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Google Basics Lucy Gray
Education Consultant
http://www.lucygray.org
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Choose Our Own Adventures
Docs
Sites
Calendar
Maps and Earth
Google+
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Which topics would you like to cover today? Suggestion: Let’s pick 3.
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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A sense of fun pervades everything.
Risking taking and pursuing’s one passion are encouraged.
Everything is in a state of perpetual beta. Continous improvement is important.
Creativity and innovation are core.
Thinking Outside the Box: Google’s Working Environment
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Guiding Principles
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Focus on the user and all else will follow.
It’s best to do one thing really, really well.
Fast is better than slow.
Democracy on the web works.
You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer.
Guiding Principles
You can make money without doing evil.
There’s always more information out there.
The need for information crosses all borders.
You can be serious without a suit.
Great isn’t just good enough.
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Applied to Learning
Focus on the student and all else will follow
It’s best to teach a few things really, really well.
Fast is better than slow.
Democracy in the classroom works.
You don’t need to be at school to need an answer.
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Applied to Learning
You can teach without doing evil.
There’s always more information out there.
The need for information crosses all borders.
You can be serious without a suit.
Great just isn’t good enough.
Courtesy of Mark Wagner, EdTech Team
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Twenty Percent Time
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A Video Speaks 1000 Words
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http://youtu.be/VfDW7qAdFGk
Food for Thought....
How can we incorporate these ideas into our own schools?
What can schools learn from innovative businesses without becoming “corporate” ?
What are we doing differently as institutions in this age of information and innovation?
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http://www.google.com/edu/teachers/index.html
Google Apps for Education
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Google Teacher AcademyGoogle Certified Teachers
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Google Science Fair
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Exploring Computational Thinking
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Chrome in Education
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Google Earth for Educators
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YouTube in Education
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So, where do you start?
More Even More
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Blogger
Books
Calendar
Custom Search
Docs
Earth
Gmail
Google+
Maps
News
Picasa
Picnik
Reader
Sites
Web Search
YouTube
Docs
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Create collaborative or private documents, spreadsheets, forms, drawings, presentations and fusion tables
Varying levels of permissions can be enabled
Revision history lets you track changes
Commenting and chat in Docs and Spreadsheets
Work offline and upload later
My Docs Home Page
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Share Folders
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Templates
Global Awareness Survey
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Survey: http://tinyurl.com/21stcenturyskillssurvey Results: http://tinyurl.com/21stcenturyskillssurveyresults
Global Awareness Results
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Scott Floyd/TCEA App List
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Escondido Union School District
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Liz Davis
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Flubaroo
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Presentations
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Presentations
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Mr. Stritchfield
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Tom Barrett
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Docs Ideas
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Peer editing during writers’ workshop
Lit circle group activities
Project management
Lab reports
ePortfolios
Shared lesson repositories
Curriculum guides
Unit Plans
Course evaluations
Shared notetaking at meetings and conferences
Classroom walk throughs
Grant proposals
Sign up forms
Surveys
Book talks
Embedded presentations in Google Sites
Sites
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Easy to use web site creation tool
Based on wiki technology
Varying levels of permissions can be enabled including page level permissions
Revision history available
Create templates which can be shared across Google Apps domains
Embed media created with Google tools and other Web 2.0 applications
Sites Homepage
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https://sites.google.com/a/lucygrayconsulting.com/globalcollaboration/
James Sanders
https://sites.google.com/site/historywithsanders/
Goochland Course Guide
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Cheryl Davis
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Dolores Gende
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Mr. Smith
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https://sites.google.com/a/boyslatin.org/smith/
Oregon Google Summit
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Wendy Gorton - CUE
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Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
50Creating a Google Site
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
51Creating a Google Site
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Step 10
Step 852Creating a Google Site
Sites Ideas
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Teacher web site
Professional portfolios
Repository for departmental meeting notes
Accreditation documentation
Event planning
Professional development resources
Assessment
Student portfolios
Digital science notebooks
Book previews
Maps & Earth
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Step 1Step 2Step 3Step 4
Getting Directions
Getting Directions
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Step 1Making a Map
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Step 3
Step 2
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Step 5Making 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/
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68Step 12: Add the location to a map
69Step 12: Add the location to a map
70Step 12: Add location to a map
71Finding Your Map
Looking at Your Map 72
73More information about a location
74Satellite view with traffic
75Google Earth view
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Google Earthhttp://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
Google Earth and Maps IdeasView and create Google Earth Lit Trips
Appoint a student to be the class cartographer to document locations encountered by your class
Enable layers in Google Earth to see supplementary materials
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
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Add To Your Circles
Steve Hargadon
Larry Ferlazzo
Kern Kelley
Esther Wojcicki
Cheryl Oakes
Jim Sill
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116Google Hangouts on Air
http://youtu.be/pBpHr6pGjKw
117Google Hangouts: Screensharing
118Google 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
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ResourcesThe Search by John Batelle
The Official Google Blog
Google in Education group within Diigo
Google Teacher Center newsletter
Google’s YouTube channel
Google Teacher Academy Resources
CUE’s Google Workshop for Educators Resources
click on Events and view the agendas to find great resources
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