NCP Google Apps K-12

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Practical Google Apps: Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drive

Today, we’ll talk about practical ways you can use Google Apps in your classroom. We’ll look at the list below to see what interests you most and that’s what we’ll talk about. There will be opportunities to get hands-on and practice!

But first, before we get started, let’s play a game. Go to kahoot.it to play!

Our home base: a shared Google Slides presentation

Google Genius: Practical ways to use Google in the classroom

Graphic organizers in Google Drawings

Game Show Classroom: Comparing Kahoot!, Quizizz, Quizlet Live and Quizalize 

Flipgrid: Record and share quick videos easily

The Lightning Round: 60 digital tools you can use

• 6 new free Google tools to upgrade your classroom (Slides Carnival, Photos for Class, Smarty Pins, etc.)
• 15 Google Drawings graphic organizers and how to make your own (NOTE: Google Drawings is not supported on iPad … yet … but these organizers can be created in Google Slides)
• 10 Google Slides activities to add awesome to classes (iTunes: free)
• 6 ways Google Hangouts can make any teacher’s life better (iTunes: free)
• Google tools to become a more organized educator
• 10 ways to take your Google Apps activities to the next level
• 10 great obscure Google tricks for school, life (World Wonders Project, Gone Google Story Builder, A Google A Day, YouTube Time Machine)
• gClassFolders (creates shared folders for your class) and Flubaroo (grades Google Forms quizzes for you) 
• 50 collaborative Google Apps activities (NOTE: Not all are compatible with iPad … but many are!)
• Google Voice in the Classroom (Google Voice = free online voicemail, but better!) (iTunes: free)
• 20 collaborative Google Apps activities for schools (similar to the 50 activities above but in more detail)
• 20 Powerful Google Docs Uses (with screencast videos for each one!)

Google Apps for Education Summit resources: Most sessions on this schedule have a link to slides or webpages with resources. Click a title that interests you and see if there’s a link!

The big finish: Epic Docs Animation!