O.B.E.A. - Google Tools in the Classroom (Hands-on)
Bruce White, Thames Valley D.S.B.
Google Certified Teacher 2009
Description: Google has free tools to facilitate collaboration with colleagues and students. See how easy it is to create teacher/student accounts for your classes! Google tools also include 10 GB of video storage space for teachers.
Google Power Point Support Material
Agenda:
- Overview & Introductions
- Google Apps in Education
- Hands On
- G-Mail Accounts
- Exploration
- Gathering Info to share about how you see the applications in your classroom
- Reflection
- Conclusion and Summary
Overview & Introductions:
Elbow Partners interview each other and report to the group
- Your partner's name
- What your partner teaches,
- How do he/she uses Google applications in the classroom, and
- What one thing do you want to learn in this session
Summary:
What does your partner want to learn at this session?
Google Apps in Education / TVDSB Workspace
Google Accounts:- Create a Google Account for school. This will give you basic access to Google Apps.
- A temporary Google Apps Education edition account will be created at the Thames Valley Collaborative Workspace for you.
Gmail
- My Gmail account for TVDSB is whitebr@thamesvalleymail.ca
- My Gmail for personal is bwgraphics.white54@gmail.com ( this account is linked to by home account) or bwgraphs@gmail.com for other accounts
- you can link accounts
- Using your Google Account select Google Calendar and enter today's workshop into your calendar.
- Review the Google Calendar Help documents and/or view this YouTube video.
- Share your calendar temporarily with your elbow partner.
Google Docs - Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Forms and Presentations (PowerPoint)
- Google Docs - A Love Letter video introduction
- Start with the Google Docs tour and then View Google Docs in Plain English
- Review the Google Docs for Educators video and other resources
- Create your own Google Doc. Share it with your elbow partner and edit it together.
iGoogle
- iGoogle Overview as a social tool
- Create your own iGoogle page or pages
- Overview
- Thames Valley Collaborative Workspace
- Review available applications and how to add a class.
- Demonstrate uploading and sharing a video, images, documents/ files.
Google News
Google News Timeline presents search results from a wide range of sources. You can search and browse results from Google News, including headlines, quotes, photos from our Hosted News partners, and YouTube partner videos. You can also search for thousands of archival newspapers and magazines from Google News Archive Search and Google Book Search.
Google Books
- Google Books Search Search the content of books and preview sample pages
- Advanced Google Book Search - add more features to your search
- Google Lit Study
This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place...
Images
Search
Maps
Social
From Google Labs
Google Sites (Wiki)
- Google Sites for Educators
- Google Sites Help
- Create your own Google Site.
Conclusion and Other Resources
- Classroom Posters
- Google Search Tips
- Google Web Search Tips
- Google Quiz, Google Quiz Answers
- Google Scholar
- Google Book Search tips
- Google Search Tips
- Tip Sheet for Sharing Docs
- http://tinyurl.com/goolge-classroom-resources
Suggestions for Applications in the Classroom
Reflections
