1. Improving School Communication with Google Apps www.google.com/a/sw.wednet.edu Anne Dotson SWSD Tech Integration Specialist

2. With Docs, you Create | Collaborate | Publish

3. Google Docs The answer to many problems! Storage in the Clouds

4. www.google.com/a/sw.wednet.edu Login in o First initial, last name o.es  The @ is filled in for you.

5. Password You have been given a password. Log in and change your password. Your password should be the same as your School Wires Password. Try it and let's hope it works!

6. Welcome Screen

7. The World of Docs Documents Presentation Spreadsheets Forms

8. Benefits of Google Docs Teachers use Docs to: plan lessons together follow up on ideas that arise in instructional meetings give students just in time feedback Students use Docs to: Collaborate with peers in real time keep track of deadlines share with parents through their emails

9. Look! Docs, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Forms, Folders!

10. Create a New Document Name it Tech Training information Type in the date at the top You should now see it in your documents! Open the document and make a change!

11. Find revisions! From your home page for docs, check the document you wish to see revisions on, go to More Actions > Revisions. Click on Revisions

12. Changes and Revisions automatically saved! Great way for the teacher to see who has done what or even to revert back to a former version.

13. Think about Students working together on their writing projects! Note: You can insert comments into their work! Insert Comment

14. Invite Collaborators! Group work takes on new meaning! Makes it hard to tell you anything but the truth when you can look at everything that has been done! More importantly, they can work together on projects and give each other feedback.

15. Organization Set up folders for each class and use the standard naming convention. Also can give students different names so their real names don’t appear on the list.

16. Familiar Toolbars! Edit Menu allows you to make changes, cut, copy, and paste.

17. Tools in Docs Translate to a different language! Check Spelling! Word Count

18. The Main Page = the Storage place for all your future work.

19. Forms - Think of the uses! Online Surveys that you can embed into websites, emails, calendar or web pages Create a Quiz Create a survey Creating a Self-Grading Quiz

20. Presentations – Insert a PowerPoint! Upload

21. Publish! Publish! Publish! Embed into your website!

22. Example Exercises 1.Documents  Journaling  Essays (individual or co-edited)  Collaborative research papers (history, geography, science)  Collaborative book reports  Creative writing (script writing, poetry)  Writing portfolios 2.Spreadsheets  Stock portfolio (live data)  Graphs, charts, and data presentation techniques 3.Presentations  Presenting group research  Active student participation during a presentation

23. How can I use this? http://tinyurl.com/dotson9tinyurl.com/dotson9 Go to this site for for ideas and to post your own. http://tinyurl.com/dotson10 This is a presentation on 21 Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs.

24. Google Resources Visit the Google Docs Page Educators website Check out this page for an idea for your class sitepage Check out this page for a great poster for your room!.

25. ASSIGNMENT 1. Before you leave today, please go to your documents and complete the evaluation that has been sent to you. It is called Evaluation - Tuesday, March 30. 2. By Friday, April 2, please share a document with me that you have created for your class. This will complete the 3 hours needed for clock hours for this class.