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7 Wonderful Google Docs Tutorials for Teachers

7 Wonderful Google Docs Tutorials for Teachers
Google Drive has all the features that make it a very powerful productivity suite for teachers. Besides being able to create documents, slides, drawings and spreadsheets , users can also upload their own PDFs and files and sync them with their Google Drive accounts across different devices. Another good thing about Google Drive which I mentioned yesterday in " File Sharing Tools I recommend for Teachers" is that it is web based and can also work offline. This is probably what distinguished this service from other powerful tools like Dropbox and Evernote. With Google Drive installed on your computer or tablet, you can access your downloaded docs and work on them the way you want and once connected to internet you can then sync them to the cloud. To help you better tap the usefulness of Google Drive I am sharing with you these wonderful video tutorials created by Anson Alexander. 1- Composing Google Docs 2- Sharing Files 3- Document Organization 4- What is Google Spreadsheet ?

Shared Google Docs with Students Sharing is caring and one of the powerful features of Google Docs is sharing.As we have seen in 8 Things Every Teacher should be Able to Do with Google Docs , users can easily share documents, presentations, tables, graphs, and spreadsheets by simply changing the visibility options in the sharing settings of Google Docs. But what if you want to aggregate all your docs in one document and share it with others ( probably your student) ? Shared Google Docs has the answer answer for you. What is Shared Google Docs ? Shared Google Docs ( or Drive, I am not used to call it Google Drive and I Like its old name Google Docs ) is a feature embedded within Google Docs' services that allows users to create folders to share with other users. How can I use Shared Google Docs with my students ? Here are some of the ways to use this feature with your students : Create a shared folder for your class. How can I create a shared Google Docs ? Here is how you can do it :

Des voyages scolaires pour créer des cartes postales sonores S'il y a bien une occasion pour réaliser des reportages, des enregistrements d'ambiances sonores ... des "cartes postales" sonores, ce sont les voyages scolaires. Je prends, pour cette séquence, l'exemple d'un projet réalisé avec des 4° à l'occasion de leur voyage en Espagne. Projet avec l'enseignante en espagnol et des 4° bilangue : création de 7 chroniques sonores par les élèves, montées ensuite en une seule émission, diffusée via un audioblog (podcasts) et via une radio associative Les élèves partent une semaine en Espagne visiter différents lieux pittoresques. Nombre de séances avec moi : 6 dont 3 pour l'enregistrement des voix des élèves et le montage en autonomie. Déroulement du projet séance 1 : l'habillage antenne : séance faite avant le voyage afin de les motiver et les aider à se projeter dans leur future chronique radio. séance 2 : De l'écrit à l'oral Nous comparons ce que nous entendons : l'une, c'est la froideur, neutralité du ton, accentuation des mots. Déroulement du projet

5 Time-Saving Ways Teachers Can Use Google Forms One of my favorite features of Google Drive is Google Forms. If you’re unfamiliar with this, think of it as a way to create quick surveys that can be used for a number of applications. Google automatically aggregates this data into a Google Spreadsheet, making forms a great way to quickly collect and share information. I have seen educators and administrators use Google Forms in the most creative and inventive ways. If you’re just starting with Google Forms, here are five ways that you can use them to streamline your classroom! Collect Contact Information At the beginning of the year, I find that a great ice-breaker with my students is to share a Google Form that asks their name, contact information, and something unique and interesting about themselves. Similarly, it is often necessary to collect information from parents for special events. Bell Ringer & Exit Ticket Activities Collect Homework Collecting homework is often an onerous task. Survey & Check-In with Students Creating Rubrics

8 Useful Apps for Working on Video Projects on iPad 1- iMovie Make beautiful HD movies anywhere with iMovie, the fast and fun moviemaking app that puts everything you need to tell your story at your fingertips. Browse and play projects in the Marquee view. Create Hollywood-style trailers or sophisticated home movies in minutes.* And share your finished projects with the world – right from iMovie. 2- Videolicious Over 1,000,000 downloads! 3- Splice Vide Editor Splice together HD photos and videos in an amazingly simple way. 4- ReelDirector Turn your photos into stunning, professional-quality videos, complete with music and text, with Animoto’s free app! 6- Vidify Vidify is the easiest way to make fully edited music videos on the iPhone. 7- Fotobabbe

How To Create A Paperless Classroom With Your iPad How To Create A Paperless Classroom With Your iPad Update: Some of the feedback we are getting (an example of which you can see below in the comments section) is suggesting you might need certain rights for this to work–namely access to Google Apps in Education, and District admin rights. We will update this post when we find out more specific information, but it seems that the majority of this workflow is relevant to simple access to Google Docs/Drive itself. The idea of a paperless classroom is not new. In fact, there was recently one very good blog, TeachPaperless, dedicated to this very idea. When iPads came out, many laypersons assumed they’d simply replace textbooks, but any teacher worth their salt knew this was a bad idea.

