Google docs &
Effective google searching
Searching
- An effective search is 6-8 words
- Google ignores words such as and, is, a, to, ext.
- Use the pipe ( | ) to search for OR
- Use quotation marks to find words together
- Use ~ to search synonyms
- Use + and - to add or take of words
Search by Color
To search by color for certain pictures on google imagaes, you can click on the colored boxes on the left side, or you can type the color you want next to your topic. For example, lets say you want to find a picture of only brown dogs. So you type in the search box "dogs brown". Now you have a lot of pictures of just brown dogs.
Google Docs
Sites
On google docs, you can create your own google site. You can customize your pages. Pick a theme and change your fonts and colors. You can also add links to different sites or videos.
E-mail and Sharing
There is a difference between E-mail and sharing. An E-mail is where you just send a document to others. Sharing is where you can send a document to other people, but you can all work on and change things at the same time.
Presentations
You can also make your own presentations. You can start from scratch or you can chose a them. You can change your background to a photo, or just change the color. You can also decorate your presentation with stripes, polka dots, smile faces, or any other shape you can think of.