Google Apps

1. Gina Veliotis presents Google Apps

2. Google advanced web search

3. If you want an image to add to a document, there are lots to choose from • E.g. 37 million for chocolate • You can choose image types and sizes from the Advanced search Google Images

5. Similar to YouTube • Easy to search • Easy to embed as a widget onto your wiki • E.g. Search for Moodle, 107 results • Search for instructions on anything • E.g. bricklaying • Advanced search • Search for video type, duration, ratings Google Videos

7. Get Directions • From A To B • By car or walking • Distance, avoid tolls and highways • Full map • Send directions to email or GPS • Map, Satellite or terrain view of • Traffic • Webcams • Real estate • Photos/videos • Street view of a property Google Maps

9. Sort by • Date • Topic • country • Category, e.g. business, sports, etc • Images • Advanced news, source articles by • Location • Author • Content • date Google News

11. Browse by group category • Create your own group for a course or subject • Join a group • Invite people • Discuss online • Customise your own group’s pages • Share files Google groups

12. Google GROUPS

14. e.G. Search for School and university groups

15. Google Groups – Advanced Search

16. Create a free email account • TAFE student email accounts provided by Google (access via DET Portal) • Sign in from anywhere • Mobile access • Lots of space • Filters to prevent spam emails gmail - a google approach to email

17. Google gmail

18. Have you ever looked under “more”?

19. Sign up • Login – email address • Password – must include a numeral • Great for advertising student information • Can be inserted as a widget into a wiki • Can have multiple calendars • Share your calendar • Access from mobile phone, receive SMS reminders Google Calendar

21. Google books

23. Google Blogs

24. Share photos and web albums

25. Create, share and edit files or folders Create drawings Create forms Insert mathematical equations Dictionary translation Email as attachment Create presentations Google docs

26. Share and edit files or folders

27. Keep your favourite sites in one place Share your sites with friends Access favourites from anywhere Google reader

29. Create your own website Free tools and templates available Give editing rights to others Access from anywhere Google sites

31. Search for scholarly literature • Across many disciplines • Search by author, topic, rankings • Support for librarians, additional links • Libraries can make their resources available • Support for publishers, peer-reviewed papers, policy and technical support • Advanced search tips • Add Google scholar search box to your site Google scholar

33. iGoogle is your personalized Google page Add news, photos, weather, and stuff from across the web to your page, e.g. Translator Access Gmail account Create RSS feeds for weather, news headlines, blog feeds (such as eElearning Weekly) Add a Wikipedia search box, world clocks, chat, live search (e.g. online Library), etc igoogle

36. Add more stuff and change themes

37. Create a lifelong portfolio for learning or showcase Use for demonstration or assessment Collect digital artefacts and publish online Write reflections about how artefacts demonstrate achievement of goals Select specific documents to meet goals e.g. Assessment task Use a simple table to list the artefacts, and assign (classify) each one to the outcome/goal/standard that the artefact will demonstrate Google portfolio

38. 1. Create a first page - Intro & TOC • 2. Set up a structure using goals (or themes) as organizing framework • Create one page for each section • Choose Layout & Look of Page • Type or Paste text in blocks - Insert Images and Links • 3. Upload artefacts/create hyperlinks • 4. Write reflections for each goal/skill and each artefact  • 5. Write future learning goals • 6. Publish Portfolio - Seek Feedback Setting up an eportfolio

40. A live personal communication and collaboration tool in real time, A wave can be both a conversation and a document Live concurrent editing makes the quantity of ideas grow quickly – add images, video, comments, links, etc People can discuss and work together in the one place rather than sending email attachments that get out of sync Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when. Google Wave (Still in development)

42. Alerts Blogs Earth Google Chrome browser Add a search toolbar Developer tools Sketchup, build 3D models Translate, view pages in other languages More Google products

44. http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html

45. http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html

46. http://sites.google.com/site/gtools4teachers/

47. http://sites.google.com/site/colettecassinelli/docs

48. Is anyone an avid user of Google Applications with their students? Comments or questions?

49. Go to Google and search for: • Google tools for teachers • Google apps for educators • Lesson plans for teachers • Class room activities for teachers • Etc.. Need more info?

50. Google Apps