The next 10 minutes ... What are Google apps? Why we should use Google apps? Task due for next meeting [Wednesday?]

What are Google apps?

Why we should use Google apps?

Task due for next meeting [Wednesday?]

Students today depend on paper too much. They don’t know how to write on a slate without getting chalk dust all over themselves. What will they do when they run out of paper? Principal’s Association, 1815

Students today depend too much upon ink. They don’t know how to use a pen knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil. National Association of Teachers, 1907

Why would you ever want the Internet for student use? It’s just the latest fad – have them use the library. District Employee, 1995

What can you do with an LCD Projector that you can’t do with an overhead projector? Member of School Accountability Committee, 1999

What are Google Apps? An online suite of applications. Documents Spreadsheets Forms Presentations Calendar Sites Email Talk

An online suite of applications.

Documents

Spreadsheets

Forms

Presentations

Calendar

Sites

Email

Talk

Why we should use Google apps?

Cloud computing

Ease of access and working mobility

Collaborative

Ease of access control

All you need is an internet browser

Best practice

http://docs.ecolint.ch

This weeks task ... Logon to http://docs.ecolint.ch Open the shared ‘Quotes’ document. Choose one of the quotes. Find out who said or wrote the quote and add this information to the document. Put the person’s name in bold. Add a link to the wikipedia page about that person.

Logon to http://docs.ecolint.ch

Open the shared ‘Quotes’ document.

Choose one of the quotes.

Find out who said or wrote the quote and add this information to the document.

Put the person’s name in bold.

Add a link to the wikipedia page about that person.