Apps Presented by: Michael Quinzi, Trevis Choates, David McElroy, Diego Gac, and Trey Leonard

What is a Google App? A Google app is a computer program designed to help perform a specific task.

Step one: Open web browser and go to:

Step two: Click on “Sign In” near the top right of the screen.

Logging onto a Google Account Password: heritage123

Google Apps Today, we want to introduce 3 apps that we believe will be very useful and entertaining…

Google Apps

Google News Trevis Choates

Google News Is a free news feed provided and operated by Google Inc., It selects the most up-to-date information from thousands of publications.

Ways to get to Google News Way 1. Go to internet then go to at top of screen in dark bar click on the word that says News and it will take you to Google News.

Ways to get to Google News Way 2. Type Google News in your search bar on the internet, then click on the link that says Google News and it will take you to Google News.

How to Navigate on News On the left side of the news screen under the word News there are key words that are Top stories in the area you are in right now as well as quick way to get to a different section.

Middle The middle there are top stories in the different sections like Business, Elections, Sports etc., and different sources to get the stories.

Right side The right side has some recent stories on news, spotlight articles, Editors picks, Most popular stories, and videos.

Customize News At the top of the ride side you are given the option to customize your News page. By customizing you can scale down how much of each section you want on your page to show up.

Welcome to Google Calendar By Diego Gac Team USA

Reasons to use Google Calendar Share your schedule - share your schedule with your family and friends. Get your calendar on the go – Access your calendar on your mobile while your away from your desk Never forget another even again – Reminders help you stay on schedule. Get notified by or get a text message sent right to your mobile phone. Send invitations and track RSVPs - Invite other people to events on your calendar. Guests can RSVP to your events by or via Google Calendar. Work offline - Know where you’re supposed to be even when you don’t have internet access. With offline access, you can view a read- only version of your calendar no matter where you are. All this is free? - Yep!

So What is Google Calendar? Google Calendar it’s a free app that lets you keep track of your own events and share your calendar with others. And is all pretty easy!

Now lets get started!!! 1. Go to 2. click on “Calendar” at the top of the page.

Continued… 3. this will take you to the Sign In page. 4. In the field, you will type the address that was given to you for today’s lesson. (or if you have your own Gmail account, you’re more than welcome to use yours) 5. Type in your password. If successful, you should see the calendar page.

Calendar

Now lets create an event!!! But before we create one, we need to tell our calendar in what country we are in, and in what time zone we’re in. 1. Click on this logo at the top right corner of your calendar, and then click on “Settings” on the drop-down menu. 2. Now on the “country” field, select United States 3. After that is done, select “Your current time zone” which would be: “Eastern Time” Once you’re done with that, scroll all the way down and click “Save” on the bottom left.

Now, lets finally create an event!!! 1. Click on the “Create” button on the very left of your page. (make sure to click on the button and not the down arrow) Now for today’s lesson we are going to create an event for one of our relatives or friend’s upcoming birthday. 2. So, for the title, name it anything that you wish to, like for example” “My daughter’s Birthday”. 3. Now set the date and time that this event will take place on.

Creating an event, continued… 4. Now fill up all the details like “Where”, “Description”, “Add guests”, and “Reminders”.

Finishing up!!! After you’re satisfied with every detail in your event, scroll up and click “Save” And there you go!! Your event has been created!! Now lets go ahead and find it!! 1. First, to make it easier, lets go and click on “Month” on the top right of your calendar. 2. Now, lets go to the month your event was created by clicking the “next period” arrows on your top left. Stop on the month that your event was created and your event should be highlighted on the day that is happening.

We are Done!!! We are done!! But I wanted to show you all one more useful thing. 1. Lets go back to Today, click on “Today” on your top left. 2. Now, click on “Agenda” on your top right. With the “Agenda” view, you can now view a list of the upcoming holidays and events that you have created. And as you can see, “Easter” is the upcoming holiday.

The End!!! That was it!! Hope you all learned something new today about Google Calendar. Thank you for your patience!!! TEAM USA Diego Gac

Presented By David McElroy

What is Google Maps? An app used to find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions.

How to Get to Google Maps Step 1: Go to Step 2: Sign in if you aren’t already Step 3: Click the Maps button at the top of the screen

Google Maps in Normal View

How to Get Directions Click the get directions button on the left of the screen Next to the A enter your location – Heritage at Lowman Next to the B enter where you want to go

How to Find Directions Cont. When entering where you want to go you can put either an address or the name of what you are trying to find – To USC: Bull Street Columbia, SC – If you just want to find the closest McDonald’s you can just type McDonald’s into the destination field Finally Click Get Directions

Map With Directions

You Don’t Have to Get Directions You can also just type your destination in the search bar and Google will pull it up on a map

Step by step Homework

Top Stories

#1 Locate the “Top Stories” (left column) Choose one article which interests you the most Todays articles may be different than the ones listed

News Categories

Categories:  Columbia, SC  U.S.  Elections  Technology  Entertainment  Sports  Health

News Categories #2 Choose at least one article from any category that interests you that interests you Click the topic in the left column

News Categories #3 Click the topic in the left column

News Categories #4 Click any of the articles on the new page