This document provides 10 tips for maximizing one's experience with Google Apps for Education. It recommends using Google Drive, downloading the mobile app, creating surveys and spreadsheets, co-authoring documents, organizing files, commenting on documents, creating websites and wikis with Google Sites, organizing photos with Picasa, exploring educational resources on Google, using Google Earth, and taking advantage of Google's advanced search features.

1. 10 Ways to
Maximize
your
Experience

2. If your school has a
Google Apps account…
GOOGLE
GOOGLE READER
CALENDAR Subscribe to
blogs using
RSS Feeds
GOOGLEDOCS
Docs, Spreadsheets, PICASA GOOGLESITES
Presentation, Forms Create Photo
(surveys)
Create a website
slideshows
using wikis and blogs

3. Features Google Apps Edu Your Personal Google
Account
Gmail Depends on the school /
Picasa / /
Calendar / /
Googledocs / /
Googlesites / /
Google Reader / /
Youtube X /
Googlegroups / /
School Contacts / X
Allow transfer of / X
document ownership
within school

4. 10. Switch to Google Drive.

5. 9. iPhone, iPad or Android
user? Download the Drive
mobile app.

6. 8. Create surveys using
Googledocs Forms
…create feedback forms, plan events, quizzes, collect info, etc.

7. 7. …or use Googledocs
spreadsheet.

8. Use basic formulas to enhance
your spreadsheets.
Simple formulas that will do the trick:
=Cell No.+ Cell No. For example: =C1+C2
=Sum(Cell No:Cell No.) For example: Sum(A1:A2)
Sheet to sheet? Try this: =Name of the sheet!Cell No
For example: =Michelle!J7

9. 6. Use googledocs document
INSTEAD OF MS Word.
Use the Share function to co-write a report, share stories, etc.

10. Organize your googledocs
files in folders

11. Googledocs comments
function: mention someone by
using + to add them in the
discussion.
Think of it as the equivalent of Facebook’s @ so you can mention people in their comments/posts.

12. 5. Create your own website.
Or wiki. Or blog.
Use Googlesites!

13. Digital portfolios, online CV,
community sites and more

14. 4. Use Picasa to organize your
photos (the Web and the
computer app version)
Save your photos in your computer. Sync to the web if you want to share your photos to others
(they do not need a Google account to view the photos)

15. 3. Check out Google
Resources
Lots of teaching resources, posters, PD resources, classroom videos
Google in Education:
http://www.google.com/edu/teachers/educator-resources.html
Want to Learn how to Powersearch?
http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/

16. Youtube Education
http://www.youtube.com/edu
cation
Classroom videos for K-12, lifelong learning, Universities

17. 2. Google Earth it
Historical Imagery
Add Placemarks and create your own Google Earth Tour

18. 1. Take advantage of Google’s
advanced search.
Have you tried the Safe Search Filter, Usage Rights function, & the Reading Levels?