Extreme Weather Sharing and Evaluating Lessons Using Google Docs and Spreadsheets

Extreme Weather

Sharing and Evaluating Lessons Using Google Docs and Spreadsheets

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Science Session 8

Focusing Questions

What are the benefits of sharing our work with others online?

How can we use Google Docs and Spreadsheets to collaborate with others?

Focusing Questions

How can we use others’ work and make it applicable in our teaching practice?

Framing the Session

Discuss these questions:

How can we use Google Aps to create technology enhanced lessons?

How can we use what we completed today and apply it in our own classroom?

Instruction

Objectives

Upload and edit today’s work onto Google Docs and Spreadsheets

Share and edit work with other users to make it applicable in their own classrooms.

Publish their work onto a web page or blog.

Share and celebrate today’s accomplishments.

Uploading Docs

Direct your browser to docs.google.com.Click on Upload to upload a new document.

Uploading a Doc

You can browse for files on your computer by hitting the “Browse” button.

After Uploading

Upload more docs!

With whom are you Sharing your docs?

Which docs are on your Google D&S?

Click on your doc to edit,Share, and publish!

Sharing your DocsClick here to share your work

with others to view and/or collaborate.

Click here to publish your work only!

If You Click on Share…

If you want people to be able to makeedits, click “as collaborators.”

Just want them to take a look? Click on “as viewers.”

If You Click on Publish…

Click here to publish your doc as aWebpage!

Have a blog? Click here to post yourDoc on your blog!

Guided Practice

Upload all of today’s work onto Google Docs and Spreadsheets.

Invite others to be collaborators.

Work Time

Getting Started

The goal of this session assignment is to familiarize yourself with GD&S, and upload all of your lessons and units into one central location that can be shared with others.

Work Time

Share

What did you upload onto you GD&S?

What did you create on GD&S?

Do you have any tips, tricks, or shortcuts?

What are you going to use in your classroom?

Share and Celebration!

Wrap Up

How can you use Google Applications in your science class?

What were your favorite and least favorite applications to use?

What were the most useful take-away messages/lessons from today’s sessions?

Please remember to complete the course evaluation on line.

For more information

Office of Instructional Technology

oittc@schools.nyc.gov

www.nyc.gov/schools