Google Runs The World!
Through this blog assignment, I have realized the amount of tools that Google has to offer. I have always used Google as my search engine, and I even use Google Chrome as my web browser, but it wasn’t until just recently that I started to use some of Google’s other tools. I am involved in Greek Life at Mason, and there are over one hundred girls in my sorority. There are many things that we must all discuss, and it is not always easy to meet up to discuss them. Instead, a Google Doc spreadsheet is sent to each of our e-mail addresses, and we are able to communicate through that. Google Charts seems interesting to me, due to the fact that I am INCAPABLE of operating Microsoft Excel (I am jealous of those who can). Google Charts gives a good description of each of its features. As for Google Maps, I had always used it to print out directions, but I was never aware of all of the other features that Google Maps has. For example, using Google Earth through Google Maps gives me the ability to view my beach house in Bethany Beach, Delaware from my tiny little computer screen-that is awesome! Of course, I had also never used “My Maps” in Google Maps, and despite the tutorials I could not figure out how to export my map as KML, but I have a screenshot of my map titled Colleges I’ve Visited.
Colleges I’ve Visited!