What we're learning about Gmail use in the classroom.

1. My Kids Have Gmail... Now What??
Management Tips:
Students learn quickly how to share and communicate with
the iPad, so now that they have access to Gmail new
parameters may need to be put into place.
● Help! My mailbox overflow-eth! :) Adding a rule to your email
account that sends all student emails to a folder will help with this problem. To
set up a rule, use the steps here: ​http://goo.gl/FnIZHy
● This may be a time to revisit or add rules for use. This Pinterest board may
spark some ideas for you: ​https://www.pinterest.com/explore/ipad-rules/
● Email Etiquette A-Z: ​http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech185.shtml
● Now that student accounts are set up, they have access to their Google Drive
and can begin to save and share items there. ​Have students save and share via
Drive whenever possible.​Files stored in Drive are more easily found and
accessed than email files.
Integration Ideas:
Being able to share is great when managed well! Below are some ideas for appropriate
student sharing via Gmail / Google Drive:
● Share work with parents, such as: journal entries in google docs, educreations
videos, photos of themselves working throughout the day, etc.
● Share work and documents with teachers
● Share with parents about their day
● Email the teacher if they need to share in a private manner
● Email students in other classes as pen pals (across the hall, across town, or
across the nation)
● Ideas for Going further:
○ Contacting and interviewing experts (example- emails to the mayor,
emails to a chamber of commerce in a city you are studying, emails to
favorite authors, etc.)
○ Use the web to find 2-3 professionals in a career that interests the student
and their email addresses. Have the student write up a formal email
introducing themselves and explaining that they would like to interview the
expert about their job. Once the student has identified 1-2 professionals to
interview, have them send along a set of questions to be answered and ask for
a few pictures of them at work. Turn the interview into a career presentation
for the class using the information and visuals gathered. Tip: have the student
carbon copy the teacher and a parent on all correspondence.
*Disclaimer: These ideas are not original-- just things I’ve seen in classrooms or read about on the internet. :o)
*Contact me or grab me when I’m at your school for more info! * :)Alyson