2. PREVIOUS UNIT
UNIT 1: GET READY TO USE TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
+ Explore the Benefits of the Digital Classroom and Encourage Twenty-First
Century Work Habits
+ Get Familiar with Google Tools for the Digital Classroom
+ Create Safe, Responsible Digital Citizens
+ Think Beyond the Textbook
UNIT 2: EXPAND YOUR ACCESS TO HELP AND LEARNING
+ Get Your Questions Answered
+ Build Your Own Learning Network
+ Discover Local Google for Education Experts
3. Unit 3: HAVE A (MOSTLY) PAPERLESS
CLASSROOM
01 _INTRODUCTION
02 _Move Your File Into Drive
03 _Make Fewer Class Copies
04 _Bring Your Quizzes Online Using Google
Forms
5. What Will You Learn?
In this unit, you’ll learn:
+ How Google Drive can be used for your own cloud
storage
+ How to upload documents to Google Drive
+ How to create documents within Google Drive
+ Tips for organizing your Google Drive
+ How to collaborate using Google Docs
+ Tips for using the Google Docs suite in your classroom
+ How Classroom works with Docs and Drive
7. What Skills Will You Need?
+ Managing Folders in Google Drive
+ How to Upload Files in Google Drive
+ Using Classroom
+ Google Docs: Create
+ Google Docs: Share
+ Google Forms: Create
+ Google Forms: Response Destination
+ Google Forms: Send Your Form
9. Cloud storage is basically a computer connected to the
Internet that we can save our information to by ‘Uploading’
what we want to save.
Understanding Cloud Storage
10. Meet Google Drive
Google Drive is a safe place where you can store your
documents, slideshows, spreadsheets, pictures, videos, and
much more.
20. Meet G Suite for Education
Most educators dread using printers and photocopiers, but they’re
necessary when you need to make class copies of your documents.
All this changes when you use the G Suite for Education.
21. The G Suite for Education includes
With these tools, a single document, sheet, or slide is provided that
students can use to access the document (versus an offline, desktop-
based document they have to keep track of).
22. How Do You Start?
1. Create a Google
Document
2. Upload Files
3. Convert Files
4. Sharing files
32. Forms for Everyone
Google Forms helps teachers and students collect and
analyze data. Forms can also act as surveys. Forms aren’t
just for teachers, though.Forms aren’t just for teachers,
though.
33. Q and A with Google Forms
In this section you’ll learn:
+ Create a Google Form
+ Add/Edit a Question in
Google Forms
+ Response Destination
+ Share Your Google
Forms
+ View Responses
42. Unit Review
Scenario 1
You are the educational technology coach at a small
elementary school where each classroom has one
computer, in addition to the principal and office staff’s
devices. The school has just made the move to G
Suite for Education but there is some hesitation about
moving to a fully-online environment.
55. UNIT 4: SAVE TIME COMMUNICATING
01 _INTRODUCTION
02 _Use Gmail to Communicate with Your
Classroom
03 _Organize and Search Gmail to Save Time
04 _Use Hangouts for Real-time Student
Communication
05 _Use Google Groups to Build Better Class
Communication
06 _Share Your Students’ Work With the School
Community
57. This unit will focus on the powerful communication features of
Gmail, Hangouts, Groups and Sites. Together, they make it easy
to contact the right person at the right time.
58. What Will You Learn?
In this unit, you’ll learn to:
+ Apply the organizational benefits of Gmail in your classroom
+ Explain how to use the Translation feature in Gmail to communicate
with a diverse audience
+ Identify the benefits of real-time communication with students
+ Explain how to use instant messaging in Hangouts from any device
+ Identify how Google Groups can be used in your classroom
+ Identify the value of having a class website
+ Create a customized Google Site for your classroom
59. What Products Will We Cover?
Throughout this unit, we’ll be using these products. You don’t
have to master them, but if you’ve never used them before, take
a moment to get familiar with them.
61. The Power of Gmail
In a world of high-speed, professional communication, being an email
master who is able to effectively prioritize, organize, and deliver
information is incredibly valuable. It’s likely that you already use email in
your personal life, and if you have a G Suite for Education account, you
already have a Gmail address.