Audacity : Un logiciel libre pour les profs de FLE | T 3inPartagerinPartager3 Audacity est un logiciel libre, facile à prendre en main et incontournable pour les enseignants de FLE qui souhaitent intégrer des documents audio authentiques. (téléchargement gratuit ici) Nous vous avons, dans de précédents articles, présenté certains podcast que nous utilisons dans nos cours ; (4 podcast -Niveau B1/C2 et podcast : pistes pour niveaux avancés.) J’avais, dans un de ces articles, souligné que certains de ces documents pouvaient demander un traitement en amont de l’utilisation. Exemple d’utilisation Prenons le cas de la librairie francophone de Emmanuel Kerad sur France Inter. Le générique, avec présentation du sommaire et des intervenants pour réaliser une compréhension globale; c’est-à-dire inviter mes apprenants à se familiariser avec l’émission (type, tonalité, concept etc.) Le problème est que la séquence est un peu longue et qu’elle est située à environ 23 minutes du début de l’émission. audacity en fle /libraire Francophone by celmez

Google Forms in Education | Edcentric Google Forms in Education Though Google Docs has permeated through education over the last five years, Google Forms is still relatively new to most educators. Forms can be used by students, teachers, administrators, and other staff members. Before giving examples of how educators can use Google Forms, it is important to give a brief introduction. Google Forms is essentially a survey tool; however, it can be used for assessment. Teachers There are many ways that teachers can use Google Forms, from assessments to polling student interest on certain topics (Google Moderator will do something similar). An example form: Teachers could then evaluate the general feelings with the specific answers students gave to decide on the next step in instruction. Over the next week I will create multiple posts concerning Google Forms. -edcentric- Like this: Like Loading... About afichter Husband, Father, and Educator.

Using your iPad as a digital whiteboard Interested in finding out how easy it is to use your iPad as a digital whiteboard? As our experience and confidence in using the iPad in the education sector expands, using your iPad as a digital whiteboard may seem obvious. But whether you’re a confident Apple educator or just getting started, you might be unsure about how best to go about it. Perhaps you want to broadcast a tutorial or e-learning resource to your students or maybe create a collaborative task that can be viewed by the whole class. Here’s my top three: Most of us will consider cost, user reviews and the position of the app in the app store as to whether it’s worthwhile downloading - and rightly so. 1. ScreenChomp has received some great user reviews, and while free apps generally score higher than paid-for ones, Screen Chomp has achieved an impressive four-star rating. The free app uses the strapline: Record it. 2. While there are apps available to draw images, Zigzag has come highly recommended. 3. Checklist: Instructions:

Google Classroom : le guide complet ! | Le blog de Thierry VANOFFE : Coach Google Apps Classroom, la nouvelle application de Google Apps Education permet aux enseignants de communiquer, de mettre à disposition des supports de cours et de récupérer les devoirs par voie électronique. Classroom est accessible à toute personne utilisant Google Apps for Education, suite gratuite d’outils d’aide à la productivité qui comprend Gmail, Docs, Drive, Groups et Site Classroom permet aux enseignants de communiquer, de mettre à disposition des supports de cours et de récupérer les devoirs par voie électronique. Ce service est également synonyme de gain de temps grâce à des fonctionnalités telles que la possibilité de faire automatiquement une copie d’un document Google pour chaque élève. Des dossiers Drive sont par ailleurs créés pour chaque devoir et pour chaque élève, ce qui facilite l’organisation de chacun. Les élèves font le suivi des dates de remise sur la page « Devoirs » et peuvent commencer à travailler en un seul clic. Sur le même thème Google Classroom fait sa rentrée Dans "ALL"

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