Are you being Googl-ized at your school district? You know about Google Mail and Google Calendar, but what about all those other items on your mail homepage? What is “Drive” and what happened to my “Docs” link. In this workshop we will be looking at a number of Google Apps For Education products and how they can be used in a collaborative, academic setting.
This is a make it take it workshop, therefore we ask for you to bring your laptop as you will be able to work on projects that you will be able to take to use in your educational work setting. This workshop is targeted towards Library Media Teachers, the pace is for Google Apps beginners. Topics covered include organizing your gmail, calendar, contacts,working with Drive & Docs, safe search techniques, advanced search techniques, and mini-activities designed to encourage student & teacher search skills.
6. YOUR DIGITAL BACKPACK
Google Drive lets you store and share all your stuff,
including documents, videos, images and other
files that are important to you. You can sync, store
and access your files anywhere – on the web, on
your hard drive or on the go.
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8. DRIVE & DOCS
GOOGLE DOCS IS AN ONLINE WORD PROCESSOR THAT LETS YOU CREATE AND FORMAT TEXT DOCUMENTS AND
COLLABORATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN REAL TIME.
GOOGLE SHEETS IS AN ONLINE SPREADSHEET APPLICATION (APP) THAT LETS YOU CREATE AND FORMAT
SPREADSHEETS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
GOOGLE SLIDES IS AN ONLINE PRESENTATIONS APP THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SHOW OFF YOUR WORK IN A VISUAL
WAY.
GOOGLE FORMS ARE A SPECIAL EXTENSION OF GOOGLE SHEETS. WITH FORMS, USERS CAN CREATE A FORM
DOCUMENT TO PUBLISH TO THE WEB THAT WILL ACCEPT DATA AND POPULATE A SPREADSHEET BEHIND THE
SCENES.
GOOGLE DRAWINGS LETS YOU EASILY CREATE, EDIT AND SHARE DRAWINGS ONLINE. THE TOOL INCLUDES ALL
THE SHARING AND VISIBILITY FEATURE OF OTHER DOCS & DRIVE PRODUCTS ALONG WITH THE ABILITY TO CREATE
SHAPES, LAYOUT GUIDES, ORGANIZE GRAPHICS AND MUCH MORE.
Learn More: goo.gl/y43oXT
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