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Presented on October 16th, 2015 for Dawson's Pedagogical Day.
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Dawson College: Ped Day 2015 October 16th, 2015 Boost Your Teaching with Google Tools Rafael Scapin, Ph.D. Coordinator of Educational Technology Dawson College
Content • Using Google Search: Tricks and Techniques • Learn how to use Google Drive to store and share your files • Creating your First document in Google Docs • Starting with Google Sheets and Google Presentation • Create surveys using Google Forms and get instant feedback • Improving Google Docs Features with Add-Ons (Apps)
Content • How to use Google Calendar on your Teaching • Learn How to Use Google Images Effectively • How to Use Google Sites to create your own website • Using Youtube: Creating and Sharing your Videos • Google Hangout: Bring Keynote Speakers to Your Classroom!
Before We Start: Create a Google Account https://accounts.google.com/SignUp
InfoWhelm Source: http://youtu.be/cWkQq5qmdmc
How the World is Searching Image Source: : http://www.fastcocreate.com/3019595/creativity-by-the-numbers/see-a-map-of-the-world-revealing-each-countrys-most-visited-websit Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2443825/Google-rules-West-Japan-prefers-Yahoo-Map-reveals- different-internet-giants-dominate-countries-globe.html
How Google Search Works Source: http://youtu.be/BNHR6IQJGZs
Google Search Tricks http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/guide-google-tools-tips-tricks-cant-live-without/
Google Advanced Search https://www.google.com/advanced_search
Google Search: Tricks Source: http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/ Google Operators: http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html
Google Search Poster http://www.socialscience.uq.edu.au/documents/forms/infoskills_operators1.pdf
Hands-On A Google A Day http://www.agoogleaday.com/ The three-lobed leaves of a tall tree are powdered and used in a traditional New Orleans dish, and the bark is the traditional flavoring for a soft drink. What drink is it? Answer: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qaa4UUMdvvulG3IK0bbNsxZwdhi DXGxMtaHgg0-Yw54/edit#slide=id.p18
Google Power Searching Courses Improve your Google search skills with Power Searching and Advanced Power Searching online courses. Source: http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/
Google Search: Exercises 1. Use the site: operator to search for armchairs on IKEA’s site, www.ikea.com. 2. Find all pages on The New York Times (nyt.com) which include the word “Montreal” but not “Toronto”. 3. Find pages whose titles include surfing that are not about surfing the World Wide Web.
Problems With USB Keys / Flash Drives Copyright (C) Warner Bros. Television Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkfOYtaumew
What’s The Cloud? http://youtu.be/TTNgV0O_oTg
Popular Cloud Storage Platforms Online Storage & Sharing Websites 15 GB for free. $1.99/month for 100 Gb. $9.99/month 1 Terabyte 2 Gb for free. 500 MB for each referral person up to 18 GB (free). $99/year for 1 Terabyte
How Safe is it? http://www.cnet.com/news/google-now-encrypts-cloud-storage-by-default/
Why Using Cloud Storage? Traditional Way to Exchange Files E-Mail
Why Using Cloud Storage? Exchanging Files in the Cloud
Why Using Cloud Storage? Exchanging Files in the Cloud: Multiple Devices
Why Using Cloud Storage? Cloud Storage Platforms Create Folders on your Computer
Why Using Cloud Storage? Google Drive Folder (on your Computer)
Why Using Cloud Storage? Google Drive (online)
Why Using Cloud Storage? Google Drive – Sharing Files/Folders
Why Using Cloud Storage? Google Drive – Synchronous Editing Source: http://youtu.be/A7y7NafWXeM
Why Using Cloud Storage? Sharing Files in Moodle / Lea Advantage Files automatically in Moodle after you changes in the original one in Google Drive! are updated make any
Store Students’ Documents Online Storing Assignments & Sending Feedback
Google Docs Google’s equivalent to MS Word https://docs.google.com/document/
Google Docs Google’s equivalent to MS Word https://zapier.com/blog/google-docs-tips/
Google Docs Shared Document http://bit.ly/dawsondoc
Google Sheets Google’s equivalent to MS Excel https://sheets.google.com/document/ http://bit.ly/dawsonexcel
Google Slides Google’s equivalent to MS Powerpoint https://slides.google.com/document/ http://www.slidescarnival.com/category/free-templates
Editing Google Docs Offine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-ZaUJ44X2s
Office Editing Chrome Plugin https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/office-editing-for-docs- s/gbkeegbaiigmenfmjfclcdgdpimamgkj?hl=en