Thing #7 Cool Google Tools

Wow! Those were a lot of cool tools. I took the time to explore the following two tools in more detail: Google Calendar and Google Notebook.

Google Calendar is a very interactive calendar that goes way beyond simply informing you of what day it is. What I liked most is how the calendar allows you to invite others to an event listed on you calendar by email. And the nifty event reminder will notify you either by email, pop-up window or a text message to your cell phone of upcoming appointments, birthdays, etc. I'm throwing away my paper calendar today. This is the way to go!

But there's more. I also liked the fact that you can create multiple calendars - a very useful feature to keep your life organized. For example, teachers, librarians and students could set up separate class, personal or work calendars. The sharing setting allows users to share their calendars with others. What a great feature for libraries. I wonder if the Houston Public Library system uses a similar feature to keep track of all the events at their various facilities?

Well, I was simply in love with the Google Calendar until I clicked on the Google Notebook. Here is a place where I can organize those little slips of paper all around my house. Are you kidding! This is another wonderful use of technology. Think of all the trees I will be saving by organizing my thoughts on this site. I can also imagine that students, teachers and librarians could benefit from use of this site when it comes to organizing papers and lesson plans. However, I feel that this site could benefit from some more interactive features such as templates.