1. CBE’s Google Apps For Education Site: A Virtual Tour A ‘Reach For the Clouds Instructional Series’ Production By Rosemary Buck

2. 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.

3. CBE’s Google Apps For Education  Cloud based web application  Productivity tools  2 categories  Collaboration  Communication

4. App: Slides  Presentations tool

5. App: Sheets  Spreadsheet, graph and chart tool

6. App: Docs  Word processor tool

7. App: Forms  Survey tool

8. App: Gmail  Email tool

9. App: Drive  ‘Hub’ of GAFE  My Drive – left side of screen

10. App: Drive  ‘Hub’ of GAFE  My Drive  ‘Hub’ of GAFE  My Drive – right side of screen

11. App: Drive  ‘Hub’ of GAFE  Shared with me – left side of screen

12. App: Drive  ‘Hub’ of GAFE  Shared with me – right side of screen

13. Common Features – Collaboration  Organize files/folders  Share - real time  Create  Revision history  Manage  Tool bars

14. Common Features – Communication  Organize files/folders  Share  Create  Download  Manage

15. Sharing  Common  Multiple methods

16. Sharing  By link  By invite  Manage permissions

17. Collaborating  Colour coded  Comment box

18. Collaborating  Colour coded  On screen – real time changes

19. Collaborating  Chat – all members, real time

20. CBE’s Google Apps For Education  Cloud based web application  Anywhere

21. CBE’s Google Apps For Education  Cloud based web application  Any device

22. CBE’s Google Apps For Education Opportunity Is at YOUR Door!

23. 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