Google Apps for Education

We are going to check out several different Google Apps for Education that are currently available as well as some of the great things you can do with them. Go through each demo except for Google Classroom.

https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/

Gmail

These Gmail Basics lessons will prepare you with a fundamental understanding of Gmail, its key features and general benefits in the classroom. With a basic understanding of Gmail, you can communicate effectively with your colleagues and students, stay organized, and begin to customize your Gmail experience.

You will learn how to:

Compose and send messages to parents, students, and groups
Use labels to organize messages
Use Google Hangouts to communicate and collaborate via chat, voice, and video
Manage email on the go using your mobile device

To start, review the Basics lessons below and conduct all the activities. It is recommended you have another browser or computer screen available to practice the step-by-step exercises.When you are finished, review the Advanced lessons in this Gmail section to gain a deeper understanding of how to use these tools to impact teaching and learning.

Gmail Basics

These Gmail Advanced lessons will cover advanced features of Gmail and prepare you with a deeper understanding of how they can benefit teaching and learning. With a more advanced understanding of these tools, you can begin to explore more ways to communicate effectively, save time, and help students stay on task.

You will learn how to:

Incorporate Gmail features into daily practice to increase communication and collaboration
Use Google Translate to foster global communication
Use Google Groups to encourage discussion and reflection
Use task lists to manage projects and to-do lists
Use keyboard shortcuts for better productivity

To start, review the Advanced lessons below and conduct all activities. It is recommended you have another browser or computer screen available to practice the step-by-step exercises.

Gmail Advanced

Google Docs Suite

The following Google Docs suite lessons highlight the common features and capabilities of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Drawings. In addition to common toolbars and menus, the apps also work together sharing content and data. Google Docs was created to be a powerful and unified productivity suite, with an emphasis on simplicity, sharing and collaboration.

This module is unique in that it helps teachers understand these common features across all five tools. With a broader understanding of how these tools work best together, teachers will ideally learn more robust practices resulting in greater, effective teaching.

With a basic understanding of the Google Docs suite, you will be able to collaborate on Google Docs, in real-time or asynchronously for quick and immediate feedback to improve the learning process.

You will learn how to:

Use Google Docs to help students write collaboratively
Give feedback to students in various ways to improve the writing process
Research within Google Docs
Use offline mode to create and edit documents

To start, review the Basics lessons below and conduct all activities. It is recommended you have another browser or computer screen available to practice the step-by-step exercises.When you are finished, review the Advanced lessons in this Introduction to Google Docs section to gain a deeper understanding of how to use these tools to impact teaching and learning.

Docs Suite Basics

The following Google Docs Suite Advanced lessons will help prepare you with a deeper understanding of how Google Docs and other Google tools can be used in conjunction, to benefit teaching and learning. With a more advanced understanding of how these tools work together, you can begin to explore more ways to use Google Docs to deliver, support, and transform instruction.

You will learn how to:

Send and share Google Docs in multiple ways to accommodate learners
Use Google Docs templates to share common formats with students and peers
Publish documents to the web
Use advanced features to provide feedback to students
Use Google Docs tools to facilitate research
Use Forms to manage collection of assignments

To start, review the Advanced lessons below and conduct all activities. It is recommended you have another browser or computer screen available to practice the step-by-step exercises.

Docs Suite Advanced

Google Drive

The following Drive Basics lessons will prepare you with a fundamental understanding of Drive, its key features, and general benefits in the classroom.You can upload, share, and publish files and folders to stay organized and in control of your information.

You will learn how to:

Use Drive to save, store, and access all your files from anywhere
Create files and folders to share for the purpose of collaborating with others
Use the search option to find your files
Customize and organize Drive

To start, review the Basic lessons below and conduct all activities. It is recommended you have another tab, window, browser or computer screen available to practice the step-by-step exercises.When you are finished, review the Advanced lessons in this Drive section to gain a deeper understanding of how to use these tools to impact teaching and learning.

Google Drive Basics

These Google Drive Advanced lessons will cover advanced features of Drive and prepare you with a deeper understanding of how they can benefit teaching and learning. With a deeper understanding of these tools, you can begin to publish folders and files for colleagues, students, and parents, and increase communication for your class and school.

You will learn how to:

Publish folders to share with parents and students
Use Drive to showcase student work
Play video files within Drive
Share and manage large files

Google Calendar

The following Calendar Basics lessons will prepare you with a fundamental understanding of Calendar, its key features, and general benefits in the classroom. With a basic understanding of Calendar, you can plan more effectively with your colleagues and students, stay organized, and begin to customize your calendar experience.

You will learn how to:

Create, share, and publish appointments and events
Track various events using multiple calendars
View events on mobile devices
Organize appointments using appointment slots

To start, review the Basic lessons below and conduct all activities. It is recommended you have another browser or computer screen available to practice the step-by-step exercises. When you are finished, review the Advanced lessons in this Google Calendar section to gain a deeper understanding of how to use these tools to impact teaching and learning.

Google Calendar Basics

These Calendar Advanced lessons will cover advanced features of Calendar and prepare you with a deeper understanding of how they can benefit teaching and learning. With a more advanced understanding of these tools, you can begin to explore more ways to plan and schedule events, organize your time, and help students stay on task.

You will learn how to:

Manage external invitees in events
Add video calls and attachments to events
Embed your calendar on a website
Manage resources using Calendar
Add interesting calendars for engagement
Use Calendar labs for additional functionality

Google Chrome

The following Chrome Basics lessons will prepare you with a fundamental understanding of Chrome, its features and general benefits in the classroom. Please review the lessons and try the activities to get a better understanding of how you can use these tools in the classroom.

You will learn how to:

Describe Chrome and identify its main components
Learn how to use Chrome to manage tasks
Identify the unique value of Chrome to educators
Apply the use of Chrome in the classroom to teaching and learning

To start, review the Basic lessons below and conduct all activities. It is recommended you have another browser or computer screen available to practice the step-by-step exercises. When you are finished, review the Advanced lessons in this Chrome section to gain a deeper understanding of how to use these tools to impact teaching and learning.

Google Chrome Basics

These lessons will cover advanced features of Google Chrome and prepare you with a deeper understanding of how they can benefit teaching and learning. With a more advanced understanding of these tools, you can begin to use Google Chrome to manage tasks and users more effectively in your classroom.

You will learn how to:

Manage more than one user in Chrome
Access and manage Chrome accessibility settings
Use Chrome to translate web pages into foreign languages
Manage your Chrome browser settings