Google for Educators Overview: Tools & Strategies for Educators

1 Google for Educators Overview: Tools & Strategies for Educators Lucy Gray Education Consultant 2011 ISACS Annual ConferenceThursday, November 3, 2011

2 Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.Thursday, November 3, 2011

3 Thinking Outside the Box: Google’s Working Environment Creativity and Everything is in a Risking taking and A sense of fun innovation are core state of perpetual pursuing’s one pervades beta. Continous passion are everything. improvement is encouraged. important.Thursday, November 3, 2011

4 The Search by John Battelle http://goo.gl/GDTgGThursday, November 3, 2011

5 Guiding Principles Thursday, November 3, 2011

5 Guiding Principles Focus on the user and all else will follow. It’s best to do one thing really, really well. Fast is better than slow. Democracy on the web works. You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer.Thursday, November 3, 2011

6 Guiding Principles You can make money without doing evil. There’s always more information out there. The need for information crosses all borders. You can be serious without a suit. Great isn’t just good enough.Thursday, November 3, 2011

7 Applied to Learning Focus on the student and all else will follow It’s best to teach a few things really, really well. Fast is better than slow. Democracy in the classroom works. You don’t need to be at school to need an answer.Thursday, November 3, 2011

8 Applied to Learning You can teach without doing evil. There’s always more information out there. The need for information crosses all borders. You can be serious without a suit. Great just isn’t good enough. Courtesy of Mark Wagner, CUEThursday, November 3, 2011

9 Twenty Percent TimeThursday, November 3, 2011

10 A Video Speaks 1000 Words http://youtu.be/VfDW7qAdFGkThursday, November 3, 2011

11 Another video http://youtu.be/FPAa7BqgSbwThursday, November 3, 2011

12 Food for Thought.... How can we incorporate these ideas into our own schools? What can schools learn from innovative businesses without becoming “corporate” ? What are we doing differently as institutions?Thursday, November 3, 2011

13 Google’s Education InitiativesThursday, November 3, 2011

14 Advocacy & OutreachThursday, November 3, 2011

15 Google Teacher Academy Google Certiﬁed TeachersThursday, November 3, 2011

16 Google Apps for Education Certiﬁed TrainersThursday, November 3, 2011

17 CUE’s Google Workshop for EducatorsThursday, November 3, 2011

18 Google Science FairThursday, November 3, 2011

19 Exploring Computational ThinkingThursday, November 3, 2011

20 Tools & InfrastructureThursday, November 3, 2011

21 Google Web Search for EducationThursday, November 3, 2011

22 Google ScholarThursday, November 3, 2011

23 Google BooksThursday, November 3, 2011

24 Google Custom SearchThursday, November 3, 2011

25 Chrome in EducationThursday, November 3, 2011

26 Google Apps for EducationThursday, November 3, 2011

27 Google Apps MarketplaceThursday, November 3, 2011

28 Google Earth for EducatorsThursday, November 3, 2011

29 YouTube in EducationThursday, November 3, 2011

30 Google TranslateThursday, November 3, 2011

31 App InventorThursday, November 3, 2011

32 Doodle 4 GoogleThursday, November 3, 2011

33 Make Ideas RealThursday, November 3, 2011

34 So, where do you start?Thursday, November 3, 2011

35 More Even More Blogger News Books Picasa Calendar Picnik Custom Search Reader Docs Sites Earth Web Search Gmail YouTube Google+ MapsThursday, November 3, 2011

36 Docs Create collaborative or private documents, spreadsheets, forms, drawings, presentations and fusion tables Varying levels of permissions can be enabled Revision history lets you track changes Commenting and chat in Docs and Spreadsheets Work ofﬂine and upload laterThursday, November 3, 2011

37 My Docs Home Page Thursday, November 3, 2011

38 Share CollectionsThursday, November 3, 2011

39 Templates Thursday, November 3, 2011

40 Lucy’s iPad ResourcesThursday, November 3, 2011

41 Global Awareness Survey Survey: http://tinyurl.com/ 21stcenturyskillssurvey Results: http://tinyurl.com/ 21stcenturyskillssurveyresultsThursday, November 3, 2011

42 Global Awareness ResultsThursday, November 3, 2011

43 Scott Floyd/TCEA App ListThursday, November 3, 2011

44 Escondido Union School DistrictThursday, November 3, 2011

45 Liz DavisThursday, November 3, 2011

46 FlubarooThursday, November 3, 2011

47 Presentations Presentation examplesThursday, November 3, 2011

48 PresentationsThursday, November 3, 2011

49 Mr. StritchﬁeldThursday, November 3, 2011

50 Tom BarrettThursday, November 3, 2011

51 Docs Ideas Peer editing during writer’s workshop Shared notetaking at meetings and conferences Lit circle group activities Classroom walk throughs Project management Grant proposals Lab reports Sign up forms ePortfolios Surveys Shared lesson repositories Book talks Curriculum guides Embedded presentations Unit Plans in Google Sites Course evaluationsThursday, November 3, 2011

