Thing #7 - Google Tools

I played with the Google tools and in an elementary setting I'm not sure if any of these are beneficial since Google is blocked. It was extremely frustrating working on this at school because of the constant overriding that was needed. The Google calendar isn't for me because of the way I acquire information. I need to see my calendar in front of me to be able to access it easily and quickly. My favorite part of this "thing" was iGoogle. It was neat to be able to customize the search engine page. Once again, it wasn't very helpful to me because of Google being blocked at school.