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** A) Overview **


Not only is Google the most popular search engine on the Internet, it also has many other applications available on its website. Google Docs is frequently used to store files and assignments on its server, and Google Apps includes tools that can help you with just about anything, but if there aren't any tools that can help you, you can always search the web for it because after all, it is a search engine.

Google can be accessed from anywhere in the world it is powerful and keeps getting stronger and fierce known as the “giant”. People use Google to help spell a word or help look up facts. The search engine has gotten so powerful and smart you can type in only a few words and it will know what you are talking about and pull it up for you. Google plays a big part in our countries it helps us communicate and talk throughout the countries. Years ago when kids had to write papers or do science projects they would have to go to the library or ask someone hopefully getting the write answer. Now we have Google where you type in your topic and millions of hits come up from articles to blogs. Google-translate can also translate fifty-two languages in just minutes. So when you use Google it is your dictionary, calculator, brain, and library. Google you can use in a two clicks of a button. Google enhances things such a pictures or Gmail or Google docs. Google doesn't settle for anything and is becoming bigger and better at everything. It is taking over, and learning, and generating things form art to science to media and soon enough it will be taking over the world.



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B) Current News
Google has recently announced that changes are coming to their privacy policy starting March 1st. Of course that brings worry to people concerning their privacy. This policy is basically changing the way it gathers data from the Internet to build more detailed individual profiles of many consumers. This change affects everyone with a Google account, but also millions of people that use other Google products. Everything that we search for or look at is available to the world without our permission. Google’s new privacy policy appears to violate the European Union’s data protection rules. This new policy makes it easier for Google to combine the data of one person using different services as the search engine, if using a Google account. This allows Google to target advertising based on a person’s interest and search history. As you can tell Advertising is the main way Google makes its money. To Google the main purpose of the new policy is to combine 70 plus different rules for Google’s services into one that is much simpler. The privacy policy is one of several battle lines between Google and European Commission. The commission is examining whether Google uses this to stop other search engines from entering the market. Also investigating complaints from others that Google is in the process of taking over. This is one of the main problems they are dealing with right now.

C) Education
Google is very user friendly and is very simple to understand and use. This factor increases the chance of schools wanting to use Google as a resource. Google apps is very easy to apply to what you already have, and also Google allows you to store it on a server. You can easily access Google at any time, not only just at school. Google is also very accessible from any web based mobile device. As you can tell Google plays a big role in education these days and it will continue on through out the years. With Google your education doesn’t just end when you get out of school. You can email teachers when you need help, or share your assignment on Google docs. It’s a great way to learn and use during your out of school times. With apps like Google docs, Gmail, and many more you can easily get help and collaborate with others. Google services are either free or very cheap. Making it simpler for people all over the world. With Gmail having 7GB of storage it is great for sharing or storing large files. As for the dictionary in the Google tool bar, it can be a great helper when it comes to students doing homework. These are only a few of the many things Google can help with during education. This information shows the amount of use Google gets from an average student through the years:

//**__ Elementary School __**//**__ : __** Google is used very little for elementary school assignments, as it is not needed for the low difficulty of the assignments.

//**__ Middle/High School __**//**__ : __** Google is used for most research and Google Apps helps organize all of the work into a neat file server.

//**__ College __**//**__ : __** Google is frequently used for the many various assignments. There are many tools that Google offers that may help college students organize their things correctly.



==D) Government, Politics and Employment ==

Attorneys for Matthew Soble filed a complaint on Tuesday in Delaware's federal court, and are seeking class-action status for the suit which asserts that Google knowingly sidestepped certain Safari privacy settings in order to track users' web activities. The issue was brought to the fore when The Wall Street Journal reported that Google had instituted code that bypassed standard Safari privacy settings and allowed the company to insert advertising cookies on an affected device.

 Cameron Adams left Google to start a new email service called Fluent.io — leaving behind what's considered one of the most pleasant workplaces in the world. Adams said it's because “designers were less valuable than engineers at Google.” He told the Sydney Morning Herald that designers were "just there to make things look pretty." He says that he felt unplugged from Google's main culture and activity over in the main Mountain View campus.