52 Sites Easy to use web site creation tool Based on wiki technology Varying levels of permissions can be enabled including page level permissions Revision history available Create templates which can be shared across Google Apps domains Embed media created with Google tools and other Web 2.0 applicationsThursday, November 3, 2011

53 Sites HomepageThursday, November 3, 2011

54 Goochland Course GuideThursday, November 3, 2011

55 Cheryl DavisThursday, November 3, 2011

56 Dolores GendeThursday, November 3, 2011

57 Mr. Smith https://sites.google.com/a/boyslatin.org/smith/Thursday, November 3, 2011

58 Tracy PurdyThursday, November 3, 2011

59 Oregon Google SummitThursday, November 3, 2011

60 Wendy Gorton - CUEThursday, November 3, 2011

61 Sites Ideas Teacher web site Professional Professional development portfolios resources Repository for Assessment departmental Student portfolios meeting notes Digital science Accreditation notebooks documentation Book previews Event planningThursday, November 3, 2011

62 Books Locate information related to millions of books Find full texts that no longer fall under copyright Preview books that are copyrighted Search inside books Locate books in online stores and libraries (WorldCat) Purchase eBooks Save book titles to your Google account through My LibraryThursday, November 3, 2011

63 BooksThursday, November 3, 2011

64 My LibraryThursday, November 3, 2011

65 A Sample SearchThursday, November 3, 2011

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http://goo.gl/pXOpKThursday, November 3, 2011

75 Book Search Ideas Have students Post your required search text for readings for courses keywords or to ﬁnd in My Library on quotes bookshelves by topic Have older Post the link to a students write speciﬁc bookshelf reviews within an assignment Embed the Google or on a Google Site Book Search listing in a wiki or blogThursday, November 3, 2011

76 YouTube Create your own channel of content for easy access to digital media Bookmark videos to playlists Record right into YouTube Edit and annotate video Post video from your mobile device “Flip” your classroom using educational video contentThursday, November 3, 2011

Lucy’s ChannelThursday, November 3, 2011

Customize your channel.Thursday, November 3, 2011

My Videos & PlaylistsThursday, November 3, 2011

Video EditorThursday, November 3, 2011

Add Videos Via a Mobile DeviceThursday, November 3, 2011

SubscriptionsThursday, November 3, 2011

Share Videos Via Social MediaThursday, November 3, 2011

MoviesThursday, November 3, 2011

CitizenTubeThursday, November 3, 2011

Creative Commons Licensing http://goo.gl/EGZIQThursday, November 3, 2011

YouTube.edu http://www.youtube.com/educationThursday, November 3, 2011

YouTube TeachersThursday, November 3, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/lifeinadayThursday, November 3, 2011

91 YouTube Ideas Organize material for courses into playlists Have kids access Create screencasts your playlists through and videos for your their mobile devices lectures Have students Subscribe to design a collaborative channels to be project (i.e Life in a updated of new Day) content Email video to your Look at the channel while on ﬁeld subscriptions of friends trips for channels to subscribe toThursday, November 3, 2011

92 Maps & EarthThursday, November 3, 2011

99 Google Earth and Maps Ideas View and create Google Earth Lit Trips Appoint a student to be the class cartographer to document locations encountered by your class Enable layers in Google Earth to see supplementary materials Create buildings in Sketchup and import them into Google EarthThursday, November 3, 2011

100 Custom Search Formerly known as Google Co-op Roll your own search engine using pre-selected sites Embed on your website and blog; integrate into Google Sites Bookmark sites directly to list of web sites Others can can contribute to the web sites search Examples: My Search EnginesThursday, November 3, 2011

101 Custom search for iOS resources http://goo.gl/bHHBM http://goo.gl/LgUZEThursday, November 3, 2011

102 Custom Search Engine Ideas Create a search engine for particular units Have students Have a serve as curators by departmental or creating their own grade level engine search engines for a with members unit of study contributing links through Google MarkerThursday, November 3, 2011

103 Google+Thursday, November 3, 2011

104 Google+ Circles Thursday, November 3, 2011

105 Google+ HangoutsThursday, November 3, 2011

107 Inside Web SearchThursday, November 3, 2011

108 A Google A DayThursday, November 3, 2011

109 Web Search LessonsThursday, November 3, 2011

110 Search StoriesThursday, November 3, 2011

111 Search Story CreatorThursday, November 3, 2011

112 SearchReSearchThursday, November 3, 2011

113 Strategies Get a Google Account (Gmail gives you a Google account OR you can make a Google account with any email address) Concentrate on one tool to start Focus on your own productivity Remember that great help documentation is built into every Google tool Encourage your school to sign up for Google Apps Advocate and educate in your district about the power of these toolsThursday, November 3, 2011

114 Resources The Search by John Batelle The Ofﬁcial Google Blog Google in Education group within Diigo Google Teacher Center newsletter Google’s YouTube channel Google Teacher Academy Resources CUE’s Google Workshop for Educators Resources click on Events and view the agendas to ﬁnd great resourcesThursday, November 3, 2011

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