1. By: Mika Daniels Tara Wind Crystal Waugh

2. Google Calendar Details Previously code named “CL2”. Web Based Calendar Easy way to organize your life Users can synchronize their Gmail contacts with the web based calendar. Not required to have a Gmail account rather a free Google Account in order to use the software. Cost: Free It became available on April 13, 2006.

3. Features of the Calendar Calendar Sharing: For example you can set up a calendar for your company softball team, and share it with the whole roster. Or share with friends and family so you can view each other's schedules side by side. Invitations: Create event invitations, send them to friends, and keep track of people's responses and comments, all in one place. Your friends can receive your invitation and post responses even if they don't use Google Calendar themselves. Quick Add: Click anywhere on your calendar where an event belongs (or use the Quick Add link), and start typing. Google Calendar understands whole phrases like "Brunch with mom at Java Cafe 11am on Saturday," and will pop new events right into your agenda. Gmail Integration: Gmail now recognizes events mentioned in emails and will automatically add them to your calendar. Search: Find the date of an important event or, search public calendars to discover new events you're interested in and add them to your own calendar. Mobile Access: Receive event reminders and notifications on your mobile phone. Event Publishing: Share your organization's events with the world

4. Snooze Reminders! Get Google Calendar reminders on your desktop that you can snooze! Part of a new experimental release called Google Talk, Labs Edition that also has desktop notifications for Gmail, Talk, and Orkut (Windows only).

5. How can teachers use it? Teachers can use Google calendar to invite students to put their events, birthday. One very good capability of Google calendar is to send automatically send reminders this can be very useful for teachers to send test reminders and test schedule to their students. You can easily communicate school schedule information with your classroom community. For teachers who teach study skills, having students create their own personal calendar can be valuable. For teachers managing their own set of calendars, you can add an event to all your calendars or specific ones.

6. How can students use it? Can create a calendar to keep track of busy schedule as well as family members and friends. Can set up reminders and have e-mails sent to you Can also set up a reminder and have text messages sent to your phone. Useful to stay updated on assignments and projects and keep track of due dates.

7. Resources For Teachers: http://www.govandlaw.org/teacherinnovations/teachertools.html http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/100-awesome-free-web-tools-for-elementary-teachers/ http://readerszone.com/google/tools-and-applications-for-teachers.html For Students: http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/TechDis/GoogleCalendar.pdf http://www.hackcollege.com/2007/03/09/the-3-best-ways-to-use-google-calendar-as-a-college-student/ http://www.sitecreations.com/blog/2007/05/10-reasons-schools-should-use-google-calendar-next- year.html http://www.sitecreations.com/blog/2007/05/10-reasons-schools-should-use-google-calendar-next- year.html Help Using Google Calendar: YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. YouTube - How to Use Google Calendar : My Calendar in Google Calendar http://www.googletutor.com/2008/08/01/5-useful-google-calendar-tricks/

8. Learn How To Create Your Own Google Calendar!