Getting to Know Google Apps

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Work smarter with Gmail and Google Apps

Full list of Google's Cloud Based Services

Google for Mind Mapping 

This image was created using Google Drawing.

 Open Google, click on Create, then on Drawing. 
Students can work collaboratively to create their own mind-maps. 
Students can also create a poster using Google's Picasa. 

The beauty of Google is they do not have to work at the same time. They can share their work with others at all hours, work from home or school, or even with someone on the other side of the country.

Advanced Search in Google: Click on Search Tools on the top right-hand side of the page This will allow you to search by; reading level, copyright free images, safety and language.
Other ways to refine your Google search:
- word search for chocolate, but NOT cake ex) chocolate -cake
+ word find exact words ex) +chocolate cake
“set of words” -search for exact set of words, quotes, or phrases ex) “chocolate cake”

Google Goggles is an image recognition app for mobile devices.  

Google Calendar
Manage meetings with Google Calendar. Google Calendar makes scheduling meetings easy with shared calendars. You’ll get invites and reminders and can even join a scheduled video meeting right from your inbox.

Google Forms
Short Video on how to create a Google Form

Sample Google Form

Google Drive

This is a pure cloud computing service, with all the apps and storage found online. Drive is also available on more than just desktop computers; you can use it on tablets like the iPad or on smartphones. In fact, all of Google's services could be considered cloud computing: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Google Voice, and so on.  (Griffith, 2013)

Use Google Drive to send large files
Send huge files in Gmail (up to 10GB) using Google Drive. Plus files stored in Drive stay up-to-date automatically so everyone has the most recent version and can access them from anywhere.


Use Google Drive to Collaborate on documents, presentations, forms, spreadsheets, drawings and more.
Get email alerts when someone comments on your shared document in Docs and Slides. To respond to the comment, just reply to the email. Sample Document

Things to Consider - Using Google Drive

Use FOLDERS - this will help you organize. Check out the difference between "Owned by me" and "Shared with me" as eventually you will have a lot of docs and you will need to find them quickly. You can upload pre-existing Office documents and work on them instantly!

Don't be afraid to try! Google HELP - is your FRIEND! When students want to share with the entire class - have them share it with YOU and then you can drag and drop that file onto a shared folder with the classroom, refresh the browser, and voile it will be available to all students. 

Google Presentation

Templates created by Susan Oxnevad ready for classroom use. Research Template- Vocabulary Template

Google Maps

Geoguessr

Google Voice

References/Resources:

Richard Bryne is a Google Certified Instruction and he has assembled a wonderful FREE guide for Google Apps.

Janice Uptegrove What's All The Google About, Park University EDU207 Fall 2013