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Day in the life of a Docs student
September 24, 2009
(Cross-posted on the
Google Docs blog
)
The Google Docs team is getting ready for back to school. We've been doing our homework this summer to make your school year go a little smoother. Today we're launching a
handful of features
that will benefit both students and teachers. Speaking from experience, as students ourselves, we know that these features will come in handy on any given day. Check out the schedule below to see how.
Time
Schedule
9:00am
Spanish Literature [Bldg200-253]
Writing essays about Gabriel García Márquez is hard enough in English; try it in Spanish. At least now I can make sure I'm on the right track by defining and translating Spanish words.
Like any research essay, I have to
double space
the document and cite my sources. I use footnotes to cite sources. They are automatically numbered so I don't have to keep track of them and they sit in the margins for easy reference. As of today, I can even print footnotes as endnotes, consolidated on separate pages at the end of my document.
10:00am
Gym break
I keep track of my daily workout progress using a variety of Docs
templates
. Today I'll be using the Runner's Log:
11:00am
Hiking Club [Student Union]
T
h
e
o
ther club officers and I make sure that we cover all important topics by collaborating on an agenda outline before each weekly meeting. As the secretary, I also take notes on the outline so I like being able to customize how the list is formatted.
The officers also work together to make sure our website is up to date. With
Google Sites
we can each edit the site when necessary without learning html. My favorite feature is the ability to embed maps, documents, and calendars directly into a page.
12:00pm
Lunch
I keep up to date on the go by viewing and editing my docs on a
mobile phone
.
1:00pm
Probabilistic Systems Analysis Lecture [Bldg32-123]
This class moves pretty fast. My friends and I sit near each other and take notes on a single Google Doc to make sure we don't miss a thing. With the new equation editor feature, it's much easier to read and understand each others' equation notations.
And whenever I walk into class a little late, I can just do a revision comparison of our shared notes document to see exactly what I've missed.
2:00pm
Solid State Chemistry Tutorial [Bldg5-320]
In order to lead this tutorial, I often put together some slides beforehand and share them with my students. Now that Google Docs Presentations supports subscripts and superscripts, it's even easier to make and edit these slides.
Want to try out these features in your routine? Find some more detailed information about the features
here
.
Posted by:
Rita Chen and Stephanie Vezich, Google Docs Summer Interns
Creating your digital resume
September 22, 2009
Over on the
Docs Blog
, Dr. Helen Barrett - a retired teacher educator and independent researcher - has written up some good tips about using "E-Portfolios" as a sort of digital resume, and how you can use Google tools to help you create your own.
If you're interested in learning more, check out
this example
and stop by the
Docs Blog
to read more about how you can use Google Sites and Docs - among other online tools - to build your own virtual portfolio.
Posted by Peter Harbison, Google Docs Marketing Manager
Current Google Scholarship Opportunities for Students in Computer Science
September 16, 2009
We are are pleased to announce the launch of 3 scholarship opportunities for students in Computer Science: Google SHPE Conference Travel Scholarship
(new!)
, Google Lime Scholarship for Students with Disabilities and the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship (U.S. and Canada).
Google SHPE Conference Travel Scholarship
Deadline to apply: September 30, 2009
Google Lime Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
Deadline to apply: December 15, 2009
Google Anita Borg Scholarship (U.S. and Canada)
Deadline to apply: February 1, 2010
To Apply
To apply for these scholarship opportunities, please visit our
Online Application
for Google Scholarships & Awards Programs.
If you are a f
irst time user, y
ou will need to register and create a profile, as well as a user-name and password. If you are a
lready registered, please log-in to your account t
o complete your application.
Read the
application instructions
or visit the
FAQ page
f
or more information.
Posted by Meghan O'Farrell, Talent & Outreach Programs
Google Calendar makes it easier to root for your teams
September 14, 2009
Born into a lineage of former
UCLA Bruins
, I was born wearing baby blue and gold, and thrilled to become a part of the tradition when, as a student, I trekked out to the Rose Bowl to support my favorite football team. I still like to keep up with the games -- even if I'm no longer sitting in the student section -- which is why the recently launched Sports Calendar is my new favorite feature in
Google Calendar
.
