1. Google apps
Getting Prepared for BYOD

2. Google Drive
Why?
● Collaboration
● Synchronous
● Asynchronous
● Mobility
● Saving
What?
● Docs
● Sheets
● Presentation
● Forms

3. Google Account
Creating one is easy!
https://accounts.google.com/SignUp
* Use this as a training account...

4. Find your drive

5. Google Docs
● Toolbar: Much like Word +
○ Research
○ Constant saving
○ Sharing
● Revision Tracker
● Translator
● Upload and convert

6. Try it!
★ Create a doc
★ Share with a friend (you’ll either need their
Google mail address or share the link
through Lotus)
★ Collaborate

7. Google Sheets
● Spreadsheet
● Scripts
○ Doctopus
○ Autocrat
● Shared data analysis
● Forms: surveys

8. Google Forms
● Unlimited responses
● Automatically populates
spreadsheet
● Quick production and distribution
● Quick quizzes
○ Flubaroo grading
● Info Gathering
○ Responses

9. Try it!
★ Create a form
★ Share with a friend (you’ll either need their
Google mail address or share the link
through Lotus)
★ Find the sheet of responses

10. Google Presentation
● Powerpoint-esque
● Simplified, but has most tools

11. Google Calendar
Device Agnostic
Choose who sees it
Invite with document
attachments
Collaborate

12. Try it!
★ Find your calendar
○ Under “My Calendar” create a new calendar
★ Create an event

14. Some Key Vocab
Apps
Extensions
Drive
Docs
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Sheets
Form
Slides
Scripts
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15. Other Apps
Lancaster App Store
○ Wevideo
○ Evernote
○ Blendspace
■ Gallery
○ Pixlr
○ Movenote

16. How do I get my students to use this?
During class: Immediate feedback
Peer revisions
Asynchronicity
Your ideas