Start off by taking this
All the tips I share with you today work best in the Google Chrome web browser. Some of them will only work in Google Chrome.
By the end of our time today, I want to inspire you to:
- Ditch the G: Drive forever
- Never send another email attachment ever again
- Only use Microsoft Office when ABSOLUTELY necessary
- Use Google Drive to collaborate with your students
- Creating your work in one place and saving to the Cloud
- Access anywhere you have an Internet connection
- Access on a desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone
Types of files we can create, edit, print, upload, and/or download
- Google Docs is like Microsoft Word - Cheat Sheet from Kasey Bell HERE
- Google Sheets is like Microsoft Excel
- Google Slides is like Microsoft PowerPoint - Cheat Sheet from Kasey Bell HERE
- Google Forms is like nothing Microsoft offers! - Cheat Sheet from Casey Bell HERE
- Google Drive for iOS - Ron's cheat sheet HERE
- It’s not EXACTLY Office, but it's 95% of everything I need
It gets even better!
- It's time to take the leap of faith - upload your whole digital life to Google Drive this summer
- Never send attachments again
- Auto-save and revision history
- Sharing files
- View-only access
- Edit access
- Publishing to the web
- Working simultaneously - collaborate with other educators and students
- Chatting within a document
- Tracking changes
- It helps manage your time, and you can take on more valuable work
Taking it to the next level
- All your ASB, yearbook, drama applications can now be created using form
- Student of the Month/Character Counts nomination form
- Adding and manipulating images is easy, and gets easier all the time!
- Convert PDF files to word documents
- Great for personal use (birthday lists, holiday lists, …)
- Spell check
- And Google Docs continues to add new features all the time!
Security
- Eliminates floppy disks, USB/flash drives, CD drives
- Greater security, no virus risk
- You don’t know where that student’s flash drive has been!
Using Google Docs with your students
- Equity for all students - need to make sure all students have access
- Students sharing documents with the teacher, teacher can post comments
- Why Google Docs beats posting to a blog - the Kimball High School story
Six Features That Make Google Drive Awesome - from one of my favorite Canadians, Steve Dotto
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