your classroom more engaging for your students.

Google Docs - Research

• Research Tools in Google Docs - video tutorial

• Suggested Edits Tool in Google Docs - video tutorial

Google Search

• Searching by Reading Level - separate your search according to reading level

• Searching Images by Filters - find specifically the image you need

Google Hangouts

• Google Hangouts - live video chat with anyone on a variety of devices

• Use Google Hangouts as a Phone - call a phone using Hangouts

• Connected Classroom - virtual field trips around the world organized by Google

Google Alerts

• Google Alerts - get a notice when something you care about is added to the web

Google Maps

• Google Map Gallery - a collection of already existing maps which overlay on top of Google Maps, a variety of topics including economics

• 2010 Census Map : Income Map - map displaying average income based on Census data

• 1814 Lewis & Clark Map - overlay of the map created on the Corps of Discovery expedition on top of current map

Google Views

• Google Views - video tutorial

• Eric's Google Views - collection of Google Views from Eric

Google Forms

• Google Forms - video tutorial

• Parent Contact Example - example of using Google Forms to collect data

Google Cultural Institute

• Google Cultural Institute - site with curated collections for a variety of humanities

• "Before the Leaves Fall" - Google collection on the start of WWI in conjunction with the World War I Museum here in Kansas City

• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - over 200 images from the collection of this Kansas City art museum

• The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art as a Net - original design which led to the addition of the shuttlecocks

If you have any questions or comments please let me know - you can e-mail me at speakingofhistory@gmail.com 

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