Google

Making Google Work Better for You

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Below are a few resources to help you get the most out of Google searching:

 

 

 

 

Navigating the Digital Side of Life

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As the semester quickly comes to an end it’s time to reflect on all the Upper School experiences that have enhanced our level of digital citizenship. Thanks for your attention and efforts towards improving your digital knowledge and skills!

 

 UbU: Digital identity and privacy including dips into the following topics:

Cyberbullying

Digital footprint and reputation

Internet safety

Privacy and security

  GYST: Digital organization and information management  

Setting up your browser and Google drive

Google school 101 
Google school 102 
Google school 103 
Google school 201
Google data school

 

Zoodle organization including a digital homework “agenda”

 

Working effectively w/ videos

  

Digital scavenger

 

Smart phone etiquette 

 

The innovation of loneliness

 

Navigating digital relationships

 

Next semester we will focus on activities to get us ready for our next device.

Simply Dealing w/ Video Assignments

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Please avoid classwork at all costs when dealing with video files.   Below are two recommended ways to share/submit videos that allow for instant play w/o downloading.

  1. Via a direct link (eg an .avi file in Google drive, or a link to the video on Youtube)
    How to make and turn in a video via Google drive 
  2. Embedded as a post in their digital portfolio
    How to embed a video into a portfolio post 

3 Cool Ways to Visualize Data For Enhanced Understanding

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Below are three examples that are included in the Social Studies Data site that we will play with today and Thursday during Google school (rm 110 12:20-40)

 

3) GAP Minder is an excelled source for motion charts, however your students can create their own with Google spreadsheets.

 
Lots of fantastic ideas about data for learning have come from Warren Apel to dig deeper check out his Super Charting site.

Google School Today

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Today’s Google school will cover a quick overview of the similarities and differences between Word and Google docs.

 

Google Docs Only

Word Only

Easily published to the web

More fonts, addins (Math symbols) and document formatting features

Documents easily edited by multiple people

Track changes

Revision history tracked

Mail merge

Context spell check

  Drawing functionality

Google School 103 Sort Your Files

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This weeks Google school focus is on sorting and sharing files. In 20 minutes we will cover the following:

  • How to sort files (title, size, last modified & last opened)
  • How to find a file by narrowing search results
  • Organize your files (create a folder on the web, move files to a folder)
  • Share a folder


Before this session you should:

      Have set up Google Drive
Know what the cloud is (Google School 101)
Understand how to navigate your Drive (Google School 102- Get to know your drive)  

 

 


Google School Today

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Today’s session is a repeat of from last Thursday.

Before this session you should:
      Have set up Google Drive
Know what the cloud is (Google School 101)

 

In this session you will:

  •  Get to know your Drive 
    My Drive (Shared with me, Starred and Recent View, Activity and All items, Trash View)
         Add files to Google Drive using sync from your tablet directly
    Upload files and folders to Google Drive through a web browser (eg. Chrome)


Google Drive- Access and Organize Your Files

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Before this session you should:
Have set up Google Drive
Know what the cloud is (Google School 101)

 

In this session you will:

  • Get to know your Drive 
    My Drive (Shared with me, Starred and Recent View, Activity and All items, Trash View)
         Add files to Google Drive using sync from your tablet directly
    Upload files and folders to Google Drive through a web browser (eg. Chrome)


Google Drive 101- What is the cloud anyway?

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Now that you all have successfully migrated away from P drive it’s time for Google school.  Between now and the December break at lunchtime on Tuesdays and Thursdays a series of sessions will be offered.  In order to make informed decisions about how and where you use information by way of Google products and how you use Google Apps in the classroom without being schooled by Google’s trickiness please attend any or all sessions face to face or follow the instructions yourself online (yes you can take an online course:)).

 

The first session starts today in room 110 at lunchtime and will be repeated on Thursday.