Why

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Many of Google's services are useful teaching tools, and are freely available. To take advantage of them, you need to set up a Google account.

How

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Click here to set up your account. It should be pretty self-explanatory.

One note: Your Google account is linked to an email address. If you have a Gmail account, then you already have a Google account linked to that address, and can use that username and corresponding password to log in. If you don't have a Gmail account, you will probably want to link your Google account to your school email address, because it will send you a confirmation email, and you can't get to other webmail services from school.

Now you are ready to use Google services, such as:

• Google Calendar
• Google Docs
• Google Sites