*Searches can become stories. Some are inspiring, some change the way we
see the world and some just put a smile on our face. This is a story of how
people can use Google to do something extraordinary. If you have a
story, **share
it* <https://services.google.com/fb/forms/searchstories/>*.* - Ed.

We all have memories of the great teachers who shaped our childhood. They
found ways to make the lightbulb go off in our heads, instilled in us a
passion for learning and helped us realize our potential. The very best
teachers were creative with the tools at their disposal, whether it was
teaching the fundamentals of addition with Cheerios or the properties of
carbon dioxide with baking soda and vinegar. As the Internet has developed,
so too have the resources available for teachers to educate their students.

One teacher who has taken advantage of the web as an educational tool is
Cheryl Oakes, a resource room teacher in Wells, Maine. She’s also been able
to tailor the vast resources available on the web to each student’s
ability. This approach has proven invaluable for Cheryl’s students, in
particular 16-year-old Morgan, whose learning disability makes it daunting
to sort through search results to find those webpages that she can
comfortably read. Cheryl taught Morgan how to use the Search by Reading
Level<http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1095407>
feature
on Google Search, which enables Morgan to focus only on those results that
are most understandable to her. To address the difficulty Morgan faces with
typing, Cheryl introduced her to Voice
Search<http://www.google.com/insidesearch/voicesearch.html>,
so Morgan can speak her queries into the computer. Morgan is succeeding in
high school, and just registered to take her first college course this
summer.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/learning-independence-with-google.html