Things that are GOOGLE

Google Class notes for the ‘Things that Are Google’ class at the Chatham COA



Introductions

This class is about finding out things. We’ll start with Google itself. I don’t want to tell you the stuff, that would defeat the purpose of the class. Let’s let Google get the info.
The info in red is information that you type into the Google Search Box

Google Mission

Read statement
Look to bottom see ‘What is a Google
Notice Our Philosophy & 10 Things

This is a Google Class – Let’s start by finding out about the Google company.
How can we find out about Google????
Who are the
Founders of Google
Take BBC News
Clean cut, very rich, met getting Doctorates at Stanford, ‘Do No Evil’
NPR: the founders of google
Listen to a minute of audio
How old is Larry Page

Education of Larry Page
Take wiki pedia

Also note the Montessori entry. This is in interesting

Let’s see what they look like?
Google Images & Larry Page
Note: there are 39,000 images of Larry
Let’s hear and see him
Google video Larry Page Select CES and fast forward to the middle.

Google stock
GOOG
Hit GOOG Play with stock slider hit max (in the ZOOM line just above the graph
Look at market cap
Goog employees


Google Home page exercise

How much is 333 * 555?

How much is $1 in euros?

What is 72 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius? 72 F in C

The Bible Mathew 7:7 ‘Ask and you shall receive’ A theme form Google

How many bushels in a peck?

What if I type a phone Number 508.432.3775

Movies or Movies 02646
Define:


Phone Book mark mcgrath ma

Special search words: birthplace birthday die president population Population Chatham weather Weather Chicago airport

Let’s Look at the other items on the Google Home page

Take another look at images and video

Images clouds then red clouds 800,000 then 12,000

Vidoes

Google news

Google Desktop

GOOGLE MORE to see all the stuff


Google Gmail & Account ID
Is Google free. YES but you have to get an account

Google Maps

YouTube

Docs & Spreadsheets

Google Earth. Google maps. Local google. Google on phones

Picasa




References


Google More than just a search by Warren Holland of Dennis COA
Google ~ more than just a search

Google Earth
Download it free at or take a tour at:
http://earth.google.com/

Google Demo


YouTube
$1.6 B purchase by Google
100,000,000 views per day.

Washington Post article – YouTube is Art
http://tinyurl.com/2s95ko

Some sample YouTube videos.
To see them hit CTL plus left clic.

Historic, Done by a fan, what emotion, will happen again in 2007
YouTube - David Ortiz single beats Yankees Game 5 ALCS 2004

Just fun stuff
YouTube - treadmill dance
YouTube - Quick Change Artists on America's Got Talent
YouTube - Evolution of Dance
YouTube - Where the Hell is Matt
YouTube - Where The Hell is Matt -- Interview with Matt Harding

An inspirational story of an autistic boy
YouTube - Hope from J-Mac
YouTube - J Mac - A Hoop Dream

History – search you favorite name
YouTube - Martin Luther King

Mark making a great bread, Grandkids making better bread
YouTube - Bread Made in Bed
You Tube ~ Bread Made in Bed ~ The grandkids sequel

Photography

Preserve memories, create fine art
How many have drawers of old photos or slides.
They are dead in their present form. Preserve them

Picasa photo editing system. Free from Google at:
Good for editing pics, emailing pics and posters
http://picasa.google.com/

HDR One view of the future in photography.
See Mark’s blog on HDR at:
http://markmcgrathhdrclass.blogspot.com/

Cameras
$400 cameras can do very good stills, audio and very good vidoe
Show Olivia skipping

Output devices HD TV’s
Most newer HD TVs will show images and movies from you PC
Some will show directly from a camera card
This eliminates slide projectors.

Ipods
Henry Ford story
Quote from a friend “The IPOD will change your life.”

Get Itunes for free at:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Miscellaneous

Computer Classes at Chathom COA
http://www.coacomputerclasses.com/

Access to FEE articles and archives for free
in NY Times, Wall Street Journal and Cape Cod Times
The NY Times articles are in the NYT archives. It costs money to see them UNLESS you have a library card and you library supports home access to on-line data bases. Tryhttp://www.semls.org/home/index.html then enter you 13 digit library card number. You could also ask your librarian for help. For the NYTimes you might also have to have a free ID and password.

Weekly semi-tech articles in NYT. Subscribe to;
David Pogue in NYT