Google
Apps
For
Education
(And why you might
want to use them)
By Ann Bartok-Venetis
Google Apps for Education:
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1)Drive
4) Slides
2)Docs
5) Forms
3)Sheets
6) Classroom
Hint: Later on, you can just click on the thing you want to see
and the presentation will go straight there.
But first, lets talk about how to sign in…
Start off
with
Google
Chrome
(it works
in Explorer
and
Safari, but
Chrome is
easier).
Sign in with
your P
number. At
home, your
password is
your regular
sign-in
password.
This is what
your screen
will look like.
Look at the
upper right
hand corner
and click on
the grey
squares.
Now you
can see all
the apps
that are
available to
you.
Looking at Google Drive
What is so wonderful about Google Drive? Did Annie drink the Kool-Aid?
1)Send large files
2)Access from anywhere (really – even when board servers are
down)
3)Works on Cell Phones!
4)It has its own search engine
5)It has OCR (Optical Character Recognition).
6)You can store all sorts of files
7)Google Drive works with the entire Google Suite of GAFE
8)Google Drive lets you share photos and videos with contacts.
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Some reasons you might want to consider using
Google Docs:
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3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
Very close to Word and Pages
Add Inserts (all types)
Add references (Chicago, MLA, and APA)
Word Count
Share documents
See revision history
Autosave
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Some reasons you might want to use
Sheets
1) It is the closest app to Excel or Numbers
2) You can demonstrate the data sets in pie
charts and/or graphs
3) Like Docs, you have autosave, the work is
accessible and easily shareable
4) For students, they can collaborate on a
project and you can see who has made
changes/additions and when
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About Google Slides…
1) Google Slides is the equivalent to Microsoft
PowerPoint and Keynote
2) If you can do it in PowerPoint, you can
(almost) do it in Slides.
3) The bonus features are the same as Docs and
Sheets (easy save, cloud, revision changes, and
live multiple-user collaboration)
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About Google Forms…
1)Collect information quickly and digitally
2)You can conduct a quick survey
3)Want a quick comprehension check?
Homework check? Done! Students can
create/share their own Quizzes
4)Reflections and exit tickets
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Google Classroom is (IMHO) GAFE’s most
powerful tool
1) Easy to use and accessible from all devices
2) Very easy and effective communication tool for
getting
messages to students
3) Similar to Facebook (something the children are
familiar with)
4) You can create assignments and give feedback
5) When you create a Google Classroom, a shared
drive is created so you can share documents,
notes, and assignments with students
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Probably the best part
about Google Apps for
Education is that there is
so much information
available on-line.
For example, there are
Google Cheat Sheets
available here…
One last thing…
Google Apps are just another tool we can use
If you get stuck, ask for help – I’m not an
expert, but I’m learning and there are tons of
people online who are willing to answer
questions
• Google has a certification program for educators
• You can work towards a real certification (but I
don’t know if it will mean anything in Peel)
• However, the lessons one goes through and the
tests and challenges one has to complete are
actually really good. I’ve enjoyed the process so
far…
• … but have yet to take the test
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https://www.google.com/edu/training/
• My TeacherWeb is:
• http://teacherweb.com/ON/CawthraPark/bartok/
apt6.aspx
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