62. Gmail for Prompt Multicultural Communication
Gmail has a built in message translation feature. I can write the
message in English and Google Translate does the work for me. It’s
helpful for parents and they appreciate it. They can even reply in their
native language and I understand what they have written. Gmail and
Google Translate have made my communication a lot easier!
72. Let Gmail Help You
Gmail’s organizational features allow its users to
effectively categorize emails in a variety of different ways.
73. Find and Organize Gmail Messages
You can organize your Gmail inbox and find important emails
quicker by creating filters, customizing your inbox type, applying
stars to similar types of conversations, and creating multiple labels
for a single message.
74. Gmail in Action
A Priority Inbox works best in a school setting because Gmail
notices your complex email habits - the emails you open, mark as
important, delete, label, and star - and places the conversations
most pertinent to the productivity of your classroom front and
center.
84. Communicate in New Ways
The familiar time and space issues of a brick-and-mortar
classroom no longer exist when you use technology to
digitally communicate with students in real-time.
85. Instant Global Communication
Google Hangouts allows you to instantly message anyone
around the world via text, or to hold a live video chat.
86. Communication Revolution
Now it’s your turn to apply what
you have learned.
What are some situations
where you could use
Hangouts instant messaging
as a valuable tool to
communicate with your
students?
96. Foster Online Discussions
Google Groups is an easy-to-use
application that acts as a
discussion board and mailing list
to reach large groups of people.
97. Share Ideas in Groups
Google Groups can be used to
create discussion forums with
people who you identify as group
members.
98. Create a Google Group
Google Groups provides each
student in the classroom with
his/her own unique voice.
108. Empower Your Classroom
Google Sites makes it
possible for you to
strengthen lines of
communication and it
empowers students to
complete extraordinary
projects.
109. Creation and Customization with Sites
Google Sites are incredibly
easy to create and
personalize. Within Google
Sites, you have the option to
create unique layouts for your
pages.
110. Apply Your Sites Knowledge
Google Sites allows you to collaborate with other educators, by making it
possible for several people to edit any site at any time.
119. UNIT 5: ORGANIZE ACTIVITIES FOR YOURSELF
AND OTHERS
01 _Introduction
02 _Keep Track of Your Class Schedules
and Appointments Using
Google Calendar
03 _Get More Organized
121. What Will You Learn?
1. To create and share Google
Calendars
2. To set reminders and
notifications for events in your
calendar
3. How to manage multiple
calendars
4. To add media and share notes
in Google Keep
122. What Products Will We Cover?
You don't have to master it, unless you've never been before, take
the time to get to know him
123. What Skills Will You Need?
1. Create a New Calendar
1. Create and Manage Notes in Google
Keep
1. Create Google Task
1. Manage Calendar Event Notifications
1. Share a Google Calendar
1. Create Calendar Events
124. 02.
Keep Track of Your Class Schedules
and Appointments Using Google
Calendar
125. Stay Organized with a Busy Schedule
You can also set up custom reminders with each Google
Calendar so you never forget an important meeting, school
event or sports activity.
126. Google provides each of us with a default
calendar that inherits the name of our user
account. Often this is enough to satisfy
most people, but if you need to share
certain elements (or set reminders for
unique events) you may want to create a
separate calendar that is different from the
default calendar.
Creating Google Calendars
127. Set up a new calendar
1. On your computer, open Google Calendar. You can create an
unlimited number of calendars to keep track of the different
parts of your life.
128. 2. On the left, next to "Other calendars", click Add
another calendar. Create a new calendar.
Creating Google Calendars
129. 3. Add the name and description of your calendar.
Then save
136. Share A Calendar
1. Hover your cursor on the
calendar that has been created.
2. Select Options next to your
calendar.
3. Then select Settings and
Sharing.
152. 1. Getting Your Tasks in Hand
Many people like to use their calendars to stay organized, another great
way to stay on top of things is to make a to-do list.
153. 2. Making More of Lists and Tasks
Google has two useful tools that can help keep track of all of the chaos.
Google Tasks and Google Keep
154. Google Tasks
Utilizing the Google Tasks feature in Gmail is the fastest and easiest way
to enter paper-based task lists into the digital age.
155. Google Keep
Google Keep is a newer and richer version of Tasks that enables faster
and easier use for educators on the go.
156. “Keep”ing Images
With Google Keep, written reminders take a back
seat, by providing the ability to save images along
with text items.