What it is: Google Me Business Card is a free template download from Ji Lee. The template is a PDF file of a blank Google Search query; enter any name, subject or topic and print out your own customized Google Me Business Card.
How to integrate Google Me Business Cards into your curriculum: These business cards could be used in the classroom during a discussion of digital footprints. Students can create their own Google Me cards to act as a reminder that what they do online has staying power. (This is an important reminder for teachers too!) The cards could also be used as a fun way to assign research topics; enter the topic in the search box and let students draw a card to find out what their assignment is.
Tips: To add your own text: In Acrobat Professional, open the PDF and go to Forms, Form Tools, Text field. Now you can add a text field to enter your own text.
In Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign, place the card on a new document and type your text with the text tool.
Take a screen shot of the image and import it into a word document program (Pages is my Word Document program of choice) Add a text box over the search box and enter your text.
Please leave a comment and share how you are using the Google Me Business Card in your classroom!
I love this idea, but is copyright violation a concern or should it be?
Does this violate copyright/trademark usage of the Google Logo, should it be something we tell our kids or consider at least?
It is certainly something to consider; however, this particular image was created by a graphic designer and is part of his portfolio that he is offering as a download. I’m not sure what copyright/trademark issues he may run into with a reproduction of the logo like this but from my understanding it is an original work.
I am going to get me one of those!