GAFE (Google Apps for Education) is a suite of free productivity tools for classroom collaboration. It includes Gmail for individual and group email, Google Drive for unlimited cloud storage and collaboration on documents, sheets, slides and forms. Other features allow teachers to manage classrooms, create websites, and use calendars. GAFE provides benefits for both schools and students, including paperless workflows, easy sharing of resources, more efficient communication, device management, development of ICT skills, learning online safety, and creating a digital portfolio. Schools should get their own domain, do their homework on GAFE, view official training, prepare colleagues, and sign up on Google's website.

1. Get started with...

2. What is GAFE?
“A Suite of Free Productivity Tools for
Classroom Collaboration”

3. Gmail
● Individual email addresses
● Group email
● Private
● Easy to access
● Organise email

4. Drive
● Unlimited cloud storage*
● Create
● Collaborate
● Share
● Back up
● Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms,
other apps
* If you have 5 or more users, 1 TB each otherwise

5. And much more...
● Manage your own “Classroom”
● Create your own “Sites”
● Use “Calendar” to keep
everyone on track

6. Why go Google?
School
● Paperless?
● Sharing of resources
● More efficient communication
● Manage devices
Students
● Develop ICT skills
● Learn how to stay safe online
● Easy collaboration
● Keep a digital portfolio
Source:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29304822@N00/678
2113386/

7. How to go Google?
● Get your own domain (e.g.
stcorbans.com).
● Do your homework!
● View official training
material.
● Prepare your colleagues -
use champions.
● Go here to sign your
school up. Source:
http://www.jenreally.com/portfolio

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