Google Workshop
Day 1
Agenda
- Sign up for a google account if you don't already have one
- Add your google account to the wall (using wallwisher) I am planning to use this for student questions to be posted during instruction. Good idea! Thanks.
- This is a great way to have students do bell work.
- Google - web search
- use advance search features - one way is to put search item: edu or search item:.country code (uk) and find other countries perspective
- Check out the web history of your searches
- Show more options on a google search
- timeline
- wonder wheel
- Google Web History
- igoogle custom home page
- Google School
- can set up a domain for district
- teacher and student email
- can set up email so people can only email within district, can set up so teachers can go out but students have to stay within domain
- Google Docs in Plain English (Video)
- Start a Google Doc
- Google Docs for Educators
- Go to revision history to see changes people make to a document
- "Insert a comment" gives a highlighted comment (you can choose the color) and names who's making the comment
- Docs are stored in docs.google.com or click on My Account and then click on Docs Thank you, Google, for now allowing everyone to edit! No excuses!
- Google Spreadsheet
- Survey via a Google Form
- Use http://bit.ly to shorten a URL
- You can customize your url if you have one of their FREE accounts. (gw)
- Google Presentation
- Blogger
- Create a new blog
- You may have to verify your google account information using your cell phone - this is for security reasons
- Some Blogs worth noting
- The Thinking Stick - Jeff Utecht
- Larry Ferlazzo's websites of the day
- Free Tech 4 Teachers - RM Byrne
- The Huffington Post
- The tech fridge - Josh Allen - Nebraska
- Avenue4Learning - Michelle Baldwin - Nebraska
- Google Reader - An RSS aggregator
- Google Sites
- You can get your own domain to tie to Google sites
- Google Calendar
- Talk
- windows only download
- can run inside a browser or inside your igoogle page
- has an IM interface
- Translate
- Google News
- Google Mobile
- Google SMS
- Google Gears
- Google Notebook
- Works, but Google has stopped development of Notebook
- Google Bookmarks
- Google Toolbar - for Internet Explorer and Firefox
- Sketchup
- Picasa
- Web site to post photos - can share photos via link (with people that you give access to)
- can download picasa for mac and it will find photos and upload and make albums
- Google Earth
- Resources from Hall Davidson
- Resources for using Google Earth in the classroom
- Google Maps
- by car
- by public transit
- by walking
- Goog 411
- Google Dashboard
- lets you view data that is being stored on the google services you are using
- aggregates services like gmail, docs, blogger, picasa, calendar, and web history.
- Google Wave
- you must be invited - closed for others right now
- Google Groups
- Google Teacher Academy
- Google wiki
- A google handout
- The Official Google Blog
- Google Labs
- More Google Products - the list continually grows
- Google Books
- Google Scholar
- Google Squared - AMAZING WEBSITE - I love this site!
- Google Posters for Education
- Information for setting a Google Domain (after much consideration/discussion)
- http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html
- Advanced Configuration Guide
- Reference Guide (PDF)
- Six Steps to get you started
- Google Apps Help Center for Users
- Google Apps Help Center for Administrators (LAN managers)
- Suggest a Feature
- Please take the evaluation at the end of the day
- Click on Public Surveys under the login area
- Click Google Tools Summer Workshop Survey
- Thanks for coming!
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