In addition to pro sports, there is now a way an easy to keep up with NCAA game schedules. For all you Bruins fans like me,
this schedule
really comes in handy.
Even better, the Calendar team has also launched
a trend chart
indicating the popularity of team calendars, which might help ignite some of that competitive spirit. (I, for one, cannot bear to see the Trojans ranked above my Bruins!)
To subscribe to your team's calendar - or other teams you'd like to keep up with - log in to your Calendar and Click "Add" to browse some of the interesting calendars that you can follow. And make sure to spread the word on campus so that your school team has a better ranking than your rival's, regardless of the scoreboard.
Posted by Miriam Schneider, Bruin fan for life
Five million students going back to school are "Going Google"
September 8, 2009
It's always tough to bid farewell to summer and hit the books again, but for a few million students this back-to-school season, things are looking up.
As of t
his fall, over five million students at thousands of schools in more than 145 countries have "
gone Google
" and are actively using
Google Apps Education Edition
on campus. Since this time last year the number of students using
Google Apps
on campus has increased by 400%
.
Because more schools sign up for Apps everyday, we wanted to celebrate the start of the 2009 school year by launching a
new site
that shows off some of these schools, provides product tips and tricks, introduces a community discussion forum and more.
A snapshot of some of the thousands of schools going Google this Fall. Every location in green indicates Apps users.
When you visit
the site
,
you'll also find an interactive map packed with interesting trivia.
For example, in addition to the 70,000 students using Apps at Temple University, their 5,000 staff and faculty were given a choice between Gmail and alternative vendor, and over 90% chose to go Google. Or when Kent State first deployed, they saw more than 700 students migrating each hour. And a single admin at Montana State successfully deployed over 30,000 accounts in less than 90 days. Or as we learned in the
recent webinar
from another school on the map — Notre Dame — they saved $1.5 million by switching to Apps. You can hear their full story in this video:
We hope more schools will continue to go Google and bring Apps to their campuses in an effort to improve communication and collaboration while cutting costs and resources. In the meantime, check out
our site
and find out what Apps has done for other schools and what Apps can do for your school — and if you're already a part of the movement,
add yourself to the map
!
Posted by Jason Cook and Miriam Schneider, Apps Education Edition team
Finding great stuff to read online
September 2, 2009
It could be argued that the evolution of
internet memes
can be largely attributed to students. It all started with forwarded links and emails ("OMG, have you seen this?!"), and has now developed into a set of online tools and sites designed specifically to help people consume and share lots of information.
But, as we all know, there are too many blogs and sites to possibly keep up with everything. So the real question is how to find the right sources to read or follow. I only followed a handful of blogs when I first started using
Google Reader
to track my favorite sites. Over time, I started incorporating recommendations from my friends, and my reading list quickly grew from 4 blogs to 34.
The Reader Team has worked hard to launch several
sharing features
that make it easier to find and subscribe to blogs that your friends like. But we thought we'd take it one step further by adding recommendations from some of the web's most prominent bloggers could to help take the stress out of the challenge of finding good stuff to read. First we asked leaders across a variety of fields -- journalism, tech, fashion, and food -- what they read online. Then we compiled their responses into our second edition of
Power Readers
, which we've expanded from last year's
Power Readers in Politics
.
Curious where
Arianna Huffington
goes to get different perspectives on the news? Ever wonder what other food blogs
Mark Bittman
reads? Visit
www.google.com/powerreaders
to explore and subscribe to recommended reading lists from all of our power readers, or to any individual blogs they like.
Posted by Zach Yeskel, Product Marketing Manager
Announcing our 2009 Google United Negro College Fund Scholars!
August 31, 2009
Google and the
United Negro College Fund
are proud to announce our 2009 Google UNCF Scholars!
Google UNCF scholars will each receive a USD $10,000 academic scholarship and are invited to an all-expenses paid trip to the Google Headquarters in California in 2010. While at the Googleplex they'll have the opportunity to meet each other and attend technical talks and professional development workshops, as well as explore the San Francisco Bay area. We hope this program will encourage students to excel in their studies in years to come, inspire them to become role models and leaders, and attract more African-American students to the fields of science and technology.
