Google Apps Overview

Some information in this presentation is from Patrick Douglas Crispen http://www.NetSquirrel.com Used with permission Sharon Elin 2009 You have a Click here! iGoogle

G o o g l e Do You Remember Life Before ?

Life in the library… (alone)

Labor-intensive research! (alone)

Paper avalanche! (alone)

Most of our students don’t remember life without Google or the internet… And they don’t work alone.

"College students spend the majority of their time on the internet as opposed to other mediums …

Lowe, Veronica. "Study: College Students' Internet Use - iMedia Connection." IMedia Connection: Interactive Marketing News, Features, Podcasts and Video . 20 July 2006. IMedia Communications, Inc. 10 Feb. 2009 <http://www.imediaconnection.com/news/10466.asp>.

"… They no longer just surf websites, rather they now … communicate with peers, conduct research, share photos and view videos.” Jennifer Floren, founder and CEO of Experience Inc . (not alone)

We can meet them where they live by using G o o g l e A p p s

(You probably knew this…) Google offers more than a search engine!

Much more! That’s a whole lot of stuff!

Today’s goal is to introduce a few favorites for educators. That’s a whole lot of stuff!

Google knows that times have changed, and so should the tools for learning.

Some students consider the old ways of learning tired, weak, and irrelevant…

Shift Happens

Shift Happens Times have changed

Shift Happens His hairstyle is already outdated Times have changed

How do 21 st Century Students Learn? (and how does Google help?)

Collaborating Gmail Google Docs (including text documents, slideshow presentations, forms, and spreadsheets) Google Sites Google Groups

Creating Google Docs (including text documents, slideshow presentations, forms, and spreadsheets) Google Sites

Social Interaction Gmail Google Groups Google Sites

It starts with a Google account

Open a free Google account (Not the same as a Gmail account, but linked to it)

Inviting collaboration Google Docs

Google Docs Live link Create new documents or upload existing documents

Google Docs Share a document so others can edit it online

Google Docs You can check the history of all revisions by the users. You can roll back to an earlier version.

Google Docs Publish a finished file in a webpage or blog… Or download as .doc, .rtf, .pdf, .html, .xls, or .zip files

Google Spreadsheets

Create a survey or a quiz

Invite others to submit answers online or provide a link

Answers appear in a spreadsheet in Google Docs

Live link

Google Spreadsheets

Like Excel files, data can be tallied with formulas.

Spreadsheet can be shared for editing by others or kept private.

Inviting social interaction Google Groups

Google Groups

Google Groups vs Blackboard

Unlike discussions in Blackboard, discussions in Google Groups can be opened to users outside the course.

This allows cross-curricular interaction.

Imagine several classes communicating on one common topic…

Imagine inviting the world to join the discussion!

Google Groups vs Blackboard Did you know you can also enjoy group chats in real time on Google?

Google Apps help us reach 21 st Century learners, who are naturally inclined to explore the world online! Watch the following video, showing school systems using Google Apps.

Enjoy the video on the next slide, showing school systems using Google Apps.

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