with Johns Downes and Ken Reissig for University of Vermont This hands-on workshop will have you collaborating with other participants by collecting data using Google Forms; turning data into information using Google Spreadsheet; and learning about the wealth of opportunities for using Google Tools in Education.
Learning Task # 1: Who are We
A Fill out the Who Are We? survey.
B View the data and Let's introduce yourselves
Introductions, PreAssessment, and Logistics using Google Forms.
Using TagCrowd or Wordle to visual data
C Share additional information to introduction info
Lucie deLaBruere
D Create a simple form pre-assessing participants knowledge about your teaching PASSION.
(What is it that you could teach that would have your students eyes shining the way Ben Zander's students do)
E Explore other examples of Forms being used in schools using GAFE
Election Project
(Polls to prepare for Mock Debate)
(Exit Polls or Electronic Voting Both)
Science Experiment (Consumer Product Data Collection)
Formative Assessment (Audience Response Systems)
Learner's Needs Assessment or Pre Assessment
Online Quizes and Gradebooks (Teacher Tube Video / You Tube Video)
Using Forms on I-Touch of I-Pod
Learning Tasks # 2 Collaborative Data Collection - Using Google Spreadsheets
Log on to Google using the Username and password assigned to your table.
1. Predict the most popular color of M&M's.
2.. Count your data (M&M package for each team)
3. Assign a TEAM recorder - Team recorder should record data at www.tinyurl.com/graphmm
(Optional Activity for those with Google Accounts)
3. Create a blank spreadsheet that records the data using Google Docs.
4. Add a graph that visually represents your individual data.
7. Explore some of the other gadgets you can enter in your spreadsheet.
8. Explore resources and examples for using Google Spreadsheets in Education
Learning Tasks # 3 - Sharing our PassionA. Locate a video on You Tube or Google Video that relates to your teaching passion.
(If these are blocked at your school - locate a photography online and website instead)
(while you do this, Lucie will invite you to 'share" a collaborative slideshow using Google Presentation)
B. Create a slide in our SHARED PASSION slideshow that includes
1) Your first name
2) One sentence that shares what you would teach if you could teach anything you wanted to any group you could relating to your passion.
3) A video from You Tube or Google Video that relates to that passion
(if blocked, include a photo and website link)
4) A link to your LIVE Form preassessing other's knowledge about this topic.
C. Explore the passions of your peers and take their preassessment survey.
D. Explore resources and examples for using Google Presentation in Education
Google Docs Help Files re: Google Presentation Google Presentation - You Tube Tutorial (Teacher Tube version) Example: Book Buddies
Learning Tasks 4 - Introduction to Google Sites
Explore resources and Examples for using Google Sites in Education
Examples of Google Sites (example of using a Google LIST page type in Google Sites)
Lucie's Google Sites Tutorial Collection (example of adding video, text, and delicious Gadget in Google Sites)
Lucie's Google Sites Workshop Page (example of using advanced tables to add a little design element)
Google Sites as Electronic Portfolio Tools (Helen Barrett's work on E-portfolios)
Learning Tasks 5 - More and Even More Resources about Google for Educators
Review where to learn more about Google Tools available in Education
Google Tools: http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/
Google in Education Resources: http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html
Google Teachers Academy Resources: http://sites.google.com/site/gtaresources/
Google Docs Community Channel on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/googledocscommunity
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