Google App Tips and Tricks
Special
features of some Google App tools make them particularly useful in the
classroom setting. Let's examine a few of these tools.
Tables.
Incorporate tables into your project. Ask students to organize their
thinking into categories. To insert a table into a document, choose
Table > Insert Table.
- Science Example: Exploring Energy Sources.
Provide students with an image or images and ask them to write about
each or provide definitions. Images may be inside or outside the table.
- All Areas Example: Pictionary. Use visuals to represent abstract words and thoughts. Include definitions and examples. Use Wikimedia Commons for ideas.
Images.
Incorporate images into your projects. Ask students to use one of the
many online tools to create a product. Use Google Docs to insert the
image and write an explanation. To insert an image into a Google Doc,
choose Insert > Image.
Draw Tools. When creating a Google document, choose Insert > Drawing for the drawing board feature.
- English Example: Concrete poetry.
When Drawing, click the Insert Image button on the toolbar and add an
image. Use the paint and text tools to create a visual poem.
- English Example: Diagram Sentences. Provide sentences in the Draw feature. Ask students to add notations.
- Math Example: Visual Problem. Provide students with a problem and ask them to create the answer using the draw tools.
- Social Studies Example: Silk Road.
Provide a blank map and ask students to demonstrate their understanding
of movement over time, battles, relationships, or locations. Or, create
you own map activity. Find other maps at Wikimedia Commons.
- Science Example: Layers of Earth. Provide an image and ask students to provide the labels and discuss the topic. Try other images from Wikimedia Commons such as Orbits around earth and Astronomy Diagrams.
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