Google Essentials
Lucy Gray
D112
April 9, 2013
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Resources
http://www.lucygray.org
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More Even More
http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/index.html
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Agenda
Google Sites as Your Class Hub
Google GeoApps
Google+ and Google Hangouts
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http://www.google.com/edu/teachers/index.html
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Google Sites
http://sites.google.com
https://sites.google.com/a/lucygrayconsulting.com/
globalcollaboration/
https://sites.google.com/a/parishepiscopal.org/honors-physics/
Dolores Gende
James Sanders
https://sites.google.com/site/historywithsanders/
Dan McDowell
https://sites.google.com/site/westhillsphoto/
Oregon Google Summit
http://www.googlesummit.org/
John Smith
https://sites.google.com/a/boyslatin.org/
Wendy Gorton - CUE
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Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
14Creating a Google Site
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Step 6
Step 7
15Creating a Google Site
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Step 10
Step 8
16Creating a Google Site
Managing a Google Site
Google Sites Help
How can you use Sites?
Teacher web site
Professional portfolios
Repository for departmental
meeting notes
Accreditation documentation
Event planning
Professional development
resources
Assessment
Student portfolios
Digital science notebooks
Book talks and previews
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Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/
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Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Getting Directions
Getting Directions
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Step 1
Making a Map
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Step 3
Step 2
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Step 5
Making a Map
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Step 6
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Step 8
Step 9
Step 10
Making a Map
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Note: If you click on the Import button, you can import existing .kml or .kmz files
Importing Existing KML and KMZ files
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kml.php
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
27Step 11: Search for a location
28Step 12: Add the location to a map
29Step 12: Add the location to a map
30Step 12: Add location to a map
31Finding Your Map
Looking at Your Map 32
33More information about a location
34Satellite view with traffic
35Google Earth view
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Google Earth
http://www.google.com/earth/
Haiti
Haiti with a USGS .kml layer
Haiti with a USGS .kml layer
Epicenter of 2010 Earthquake
Additional layers of information
Additional layers of information
Additional layers of information
Historical images: 2009
Historical images: January 12, 2010
Historical images: January 24, 2010
Browser Integration
Downloaded a .kml or .kmz file on damage
Looking at Google Maps within Google Earth
Google Sky
Google Sky
Google Moon
Flight Simulator
Flight Simulator
Tours
Preferences
Google Earth’s Tour
Streetview
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
How can you use Maps & Earth?
Think about consumption vs. creation.....
Creating maps for trips and tours
Exploring countries in world language classes
Plotting routes taken in films & literature
Campus tours
Tours of historical sites
Calculating distances between locations
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Google Plus
https://plus.google.com/
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Add To Your Circles
Steve Hargadon
Larry Ferlazzo
Kern Kelley
Esther Wojcicki
Cheryl Oakes
Jim Sill
68Google Hangouts
69Google Hangouts on Air
http://youtu.be/pBpHr6pGjKw
70Google Hangouts: Screensharing
71Google Hangouts: Apps
How could you use Google+ and Hangouts?
Professional development
Networking with peers
Conversations with experts
Live broadcasts
Videoconferencing with experts
Parent conferences
Tutoring (despite Google+ not being available in GAFE)
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CUE’s Google Workshops
http://gwe.cuetoyou.net/Home
Google in Education Diigo Group
http://groups.diigo.com/group/google-in-education
Lucy Gray
http:www.lucygray.org
Twitter: elemenous
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Google Basics - D112