Keeping Up with the Googlebots -- Fall 2010 Edition: What Have the Evil Google Scientists Been Up to Over the Last Year?

SESSION: 209

Patrick Crispen, USC

Salon 3 Friday 9:45 - 10:45 Capacity: 260

Completely new for fall 2010, this one-hour presentation introduces you to the latest Google tools and tricks that will make both you and your students more productive, taller, and better looking. Or not. Seriously, though, in this one-hour presentation we’ll attempt the impossible: We’re going to try to catch up with all of—-or at least most of—-Google’s latest inventions.

STRAND: Technology Infrastructure AUDIENCE: General Interest TYPE: Featured Speaker Presentation Handouts Google Instant - the automatic "guess" it does when you begin a search. Uses statistical data and location to determine what you are searching for. Estimate that it saves 2.5 seconds per search More Search tools listed on the left side of the page Some of the choices are - Wonder Wheel Timeline Sites with Images Google Image Swirl - Google Preferences - in this section you can enable Safe Search. This requires a user name and password. This will turn on Strict Filtering, disallowing access to inappropriate sites. Google Fast Flip Google Chrome - web browser, great security and great speed. Alot of people are now using this for their primary web browser. YouTube HTML5 - solves the Flash problem in Safari and Chrome YouTube Leanback - YouTube for HD/widescreen Google Goggles - works with your cell phones camera. Google Goggles on the android phone, Google Mobile app on the iPhone. It is a visual search option, you just take a photo and it finds/searches information about that object! CRAZY and CREEPY all at the same time :-) Google URL Shortener - goo.gl Google Images carries the Life Magazine library of photos Google Dictionary Google Translate