Three Google Apps that I would use in my classroom are the Book Search, the Custom Search Engine, and Knol. The book search is a Google app that allows a student to search a book for a quote without having to spend a lot of time flipping through pages unsuccessfully. The custom search is an app for teachers that allows them to narrow the search parameters for their students so that they don't have to go through a lot of web pages of useless information in order to find one web page with useful information. Knol is an app that allows students to publish work that they have completed to give the student a real, world-wide audience.
These three apps are definitely useful in a classroom setting. I would have my students use these apps in research mainly. I would assign a research essay and have my students find information using the custom search engine and pull supporting quotes from books and novels. Once finished with the research essay, students could each post their essays on the knol to be read and peer reviewed by other students. This is also a place where Google Docs could be used. The essays could be processed in Google Docs with a classmate assigned to peer review and edit the essay. Peer review is a classroom tool that is very helpful to students writing and incorporating Google Docs is an excellent way to do this.
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