Google+Notebook

Google Notebook is an online space where you can save clippings of websites and links, annotate them, and organize them. Notebooks can also be shared publicly and searched. Google Notebook has stopped development, and is no longer accepting new users.
 * Google Notebook**

Resources
[|Google Notebook Tour] [|Google Notebook Discussion Group] [|Google Notebook for Educators Information Sheet] [|How to Use Google Notebook] Video [|Google Notebook Frequently Asked Questions] [|Google Notebook Tutorial] - YouTube [|17 Noteworthy Alternatives to Google Notebook] Example of a Notebook Used to Collect and Organize Resources for Lesson Planning Notebook Laborotary & Repair centre [|ultrabook notebook tipis harga murah terbaik]

Strengths
**Weaknesses** **Opportunities** **Threats**
 * Free
 * Is compatible with Internet Explorer and Firefox
 * Saves information from the web to be accessed later
 * Saves notes and comments about the clippings
 * Able to organize clips with in a notebook and into different notebooks
 * Notebooks saved as private, share with a group, or shared publicly
 * Able to search the text of notebooks
 * Ability to collaborate on notebooks
 * Integrates other Google products, like Google Book Search, iGoogle, and Google Sites
 * There is a [|mobile version] that can be used on your phone, for on the go collecting and notation
 * Can create an unlimited number of notebooks
 * Notebooks are always editable (reorder, add, delete)
 * Automatically saves the URL for citation later
 * Formatted with RTF and HTML
 * Teachers and students can make their own notebooks on the Internet with their own style : make each subject and one subject is divided several section
 * Notebook is saved online - allowing access from any computer
 * Environmentally friendly because it cuts down on the use of printing our articles and resources found online.
 * Cuts down on having to cut and paste desirable documents into word to print out.
 * Saves on memory storage.
 * You can access your Google Notebook from your cell phone.
 * You can organize your notes by adding new sections, labeling notes, and renaming your notebooks.
 * The google notebook enables teachers to keep resources available with access at any time.
 * Requires a Google account and email address
 * Requires the download of browser extension
 * Limited capabilities when used with Safari
 * URLs for Google Notebooks are long and cumbersome
 * Can be overwhelming for people who are not web savvy.
 * Google is a blocked site by many districts, so it looses its "access anytime from anywhere" feature for students.
 * To access your Google Notebook from your cell phone it needs to be XHTML compliant, your phone's browser should have cookies enabled, and you should have a secure SSL traffic.
 * When creating new notes, they are limited to 64KB or less.
 * The use of the notebook requires using google news or google books for student learning activities.
 * This is a new tool developed by google there are no classroom activities posted.
 * Ability to save line information from RSS and reader feeds for later use
 * Can be used for collaborative research between students and across classrooms and learning communities
 * Reduces the need for students to print out their online research
 * Opportunity to learn and share resources and educational information with colleagues
 * Great for organizing trips, activities and planning
 * Allows for parents to understand what is happening in the classroom through the use of looking at the teacher's notebook. It could help parents reinforce skills.
 * Students/teachers can collaborate in real-time from different locations
 * Peer editing can be more powerful and effective
 * Students can create and maintain an on-line writing or reading portfolio
 * Teachers can easily monitor student entries and provide responses or feedback in reading log
 * Documents that are usually read and reviewed by several individuals can be saved in Google Notebook and revised more efficiently
 * Students can enter compositions into a Notebook and teacher or peers can edit and/or provide meaningful feedback
 * You can send feedback to Google Notebook to make a suggestion, give general feedback, or report a problem. (http://www.google.com/support/notebook/?hl=en)
 * You can export any notebook to [|Google Docs] . There, you can edit your notebook as a document, collaborate with others, or publish it.
 * Teachers can use this as online journal for students
 * If you are publishing notebooks, then anyone can access them.
 * Google Notebook pages don’t keep a history of past edits. There’s also no undo feature.
 * Content can be published on web, thus copyright laws and regulations must be adhered to. Proper credit must be given for material used.
 * Students may gain access to teacher resources.

Ideas for Use in the Classroom

 * Used to save information, links, and resources when designing lesson plans
 * Used by students to save and organize online research
 * Use by students to form collaborative groups within the classroom, with other classrooms, and/or with experts to build resources for learning.
 * Used by teachers to create notebooks to guide their students online research
 * Used by teachers to create it. And teachers serve it to students’ parents. This method provide to parents who can understand children's school curriculum, especially, elementary stuff
 * Great for building lesson plans or class activities which require multiple internet sites
 * This tool can allow users (students and teachers) to build a centralized location in a seconds for the storing of links, pictures, information, and other resources to be used for the creation of lesson plans, unit plans, research reports, informational articles, presentations, projects, podcasts, wikis, web pages, and pretty much anything else that you can imagine.
 * The following [|blog] contains many ideas for using Google Notebook in the classroom.
 * Teachers can develop activities merging the use of google news or google books with the notebook.
 * Students can organize, create, and edit a class newsletter using Google Notebook

Examples of Uses in the Classroom

 * Can be used with students to help them gather research and information for projects. And students can work from any computer on the project and be able to access what they have already done and continue to work.
 * Any lesson plan (or subject) can integrate the use of the notebook. For example, in science students could use the notebook to collect information ( including facts, pictures,questions) for a pre-lab and keep it organized in the Google notebook.
 * Students can learn how to pick out important information, organize it, and save it.
 * Students can publish their notebooks online, which would allow for comments.