Chrome + G.A.F.E. + Music Educator =An

Innovative Way to Teach Music!

Susan E. Basalik, Methacton School District, Eagleville PA

I.S.T.E. ConferenceJune 28, 2017

What We’re Discussing Today...

● Why G Suite and Chrome?

● Why not G Suite and Chrome?

● Differences between personal accounts and educational accounts

● Apps, Extensions, and Add-Ons: What’s the difference?

● Twenty for the Toolbox Useful apps, extensions, and add-ons.

Why Chrome and G Suite?

● Cloud-based

● Chrome works with any operating system

● Free!

● Highly interactive

More reasons to choose Chrome and G Suite

● Ease of learning

● Ease of sharing

● Ease of collaborating

● Automatically saving

● Options for mobile devices

Even more reasons...

● Wide variety of compatible apps created by Google and third parties

● Wide variety of extensions for Chrome browser

● Core G Suite Apps (Docs, Sheets, Forms) have useful add-ons.

● Core G Suite Apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides) are similar to Office and iWork.

Why not Chrome and G Suite

● Need Internet unless file has been set to work offline

● Free does not always equal quality

● Pervasive and invasive

● G Suite core apps not as robust as Office or iWork

● G Suite mobile apps not robust

● Security concerns: make sure that file sharing settings are correct

What’s the difference...

Personal Google Account:

Limited free storage in Drive

Access to some apps not available

Some apps lack functionality

School Google Account:

Unlimited free storage in Drive

Access to all apps available

More functionality in some apps

Apps vs. Extensions vs. Add-Ons

● Apps: Optimized to work with Chrome Browser. User interface. Very interactive.

○ Examples: Core G Suite Apps, Noteflight, Soundtrap, Soundation

● Extensions: Function like “apps light.” Do not have own interface. Limited

interactivity.

○ Examples: Google Translate, Search, Maps, Screencastify

● Add-Ons: Tools that are specific to a Google App. Work only with that app.

○ Examples: VexTab (for Docs), Doc to Form (for Forms)

Twenty for the Toolbox!

Google Docs

Google Sheets

Google Slides

Google Forms

YouTube

Google Docs https://docs.google.com

● Similar to MS Word and Pages

● Use add-ons to add more functionality

● Can be interactive

Listening Links

Google Slides https://docs.google.com

● Like PowerPoint and Keynote, but not as robust

● Allows video integration from YouTube and now Google Drive

● Mobile version easy to use

● Question and answer function can be used for assessment

Google Forms https://docs.google.com/forms● The best part of G Suite!

● Use for surveys, instruction, and assessment

● Differentiated instruction and assessment possible when using “go to page

based on answer” command

● Now with quiz function which allows assignment of points and auto-grading

Google Forms Part Two● Responses populate in a Google sheet

● Can add images and multimedia from YouTube

View a Live Form

https://forms.google.com

You Think You Know YouTube...

● Great resource for learning and teaching

● Add cards & end notes to add some interactivity to videos that you have

created and uploaded to YouTube

● Playlists can be easily shared

● Videos can be directly inserted in core G Suite apps

Band Playlist

Shake Out Before Sharing...

She should have been looking for Snap, Crackle, and Pop!

Who always said “Well, doggies?”

Enter :

goo.gl/slides/d7bhqn

And type your answer.

Twenty for the Toolbox Continued!

Google Translate

Google Hangouts

Google Keep

Google Drawings

Google Sites

Google Hangouts https://hangouts.google.com/

● Video calling option

● Can have up to 15 people on a call

● Need a GMail address, educational entity address better

● Could be used for teaching, working with people in other places, etc

Google Drawings https://docs.google.com/drawings

● Quick way to combine images, text

● Works with all Core apps

● Completed files can be exported as jpg, pdf, or png

Godzilla

Google Keep https://keep.google.com

● Great note taking app

● Can be synced with Google Docs

● Other interesting uses…

Google Sites https://sites.google.com/new

● Good basic site creator

● Easy to use

● Very tight integration with all things Google

● Consider this as an online storage area

https://sites.google.com/view/GSuite4MusEd

Twenty for the Toolbox Part 3

Screencastify

Ad Block for YouTube

Goo.gl URL Shortener

Soundtrap or Soundation (GarageBand equivalents)

Noteflight or Flat (Notation apps)

Screencastify

Use this app to make recordings of your screen. Works well for giving explanations.

GarageBand/MixCraft Equivalents

Soundtrap

https://www.soundtrap.com

Soundation

https://soundation.com

Music Notation Apps

Noteflight

https://noteflight.com

Flat

https://flat.io

Twenty for the Toolbox Part 4

Zamzar, Audio Converter, or CloudConvert

VexTab

Sheets Add-ons: Flubaroo, Advanced Find and Replace, AutoCrat

Awesome Screenshot

Docs Add-ons: Doc to Form, Open ClipArt, Extensis Fonts

VexTab

● Add-on for Docs

● Allows addition of short notation examples

● Hidden bonus-teaches coding!

VexTab

Google Resources

● Many Google+ Groups about G Suite

● Shake Up Learning www.Shakeuplearning.com

● International Society for Technology Education www.iste.org

● Support from Google https://support.google.com

QR Codes for this Presentation

GSuite4MusEd WebsitePresentation Handout

More information...

https://sites.google.com/view/GSuite4MusED

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