Day 1: April 10, 2010
Time:  8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Susan Wilson, Rocky Point UFSD Technology Coordinator

 

ÄIntroductions & Class Overview—8 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.

ÄGoogle Review—8:20 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

ÄAll Things Google Review: Docs, Presentations, Contact Lists—8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

o         Use standard document names and folders to keep organized

o         Timestamps help keep track of student work

o         Use revision history to view previous versions of a document

o         Have your students collaborate on projects

o         Encourage the use of "comments" for peer feedback

o        Publishing documents for parents and others to view

 

ÄGoogle Contacts—9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.

1.   Add your class contacts to Google

o         Getting started guide

o         Navigate Google Contacts

o         Create a Google Contact Group

 

Hands-On Advanced Google Exercise 1—Adding Contacts, Organizing your Folders, and Sharing

 

 

ÄGoogle Bookmarks & History—10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

 

Hands-On Advanced Google Exercise 2—Google Bookmarks, Sharing Bookmarks, and Reviewing History

ÄGoogle Calendar—10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

1.   Using Google Calendar

o         Getting started guide

o         Navigate Google Calendar

o         How to search in Google Calendar

o         Print your calendar or link your calendar

 

Hands-On Advanced Google Exercise 3—Calendar

 

 

ÄGoogle Sky Maps—11:15 a.m. to 11:45 noon

 

Hands-On Advanced Google Exercise 4—Explore Google Sky Maps and Online Resources

 

 

 

ÄIntroduction to Google Sites & Understand Storyboarding—12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

http://sites.google.com/site/mestractsites/

• Sites for Teachers (Examples)
• Another great example http://sites.google.com/a/googleclassrooms.org/mrs-richau/Home
• Make it your own
  Google’s customization options let you give your Google Site your own look and feel
• Get started with templates
  Google offers a growing list of page types -- web page, announcements, file cabinet, dashboard and list -- to help you get started with your Google Sites pages.
• Upload files and attachments
  Use the file cabinet to upload files up to 10MB in size.
• Embed rich content
  Google Sites is integrated with other Google products, so you can insert videos, docs, spreadsheets, presentations, photo slide shows, and calendars directly onto your Google Sites pages.
• Work together and share
  Permission settings let you designate owners, viewers and collaborators (meaning they can edit pages) for your site. And you can make your Google Sites available to just a few people, your entire organization, or the world.
• Search with Google
  You can search across Google Sites pages and content using powerful Google search technology. You'll find specific pages and documents instantly, the same way you would on Google.com
  

ÄExplore teacher prepared Google Sites—1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Hands-On Exercise 5--STORYBOARDING