The Google start page allows me to customize information I want, like local weather, etc. I like the variety of things available. I have stuff like weather, art and news, but also a gadget that allows me to watch videos on-line. I can see how this could be useful with students, but if I were trying to have them keep up with particular sorts of information, I'd have to go through and find what's available first. I'm sure they'd like the games, etc., but if I want them to follow the economic news or delve into something else relevant to our classes, I'd have to tell them what to add.
There are SO MANY things to choose from, that could be problem. It can take a lot of time to go through all the posibilities, and sometimes gadgets don't work. I expect this is fairly rare, but it does happen. I deleted a couple of gadgets that didn't work. The other challenge is making the google start page relevant as far as a tool for class...to really accomplish an educational goal with it. It is easy to be distracted by the daily cartoon, joke, games, etc. I would need to give students a PURPOSE before sending them to the Google start page, or they could waste a lot of time playing around.
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