Notes from breakout session at TCEA 2011 Google Academy
Scott Floyd (@woscholar on Twitter)
Director of Instructional Technology, White Oak ISD
Presentation: http://tinyurl.com/tceagoogle
White Oak ISD has been using GAFE for four years and only had three brief outages. A couple of them weren't even noticed because Google has so much redundancy.
What about FERPA or CIPA violations? WOISD trusts the professionalism of their staff and has had no problems with these in reference to GAFE.
WOISD uses GAFE all the way down to third grade. They allow high school students to use personal Gmail accounts and Google Apps so they can build a digital footprint of their own without having to export the data from WO GAFE at the end of high school.
YouTube video: Teachers and Principals Talk About Google Docs
Google Apps improves ENGAGEMENT, which in turn improves LEARNING when implemented well by teachers. No tool on its own improves learning.
Example Project: Google form embedded in a blog where students are recording trout hatching in an aquarium over time. Collaborating with an elementary school in Austin who also has an aquarium and keeping track through shared Google docs.
You can now log in to your GAFE domain from the main Google home page. Just use your full email address including your GAFE domain name.
Note: When using Google shared calendar, a Private event means anyone who shares your calendar can still see the event. Public means it can be found by anyone in Google search.
WO ISD no longer uses Microsoft Office. They use Open Office when they need desktop applications.
Monday, February 7, 2011
A Day in the Life: Google Apps for Teachers
Notes from a breakout session at TCEA 2011 Google Academy
A Day in the Life - Google Apps for Teachers
Julia Stiglitz - Business Development Manager Google Apps for Education
50 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Great presentation with links to many of the examples!
Google Moderator Site for this Presentation: http://www.google.com/moderator/#16/e=5847a
GOOGLE DOCS IDEAS
Collaborative Writing with Google Docs - Teacher can review revision history to see the writing process of students and which student contributed to each part of the document. You can even see when they wrote it (last minute? took sufficient time?). Gives teacher great insight into the student's writing process. Teacher can also add feedback for students to the document using Insert Comment feature. You can also share comments with other teachers to see if everyone is on the same page regarding requirements. In the end, students can publish the final product to the web.
Reading Response Journals - Students write reading responses. Teacher does not have to carry around notebooks and can give more immediate feedback.
Google Translate - Write a letter to parents in English and use translate feature to change it to Spanish or whatever language you need it to go to.
Sign Up Sheets - Post a spreadsheet on the web where parents can sign up for a time to come to a conference, etc.
Science Experiments - Use Google Form to collect data. Several groups can contribute data to the same spreadsheet. Insert a Google Gadget - Ex: Motion Graph. Can then publish data to the web for review or extended learning.
Flash Card Center Gadget- Create flash cards from a Google spreadsheet
GOOGLE FORMS IDEAS
A Day in the Life - Google Apps for Teachers
Julia Stiglitz - Business Development Manager Google Apps for Education
50 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Great presentation with links to many of the examples!
Google Moderator Site for this Presentation: http://www.google.com/moderator/#16/e=5847a
GOOGLE DOCS IDEAS
Collaborative Writing with Google Docs - Teacher can review revision history to see the writing process of students and which student contributed to each part of the document. You can even see when they wrote it (last minute? took sufficient time?). Gives teacher great insight into the student's writing process. Teacher can also add feedback for students to the document using Insert Comment feature. You can also share comments with other teachers to see if everyone is on the same page regarding requirements. In the end, students can publish the final product to the web.
Reading Response Journals - Students write reading responses. Teacher does not have to carry around notebooks and can give more immediate feedback.
Google Translate - Write a letter to parents in English and use translate feature to change it to Spanish or whatever language you need it to go to.
Sign Up Sheets - Post a spreadsheet on the web where parents can sign up for a time to come to a conference, etc.
Science Experiments - Use Google Form to collect data. Several groups can contribute data to the same spreadsheet. Insert a Google Gadget - Ex: Motion Graph. Can then publish data to the web for review or extended learning.
Flash Card Center Gadget- Create flash cards from a Google spreadsheet
GOOGLE FORMS IDEAS
- Formative and Summative Assessments - Especially good in 1:1 environments. Can adjust lesson on the fly based on student background knowledge or learning during the lesson.
- Student Surveys
- Teacher or Student Observations - Can work anywhere with a browser, including with a smart phone
- Online Reading Record - Student can enter reading hours and responses
- Track Discipline Referrals
- Rubric for Grading Student Work or Presentations - For teacher or for whole class to peer evaluate
- Collecting Info from Parents or Teachers
- Spelling/Multiplication Tests - Write a formula to grade it for you!
- Collect Science Data
- Survey School
- Standards Mapping - keep everyone on the same pace in scope and sequence
- Check out shared resources
- Share calendars and schedule grade level, team, campus, etc. events
- Translate and send emails in other languages
- Remember to check out Google labs for useful gadgets
- Bring guest speakers into your classroom without them having to travel to your physical location
- Invite grandparents or other guests to read a story to the class
- Hold "office hours" to give homework help
- Hold class on a snow day!
- Video chat is just 1:1, but text chat can be between multiple people
- Teacher Websites
- Student ePortfolios - Every student at Clemson University uses a Google site to create a portfolio
- Embed calendars, documents
- Student Newspapers - Brown University
Google Academy Opening Session TCEA 2011
OK folks...I'm trying an experiment in live blogging as I attend the Texas Computer Education Association 2011 Convention and Exposition. Basically, I'll be taking notes here on my blog. I hope this winds up being useful to any readers as well as serving as a plce for me to look back and reflect on my learning.
First Up - Google Academy Opening Session
Colleges & K12s: considering or using Apps for Edu? Check out the new Guide to Going Google: eduguide.googleapps.com
Presentation by Leslie Fischer, chief geek of lesliefischer.com (@lesliefischer on Twitter)
First Up - Google Academy Opening Session
Colleges & K12s: considering or using Apps for Edu? Check out the new Guide to Going Google: eduguide.googleapps.com
Presentation by Leslie Fischer, chief geek of lesliefischer.com (@lesliefischer on Twitter)
- Full presentation is on her website at lesliefischer.com - http://www.lesliefisher.com/handouts/google_preso_fisher.pdf
- RockMelt - a browser built on Google chrome - puts Facebook and Twitter info all on one screen, also suggests RSS feeds for sites you use frequently. You don't have to leave your web browsing to check on FB and Twitter.
- Did you know Google Docs now does OCR? Upload a .pdf ant it will convert it to a Google Doc file
- http://www.googleartproject.com/ - Google has used street view technology to post tours of the world's greatest museums.
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