1. Google Basics
Lucy Gray
Education Consultant
http://www.lucygray.org
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2. Choose Our Own Adventures
Docs
Sites
Calendar
Maps and Earth
Google+
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Which topics would you like to cover today?
Suggestion: Let’s pick 3.

3. Google’s mission is to organize
the world’s information and make
it universally accessible and
useful.
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4. A sense of fun
pervades
everything.
Risking taking and
pursuing’s one
passion are
encouraged.
Everything is in a
state of perpetual
beta. Continous
improvement is
important.
Creativity and
innovation are
core.
Thinking Outside the Box:
Google’s Working Environment
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5. http://goo.gl/GDTgG
The Search
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by John Battelle

6. Guiding Principles
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Focus on the user and all else will follow.
It’s best to do one thing really, really well.
Fast is better than slow.
Democracy on the web works.
You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer.

7. Guiding Principles
You can make money without doing evil.
There’s always more information out there.
The need for information crosses all borders.
You can be serious without a suit.
Great isn’t just good enough.
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8. Applied to Learning
Focus on the student and all else will follow
It’s best to teach a few things really, really well.
Fast is better than slow.
Democracy in the classroom works.
You don’t need to be at school to need an answer.
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9. Applied to Learning
You can teach without doing evil.
There’s always more information out there.
The need for information crosses all borders.
You can be serious without a suit.
Great just isn’t good enough.
Courtesy of Mark Wagner, EdTech Team
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10. Twenty Percent Time
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11. A Video Speaks 1000 Words
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http://youtu.be/VfDW7qAdFGk

12. Food for Thought....
How can we incorporate these ideas into our own
schools?
What can schools learn from innovative businesses
without becoming “corporate” ?
What are we doing differently as institutions in this age
of information and innovation?
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13. http://www.google.com/edu/teachers/index.html

14. Google Apps for Education
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15. Google Teacher Academy
Google Certified Teachers
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16. Google Science Fair
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17. Exploring Computational Thinking
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18. Chrome in Education
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19. Google Earth for Educators
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20. YouTube in Education
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21. YouTube for Schools
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So, where do you start?

23. More Even More
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Blogger
Books
Calendar
Custom Search
Docs
Earth
Gmail
Google+
Maps
News
Picasa
Picnik
Reader
Sites
Web Search
YouTube

24. Docs
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Create collaborative or private documents,
spreadsheets, forms, drawings, presentations
and fusion tables
Varying levels of permissions can be enabled
Revision history lets you track changes
Commenting and chat in Docs and
Spreadsheets
Work offline and upload later

25. My Docs Home Page
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26. Share Folders
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Templates

28. Lucy’s iPad Resources
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29. Global Awareness Survey
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Survey:
http://tinyurl.com/
21stcenturyskillssurvey
Results:
http://tinyurl.com/
21stcenturyskillssurveyresults

30. Global Awareness Results
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31. Scott Floyd/TCEA App List
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32. Escondido Union School District
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33. Liz Davis
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34. Flubaroo
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35. Presentations
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36. Presentations
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37. Mr. Stritchfield
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38. Tom Barrett
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39. Docs Ideas
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Peer editing during
writers’ workshop
Lit circle group activities
Project management
Lab reports
ePortfolios
Shared lesson repositories
Curriculum guides
Unit Plans
Course evaluations
Shared notetaking at
meetings and conferences
Classroom walk throughs
Grant proposals
Sign up forms
Surveys
Book talks
Embedded presentations
in Google Sites

40. Sites
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Easy to use web site creation tool
Based on wiki technology
Varying levels of permissions can be enabled
including page level permissions
Revision history available
Create templates which can be shared
across Google Apps domains
Embed media created with Google tools and
other Web 2.0 applications

41. Sites Homepage
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42. https://sites.google.com/a/lucygrayconsulting.com/
globalcollaboration/

43. James Sanders
https://sites.google.com/site/historywithsanders/

44. Goochland Course Guide
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45. Cheryl Davis
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46. Dolores Gende
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47. Mr. Smith
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https://sites.google.com/a/boyslatin.org/smith/

48. Oregon Google Summit
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49. Wendy Gorton - CUE
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50. Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
50Creating a Google Site

51. Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
51Creating a Google Site

52. Step 9
Step 10
Step 8
52Creating a Google Site

53. Sites Ideas
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Teacher web site
Professional
portfolios
Repository for
departmental
meeting notes
Accreditation
documentation
Event planning
Professional
development
resources
Assessment
Student portfolios
Digital science
notebooks
Book previews

54. Maps & Earth
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Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Getting Directions

62. Getting Directions

63. 63
Step 1
Making a Map
Step 4
Step 3
Step 2

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Step 5
Making a Map
Step 7
Step 6

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Step 8
Step 9
Step 10
Making a Map

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Note: If you click on the Import button, you can import existing .kml or .kmz files
Importing Existing KML and KMZ files
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kml.php
http://www.googlelittrips.org/

67. 67Step 11: Search for a location

68. 68Step 12: Add the location to a map

69. 69Step 12: Add the location to a map

70. 70Step 12: Add location to a map

71. 71Finding Your Map

72. Looking at Your Map 72

73. 73More information about a location

74. 74Satellite view with traffic

75. 75Google Earth view

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Google Earth
http://www.google.com/earth/

79. Haiti

80. Haiti with a USGS .kml layer

81. Haiti with a USGS .kml layer

82. Epicenter of 2010 Earthquake

83. Additional layers of information

84. Additional layers of information

85. Additional layers of information

86. Historical images: 2009

87. Historical images: January 12, 2010

88. Historical images: January 24, 2010

89. Browser Integration

90. Downloaded a .kml or .kmz file on damage

91. Looking at Google Maps within Google Earth

92. Google Sky

93. Google Sky

94. Google Moon

95. Flight Simulator

96. Flight Simulator

97. Tours

98. Preferences

99. Google Earth’s Tour

100. Streetview

101. http://www.googlelittrips.org/

109. http://www.googlelittrips.org/

110. Google Earth and Maps Ideas
View and create Google Earth Lit Trips
Appoint a student to be the class cartographer to document
locations encountered by your class
Enable layers in Google Earth to see supplementary materials
Creating maps for trips and tours
Exploring countries in world language classes
Plotting routes taken in films & literature
Campus tours
Tours of historical sites
Calculating distances between locations
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Google Plus

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Add To Your Circles
Steve Hargadon
Larry Ferlazzo
Kern Kelley
Esther Wojcicki
Cheryl Oakes
Jim Sill

115. 115Google Hangouts

116. 116Google Hangouts on Air
http://youtu.be/pBpHr6pGjKw

117. 117Google Hangouts: Screensharing

118. 118Google Hangouts: Apps

120. How could you use Google+ and Hangouts?
Professional development
Networking with peers
Conversations with experts
Live broadcasts
Videoconferencing with experts
Parent conferences
Tutoring
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121. Resources
The Search by John Batelle
The Official Google Blog
Google in Education group within Diigo
Google Teacher Center newsletter
Google’s YouTube channel
Google Teacher Academy Resources
CUE’s Google Workshop for Educators Resources
click on Events and view the agendas to find great resources
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122. Lucy Gray
elemenous on Twitter, YouTube, Flickr,
etc.
lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
http://lucygrayconsulting.com
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