1. Google calendar for Education Steven Parker http://sparker.wikispaces.com

2. What we’ll talk about Creating your own Google calendar account http://www.google.com/calendar http://www.google.com/calendar What is Google calendar? Google calendar help Recommended use in education for: Personal management Group collaboration & sharing useful events Providing class information

3. Personal management Your own calendar. How to: Creating a private primary calendar Creating a public secondary calendar Colour coding calendars and categories Add event to primary calendar Editing event Share events with other calendars

4. Group collaboration Group event management. How to : Add users to secondary calendar Making calendar public Invite guests Enable guests to co-add and editing events Enable guests to invite others

5. Class Information Timetabling lessons and assessments. How to: Email and SMS students with notification of events Printing off class schedule Putting calendar in wiki Enable students to subscribe to calendar

6. THED to do Go to http://thed.wikispaces.comhttp://thed.wikispaces.com Reflect on what you have learnt today and how you might use Google Calendar with your students in the Discussion Tab of your learning plan. Upon receiving invite to THED Google calendar: Create a Google calendar account. Create a personal primary calendar. Add an event and share with the THED calendar secondary calendar Invite other T&H staff to THED Google calendar Don’t forget to help each other out. Mentors fill in your timesheets (see http://thed.wikispaces.com/Cool+tools). http://thed.wikispaces.com/Cool+tools