Please join us in congratulating our Google UNCF Scholars!
Brandon Fields, Tuskegee University
Brandon Whitehead, Georgia Institute of Technology
Brett Matthews, Georgia Institute of Technology
Courtney Daley, Rochester Institute of Technology
Dwayne Reeves, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edward William, University of Idaho
Ikpeme Erete, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kimberly Davis, Talladega College
Mauricia Ragland, Clark Atlanta University
Miyako Jones, University of Michigan-Flint
Nancy Douyon, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Njinda Ngwanchang, University of Massachusetts
Paula Laurent, DePaul University
Sean Sanders, Georgia Institute of Technology
Shani Ingram
, Tennessee
State University
Stephen Guy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephen Oney, Carnegie Mellon University
Wendy Logan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
To learn more about Google's Scholarship Programs, please visit
www.google.com/jobs/
scho
larships
.
Posted by Meghan O'Farrell, Talent & Outreach Programs Specialist
Love school with Google Docs
August 27, 2009
It's that time of year again. Time to brush off the sand from lazy days at the beach and hit the books. Time for group projects, club registrations, and dorm events. As I start my senior year at Stanford, this is the last time I'll experience back to school,
and I'm hoping to make the most of it with a little help from Google Docs.
I've collaborated with classmates on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations throughout my college career, but after interning at Google for a summer and
talking to many of you
about how you
use Google Docs, there are a few new ideas I'm itching to try, like new templates for
resident assistants
,
teaching assistants
, and
student leaders
.
Curious to learn more about Google Docs yourself? Check out our new
Google Docs page for college students
. You'll find tips and tricks -- based off much of your own feedback -- for great ways to save time with Google Docs both in and out of the classroom.
For one particularly fun way to reap the benefits of collaborating with Google Docs, check out
this video
about a lovestruck student on a mission. Enjoy, and have a great school year!
Posted by Stephanie Vezich, Google Docs Summer Intern
Back-to-School with Google Code University
August 20, 2009
The fall semester is around the corner, meaning you're probably starting to think about what new subjects and topics you'll tackle. If you are studying CS or considering taking a Computer Science course we thought you might be interested in
Google Code University
.
Here you'll find a repository of educational material, including tutorials, lecture slides, and videos focused entirely on computer science. The content - developed by the best schools around the country - is cutting edge. Since all of it is Creative Commons licensed, you can even download it and reuse it in your class. With freshly created content by the
University of Southern California
,
California Polytechnic State University
and the
University of Washington
, there's lots to check out, so give it a whirl and learn something new!
By Andrea Held, Google Code University Team
Jumpstart your school year with Google
August 19, 2009
Salone is a rising senior at Stanford University and has spent her summer interning with the Search Marketing team in Mountain View.
As summer jobs wrap up and stores abound with "Back to School" sales, the end of summer vacation is imminent. For me, the end of August means registering for classes, endless packing sessions, shopping trips to buy a growing list of "essentials," and the inevitable jitters that accompany the start of a new academic year.
Whether you've been dying to get back to school or suffering from the end of summer blues, we at Google put together some
study tips
to help you jumpstart your school year. From getting a head start on your reading and research interests with Google Books and Google Scholar to slicing and dicing your research with timeline or wonderwheel, we hope these tips help you stay on top of your classes and get the most out of Google. But don't fret - we know that back to school is also about catching up with your friends after a long summer. So take some time out of your busy class schedule and plan some downtime with Google, too.
Good luck and here's to a great first semester!
Posted by Salone Kapur, Associate Product Marketing Manager Intern, Search Marketing Team
Grad tip: Go Google at work
August 14, 2009
In the spirit of graduation season, we've been doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors. Check them out
here
.
With summer soon coming to a close, we want to leave those of you who've recently started a new job with one last tip:
Go Google
. If you love using Google products in your personal (or school) life, why not help your company (or future company) go Google? Check out this video for inspiration, then
find out more and spread the word
.
For more Apps news
To get updates and news on all the Apps products, check out the Google Apps Blog.
Posted by Joyce Sohn, Google Apps Marketing Manager
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