CBE’s Google Apps For Education Site: A Virtual Tour A ‘Reach For the Clouds Instructional Series’ Production By Rosemary Buck
CBE’s Google Apps For Education As a Technology Instructional Learning Leader I have been asked on numerous occasions to provide information regarding the Calgary Board of Education’s (CBE’s) Google Apps For Education (GAFE) site. Although most educators and students are familiar with a few aspects of the site such as Gmail, most are not fully aware of the site in it’s entirety. Both educators and students have expressed an interest to become more informed as to what the site can provide as a tool for learning and how to use the various components of the site. The goal of this virtual tour is to provide learners with a brief introduction and overview of what CBE’s GAFE productivity tool site is. The goal is also to convey how this technology can be integrated, by both educators and students, to facilitate more meaningful teaching and learning. This approach has the power, and potential, to allow for more engaged, authentic, and student-centered environments which promotes students’ in developing and refining 21 st century competencies such as creating, innovating, researching, communicating, collaborating, decision-making, analyzing, synthesizing, and problem solving.
CBE’s Google Apps For Education Cloud based web application Productivity tools 2 categories Collaboration Communication
App: Slides Presentations tool
App: Sheets Spreadsheet, graph and chart tool
App: Docs Word processor tool
App: Forms Survey tool
App: Gmail tool
App: Drive ‘Hub’ of GAFE My Drive – left side of screen
App: Drive ‘Hub’ of GAFE My Drive ‘Hub’ of GAFE My Drive – right side of screen
App: Drive ‘Hub’ of GAFE Shared with me – left side of screen
App: Drive ‘Hub’ of GAFE Shared with me – right side of screen
Common Features – Collaboration Organize files/folders Share - real time Create Revision history Manage Tool bars
Common Features – Communication Organize files/folders Share Create Download Manage
Sharing Common Multiple methods
Sharing By link By invite Manage permissions
Collaborating Colour coded Comment box
Collaborating Colour coded On screen – real time changes
Collaborating Chat – all members, real time
CBE’s Google Apps For Education Cloud based web application Anywhere
CBE’s Google Apps For Education Cloud based web application Any device
CBE’s Google Apps For Education Opportunity Is at YOUR Door!
CBE’s Google Apps For Education Visual tour created by: Rosemary Buck Images: Some images obtained from Google, Pixabay and Flickr (permission to use or share) Some images captured from CBE’s GAFE site Some images created by: Rosemary Buck