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Google ESSENTIALS for EDucators

POWERFUL FOR PERSONALIZED & COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

As you explore these apps, think about what it is that you want or need to do. How can an app help you increase collaboration and focus, communicate ideas more effectively, increase access to content, and engage your fellow teachers and students? Some of the things that Google Apps can do include:

• Voice dictation
• Video conferencing
• Notetaking and organizing
• Commenting
• Researching
• Drawing
• Word prediction

Google Apps Tips

• Organize your Google Drive folders by color and star and invite others to collaborate.
• Use Google Drawings to create graphic organizers - it even allows you to scribble!
• Communicate with your students and colleagues via Google Hangouts! If you’re ready, do a Hangout on Air, where viewers can see you live via YouTube.
• Collaborate on Blogger or Google Slides by including multiple media like video and embedded links.
• Use Google Keep to set reminders or teach concepts related to digital citizenship and social media.
• Record video responses to texts and post them to YouTube. They can be unpublished (seen by only those with the link!).
• Create an interactive Google Form, Choose Your Own Adventure style.
• Explore using Google Sheets as a canvas for an interactive game.
• Use Google Docs to research and type with your voice, without leaving the document.
• View the discussion around young children using Google with the #gafe4littles hashtag!