Daniel Christian August 18, 2014

Google’s product offerings in education

• Chromebooks (will reach 5.2 million this year)• Tablets• Google Play for Education• Google Classroom (as of 8/12/14)

• Google Apps for Education the focus of our discussions this morning

Agenda

• A brief look at each of the Apps for Education• What does each app do?• When and why would you use that app?• How we are using that app (if applicable)• Discussion of how you are using that app (if applicable)

• Other tools from Google• Resources for Google & Education• Some general resources on ed tech• Q&A throughout

Google Apps for Education

• Apps included may change over time• Vault was added since I took above screenshot, for example• Perhaps due to timing of introduction of Classroom

• Cloud-based• Just need Internet access and an account at Google

Mail

• Send/receive electronic mail• Search your emails• Create/color folders• Label/mark emails (Priority)• Launch chat/videochat sessions• Call others • Spam filtering• Available on PCs, Macs, iOS &

Android devices

Mail

• Use it for communications • Text• Graphics• Attachments• Voice

• Can use the translate feature to communicate with parents in different languages

Contacts

• Enter addresses• Add contacts• Create groups & mailing lists• Import from Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Mac

Mail Programs• Gmail auto-completes for email addresses in your

Contact Manager

Hangouts

• “Conversations that come to life. Anytime, anywhere, for free.”• Photos, text, video calls• Can be like Skype –

videoconferencing & group conversations• Up to 10 people on a video call• Works on PCs, Macs, iOS &

Android devices

Calendar

• “Organize your schedule and share events with friends”• Overlay calendars to see

when you can meet w/ others• Create group calendars• Share calendar with others• Can use calendars to check

out resources (laptop cart)• Create pacing guides

Documents

• Open/edit/create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, & forms• Work individually or

collaboratively on an item• Share documents w/ others• Available on PCs, Macs, iOS &

Android devices

Documents

• Some examples of how teachers are using Google Docs & Drive include: • Collaborate and share lesson/curriculum plans • Consolidate notes for department or faculty meetings • Share and collect assignments without printing • Provide instant feedback to students • Publish student work• Track instructional interventions • Translate letters home for parents• Sign up sheets (parent-teacher conferences, guest lectures, other)

Documents

• Some examples of how students can use online documents: • Improve writing skills through peer editing and feedback • Access documents in class or at home • Work on reports, research or papers together w/ peers in different classes,

schools or countries • Keep a continuous, running log for assignments such as journal entries or

writing samples

Documents: Forms

• Poll your class• Tally information• Have your students track where they are in

the Writing Process • Brainstorming, pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing,

publishing, etc.

• Ask Q’s of your community • Poll local scientists in science class, gather data with the

intention of plotting the answers on a graph in math class, give students a pre-test in PE, etc.

Documents: Forms

• Create surveys • Teacher observation forms • Reading records can be completed online;

track the books your students have read

Drive

• “Create, share and keep all your stuff in one place”• Cloud-based, i.e., just need an

Internet connection to use• Available on PCs, Macs, iOS &

Android devices

Sites

• Build a website for your class w/out having to know how to code or work w/ HTML• Build sites to share & collaborate on

documents, embed videos, schedules, & more• Can open a site up to the public as well• Customizable look and feel• Dozens of pre-built templates• Settings for accessing & sharing info

Sites

• Showcase students’ work• Single-click page creation• Choose different page types,

such as webpage, dashboard, announcements, file cabinet, & list

Groups

• Create discussion groups• Useful for asynchronously discussing a

topic• At folks’ convenience• Include links to resources

• Could be for announcements for classes, departments, or committees• Post messages on the group page• See archived postings

Other products/tools from Google

• Click on the icon that has 3 rows of dots and 3 columns of dots• Click on More• Click on Even more from Google

Examples of other products/tools from Google

Media YouTube: Watch, upload and share videos Google Play: Your music, movies, books, and Android apps available anywhere Books: Search the full text of books Image Search: Search for images on the web News: Search thousands of news stories Picasa: Find, edit and share your photos

Specialized Search Finance: Business info, news and interactive charts Scholar: Search scholarly papers Trends: Explore past and present search trends

Geo Maps: View maps and directions Earth: Explore the world from your computer

Examples of other products/tools from Google

MISC:

Helpouts: Get help on a wide range of topics from experts over live video

Maps for mobile: View maps, your location and get directions on your phone

Voice: One number for all your phones, online voicemail and cheap calling

Google Cloud Print: Print anywhere, from any device

Google+: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web

Blogger: Share your life online with a blog - it’s quick, easy and free

Other products/tools from Google: Alerts

• “Get email updates on the topics of your choice”

