Google Custom Search – for use with children with special educational needs (SEN)

I posted a while ago about using Google Custom Search with children who need a little extra help.  Google have since updated their Custom Search facility and I thought it was worth posting an update (to save people wasting time fiddling as I had to). Google Custom Search is extremely useful because you can set …

Using Google Sites/Apps to track the admin in BTEC Science

BTEC Science is a good course for many pupils, being portfolio based it reduces the pressure on pupils to perform in exams.  Pupils can also work independently through many of the tasks.  The nature of the course means that the admin can be a nightmare for teachers who run this course. I have used Google …

Google Sites – making a site and its use in the classroom

I’ve used Google’s suite of products to put together my sites.  I’ve used blogger for my main page/blog, I use Google Apps for email, docs and calendar.  I finally decided to use Google Sites (for Google Apps) to build a Wiki-ish website to store the resources I previously hosted on a wiki. For those of …