iGoogle  http://igoogle.com

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iGoogle (formerly Google Personalized Homepage and Google IG), a service of Google, is a customizable AJAX-based startpage much like Netvibes, Pageflakes, My Yahoo!, MySurfPad and Windows Live Personalized Experience. It was originally launched in May 2005. Its features include the capability to add web feeds and Google Gadgets (similar to those available on Google Desktop).^[1]  cont....

 

I am hoping that iGoogle will be the answer to my short (and maybe long) term need. Our campus has been waiting for a portal to magically appear anyday now. I am perhaps more anxious than most because it will help faculty organize and personalize their "homepages" making it easier to jumpstart my goal of infusing more technology into the curriculum. But first I hoped to use the portal to infuse more technology into their day to day pursuit of information. Alas, another delay has been announced and we are looking at Fall 09.

 

As an avid user of google.docs I had wanted to explore iGoogle and now is the perfect opportunity. I very quickly created my page and have been busy modifying it ever since. I can see many ways that it will meet the needs of our faculty. And I wonder come fall when the elusive elusive portal is operational if it might simply become a link on our iGoogle pages.

 

Here is a youtube link to a mini product tour of iGoogle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbf0dlESX8E