• “Monitor the web for interesting new content”

• Google Alerts help you pulse-check things

Other products/tools from Google: Translate

• Language detection and translation

Other products/tools from Google: Classroom

• Classroom is a new tool – a Learning Management System – that’s integrated with Google Apps for Education • Just made available on 8/12/14• Create & organize assignments• Provide feedback • Communicate with your classes• Helps students organize their work in

Google Drive, complete and turn in assignments, & communicate directly with teachers & peers

Other products/tools from Google: Classroom

• There's not an iPad app for Google Classroom; students use a web interface

• The web interface allows students to turn in any assignment or file that is in their Google Drive account

Other products/tools from Google: Analytics

• See the usage of your website or blog

• Where your site’s visitors are located

• Top pages• # users• # of pageviews• New vs returning• Pathways through site• What your users are

looking for

Resources for Google & Education

Resources for Google & Education

Re: Google’s Chromebooks

• http://www.schrockguide.net/chromebooks.html • A variety of postings at edudemic.com re: Chromebooks • A variety of postings at GettingSmart.com re: Chromebooks • A variety of postings at KQED.org (Mind/Shift) re: Chromebooks • Chromebooks & Chromeboxes for education — google.com• http://www.scoop.it/t/chromebook-for-education• The RSS feed for the Chrome Show• New Excellent Google Drive Guide for Teachers and Students — educatorstechnology.com | June 16, 2014• The Chromebook vs. iPad Debate | Technology in Music Education — techinmusiced.wordpress.com by Christopher

Russell• Google Art Project• OPINION: Why We Are Misunderstanding the Chromebook-iPad Debate — edsurge.com by Tim Holt• A Response to Joshua Kim’s ’3 Reasons Why Chromebook Beats iPad in 1:1 Programs’ – edsurge.com by Tim Holt• Google Educator Groups: http://www.google.com/landing/geg/

Ed tech resources: 50 K-12 bloggers to check out

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2014/06/2014-honor-roll-edtechs-must-read-k-12-it-blogs

Blogs about K-12 Next Gen Learning

From http://nextgenlearning.org/blog/top-10-blogs-about-k-12-next-gen-learning

Other interesting items

Augmented Reality

• Augmented Reality: 32 resources about using it in education – from mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com by Julie Greller• Augmented Reality is going mobile--and coming to a classroom near you – from by Jennifer Demski• Zientia: Changing the Way We Learn with Augmented Reality — from realareal.com by Kiran Voleti• AR Music APP Enchantium by DAQRI — from realareal.com by Kiran Voleti• colarapp.com• Practical ideas for using augmented reality in contextual mobile learning — from blog.commlabindia.com by Aruna Vayuvegula• Enchantium is a 4D platform that uses augmented reality — from realareal.com by Kiran Voleti• 6 exciting developments in Augmented Reality – from atlargeinc.com• AWE 2013: Six Trends in Augmented Reality – from arblog.inglobetechnologies.com• Disney partners with toy company, LA billionaire to make augmented reality toy app — from polygon.com by Alexa Ray Corriea• AR Dinopark - Augmented Reality Dinosaurs -- from arnews.tv• Aurasma’s 3D-I augmented reality of physical worlds by inserting 3D objects — from electrictv.com• Augmented Reality for Chemists – from electrictv.com• http://augmentedblog.wordpress.com/ • http://www.metaio.com/

Other interesting items

Maker Spaces

• Makerspaces as classrooms: schools and hardware shops partner – from technical.ly by David ZieglerToday, the flourishing of makerspaces in Philadelphia is intersecting with a local tech community commitment to growing STEM learning in schools to bring about new goals in how science and math can be learned in area classrooms.

• Are hackathons the classrooms of tomorrow? My journey to the frontier of education — from chronicle.com by Brian Mathews

• Makerspaces and Online Education — from onlinecolleges.net by Melissa Venable; with thanks to Steve Wheeler and Stephen Harris for the Tweets on this

• The Student Side of Making — from edutopia.com by Gayle Allen

• 6 Strategies for Funding a Makerspace — from edutopia.org by Paloma Garcia-Lopez

• Project-Based Learning Through a Maker’s Lens — from edutopia.org by Patrick Waters

• The DIY World of Maker Tools and Their Uses – from edutopia.org by Vicki Davis

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