 Google is changing its privacy settings soon and is now able to save all information, including google searches, documents created using google, and visited websites for indefinite amounts of time. Because of the huge controversy surrounding this, Google has agreed to add a “do not track” button to its google chrome browser, but many people say this is not enough. It doesn’t appear that Google plans to postpone or end this change, and only time will tell its effects.

= **E) Arts, Entertainment and Leisure** =

Google has many products that are very useful for art, your own entertainment and  Leisure. Google has set up their own “products” for use on Google itself. But Google has also made a variety of smart phones enhanced with these Google products. You can collaborate on a big group picture in Aviary. You can search for a project that interests you, or just look for funny YouTube videos when you're bored.  Google has created the Google Art Project. It was a different collaboration; some may call it unique, with some of the world’s top art museums to allow people to view thousands of pieces of art online. You can explore these museums using Google Street view technology. You can even create your own collection of the artwork by saving the pictures of the paintings you like to Google. You can even comment on the artwork, and share your collection with anyone.  Google has made it possible for you to find any music, program or any other entertainment that you want all in one spot. Google has helped make it easy for people to find everything in entertainment a lot easier to watch, listen to, read anything and do whatever else you want to do. People do not have to go places to see shows and concerts anymore. You do not have to be at home or a friend’s house to watch your favorite programs.



==F) Science, Environment, and Health ==  Nowadays it seems Google has a hand in just about everything we do, from the technology we use to the people we choose for president, so it’s only logical to assume it has a hand in science and technology as well. Well you assumed right! Google hosts a worldwide science fair for kids between the ages of 13 and 18 that has already led to amazing developments in science from some of the most intelligent kids in the world. Technologically, Google has its own phones and other devices and is right now working on computer-like glasses that, before now, were only possible in movies about government spies. Additionally, it seems like Google Earth really is beginning to cover the whole earth, it has now explored the Great Barrier Reef and has even been used to check government documents!  Not surprisingly, Google has also gotten involved in our health. With Google, thousands of pages of health and medical information are at our fingertips- any common medical condition we might have can be identified, along with information on whether we should see a doctor, and what tips and tricks might make it better. Google themselves has also gotten involved. They provide a service called "Google Health for Free", which allows all medical patients to store their medical data, manage appointments, and keep track of their medical history, all in one place. So no more loose paper! And it is totally easy access. You create a online account that keeps you updated like a Facebook for medical and health information.They have also gotten involved in promoting health by adding a section for biking and walking locations on Google maps. Although you can't ignore the fact that Google makes many people spend more time inside, when you really try, you can find many ways to use it to make you healthier. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15.3333px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Apart from the obvious effect of people spending more time on their computers (and therefore using more electricity) Google also has some positive effects on the environment. They are part of an organization called "Going Green". They are trying to discover and promote renewable resources. The goal is to create low cost green energy. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> With all this and more that Google has done for the scientific community, one can only wonder: "what will they do next?"



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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Students may work individually or with member of their team to make a 1-3 min. video about their topic for 100 points extra credit. Upload the video to Schooltube and embed here.//

==<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Team Members ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> A) Overview: Elizabeth BJustin L [|Christian B] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> B) Current News:Joshua E Matt H[|Marielle Reilly] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> C) Education: Justin L[| Marielle Reilly] [|Sandra M] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> D Government, Politics and Employment:Joshua E Jackson Tenney [|Sandra M] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> E) Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure:[|Nora S] Matt H [|Christian B] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> F) Science, Environment, and Health:[|Nora S]Elizabeth B Jackson Tenney

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Content Editor: Jackson Tenney <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Image/Graphics Editor: Sandra M <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Discussion Monitor:Matt H Joshua E. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Presentation Editor:Elizabeth B, Christian B. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> RSS Editor: Justin Lopez <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mind Map Editor: Nora Staves Marielle Reilly <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Group Photo: Add Group Photo with Team Name. Your photo should be a collage of your group members with the team name on it as opposed to trying to get together as a group to take a picture. You can use Aviary Phoenix to create and share a collaborative photo.

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