THING 12!

I only chose to set up one of these Google tools. Not because I was to lazy to explore the other but because iGoogle is so awesome that it includes the other tools. When setting up iGoogle, YouTube, date and time, weather, and CNN are included on the home screen; however, the user has the options of adding other gadgets. These gadgets include Google Alerts, Google Calendar, Google Translate, and Picasa Web Albums. The user can add all the Google tools to one screen similar to RSS, AND RSS can even be added to the iGoogle account. The iGoogle home page has a place for virtually everything a person may want to regularly access on the web. 

The following are a screenshots of my iGoogle account.

This could be useful for a teacher in many ways....

...an RSS feed linking to other blogs

...News reports to keep the classroom update on current events

...YouTube videos that could be used in lessons

...quotes of the day could be used for journal topics

... inspirational quotes may be necessary for keep sane :)

...the weather to know how your class might be effected

...to do list to keep up with tasks

...Google calendar for keeping up with appointments

...Google translator for looking up language information 

...Google alerts for necessary reminders

...AND many, many others

This is an awesome, resourceful tool that I am glad to have discovered! :)