Thing # 7 Google and other venal sins

OK, boys and girls, I'm back. Bless me Father for I have sinned. It's been a month since my last posting. After getting set upon by two colleagues at today's library meeting over being AWOL, I am back.

But now I remember why I was gone. Google. My assignment is to play in Google.

So I tried to do Google notebook. A friend said I would like the features. I suppose I will when I can find the instruction book. Google has spent so much time shoving the toolbar at me, they forgot to tell me what to do or how to do it once I get into the notebook.

Now, I have looked at Google Maps, I go there all the time. I like to look at airfields and harbors on satelite, realizing that the images are about two years old, based on progress on the Katy Freeway.

I plan to use Google Maps and the satelite feature with my classes. I will start with the image of the US, zoom in on Texas, then to Houston, and finally to our school neighborhood. I dont' think many of my kids understand how their neighborhood fits into the Very Big picture.

So now that I have vented my frustration over Notebook, I am going back in. Someone cover me. Make sure the rope around my waist doesn't get tangled around my neck!