Teachers Manuel on The Use of Google Docs in Education Google Docs is a great service that everyone of you has to be using. It has such a huge potential in education that we never let a chance go by without including it in an article or a review here. Google Docs is both a handy office suite and smart cloud storage utility. From the time I started using Google Docs, I never went back to my Microsoft Office. As an educator I use Google Docs to write word documents, make excel sheets, create presentations and slideshows, collaborate with my colleagues while drafting a topic, store my files, convert my docs to PDFs and many more. 1- Tips Every Teacher Should Know about Google Docs 2- Teacher's Guide to The Use of Google Docs in The iPad 3- A Great Way to Use Google Docs with your Students 4- A Simple Guide on The Use of Google Forms in The Classroom 5- 52 Secrets You should Know about Google Docs 6- Google Drive as an Alternative to Google Docs To these six resources I would add some other great links you should consider as well : Google Docs Binder
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Google Launches Free Tool To Let You Run Your Own Online Courses Sensing the excitement from online education tools like edX , Google has just unveiled a (very beta) version of its own course building software. If you’ve ever wanted to run your own online courses, this might be worth your time. Google’s new Course Builder software comes on the heels of a massively popular online Google class ‘ Power Searching With Google ‘ hosted by Google’s Director of Research, Peter Norvig. Click here to get started with Google’s new Course Builder Why They Did It Norvig shared a bit more information about the impetus for creating the online course and the power searching course, saying it “was a strong success and also generated some technology that we thought would be useful to share with the world,” says Norvig. It’s interesting that Google is trying to do something completely new rather than help build edX or an already established tool. Google+ Hangouts Coming Soon Join Peter Norvig and special guests for two Hangouts on Air. The Details From Google
Laura Candler's Teaching Resources - Free Printables and Lesson Ideas for Teachers! Google Drive and Docs for Teachers 2012 Writing Lesson Plans The resources provided by The Teacher's Corner cover a variety of writing-focused topics such as: creative writing, parts of speech, poetry, vocabulary, and more. Your creativity and ideas can help other teachers. Send us your writing lesson plan or activity! Don't forget to include additional resources needed or a photo. Creative Writing Get those creative juices flowing! Daily Writing Prompts Printable writing prompts with pictures to help encourage creativity. Handwriting Find resources to help your students improve their handwriting. Miscellaneous Here are some great resources that didn't fit into our other categories. Parts of Speech Creative lesson plans and resources. Poetry Help your students find creative ways to share their thoughts and feelings. Reading Be sure to visit our reading page for additional Language Arts resources. Spelling Find useful study and editing tips. Vocabulary Fun and creative ways to increase your student's vocabulary.
Integrating Google Tools 4 Teachers Google Certified Innovator & Trainer Colette Cassinelli's Google Apps for Education Workshops Explore our world with Google's Geo Tools (the new Google Earth, Tour Builder, MyMaps, Google Expeditions, and more) and see how they can engage students in storytelling, exploration and critical thinking. Build your own maps, add narrative to tours, and see how 360 photospheres will engage your students as they add their photos to Maps. Go Beyond G Suite for Education with Chrome Apps & ExtensionsChromebooks using G Suites for Education are powerful tools for students for word processing, presentations, data collection, and websites. Creating a Google Site for Interactive Classroom ProjectsThe interface of the NEW Google Sites is much easier to use than CLASSIC Google Sites. Winning Ways to Use Google Apps in your LibraryAs a Teacher Librarian, you can use Google Apps for a wide range of Library activities. Get Mobile and Go Google! Colette Cassinelli's iPad Workshops Get Mobile and Go Google!
80+ Google Forms for the Classroom Google Forms is a great tool and I hope to use it more throughout this year. Take a look here for a more detailed introduction and guide to using and creating a Google Form – this was written prior to Google bringing forms into the NEW menu. I have created example forms for each of the different topics, follow the links in each of the ten sections. With help from a Googler I have included a link so that you can get your own copy of the form – click on the appropriate link and it should open in your docs home. 1 ) Get to know your class Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. 2 ) Emotion graph An emotion graph is a simple line graph comparing a range of happiness to sadness against different points (time) in a story or film. 3 ) Spelling test 4 ) Comprehension questions 5 ) Weekly reading record 6 ) Maths data handling 7 ) Guided reading record 8 ) Prior learning assessment