Get hands-on with the G Suite for Education with iPad. We'll unpack Google Docs and Slides while exploring Google-iPad workflows, including Google Classroom, to help you transform your teaching and make Drive the digital hub of your classroom. We'll also dive in and explore the newest Google tools available, like Keep, Earth, Expeditions, Arts & Culture, and Photos and how these can help enhance and transform what you already do with students. iPad tips and tricks and other recommended apps will be shared throughout this workshop.
Google Classroom is the ultimate classroom in the cloud. You’ll start by participating as students to see the features through their eyes. Explore posting, commenting and private feedback features, communication actions, and assignment options like viewing, editing or making a copy. Learn how to attach media, links and best practices with hands-on activities as well as seeing the organization in Google Drive. Take time to setup your Google Classroom during guided work time.
Activity: Google Slides Bingo
Extensions:
Question & Answer:
Google Docs and Drive 101 - Dig into menus and learn organizational basics including naming, recent, stars, offline, My Drive and Shared with Me. Learn what is possible, and what is different from the desktop versions.
Hamburger Menu
3 Dots Menu
Activity: Google Docs - Explore
Google Docs Challenge:
Question & Answer: Set up your own Google Classroom
Show the students the world and let them make connections never before imagined. Explore the world on your own or use Voyageur for guided experiences aligned to classroom themes and topics. Whether you want to use Earth to launch to merely launch an assignment or topic, or rewrite your content to be displayed in Earth, the world is your oyster.
Google Earth 101:
I’m feeling lucky
Knowledge Cards
People also explore...
Fly to your location
Street View - Pegman
2D / 3D
Reset View - Airplane
Voyageur
Activity: Photo + Annotation
Expand your horizons and learn about what other Google tools exist for students to see the world. Tour historic sites, museums, ancient ruins, or even go inside the human body in virtual reality. Explore with your colleagues to unpack how these tools can be used in any content area.
Activity: Geo Jigsaw:
You will be divided into 3 small groups. Each group will get a custom assignment and a Doc will be shared with each group. Take collaborative notes together on the Google Doc.
Be prepared to discuss highlights and share a quick overview with your peers. Focus on how you would use this with students and how it would enhance an existing lesson.
Deep Dive: Explore at least one more of the tools in depth
We’ll explore how to get the most out of iPads while you are in active learning environments. Whether you are in a lecture, lab, outside of the classroom, or just need a quick place to jot down some notes, Google Keep is the ultimate digital tool. Google Keep will help you and your students organize and streamline everything from random thoughts, homework checklists to large scale projects.
Activity: Science Experiment: Eating Nails for Breakfast
Background:
Make Observations in Google Keep
Your First Note:
Next Level:
Google Keep Integration with Google Docs
Demonstration: Google Docs and Google Keep
Pictures are worth a thousand words! Cameras likely outnumber your students by a 2:1 ratio so jump in and start using them. Learn how to get more out your photos and how to manage them on multiple devices. Your labs, weekly updates, parent emails, blogs, and newsletters will never look the same.
Google Photos: Google Photos Help: iOS
Partner up and complete the photo safari challenge with a partner.
Activity: Creating Photo books, Movies and Collages - Help
Extensions: Play with the Snapseed app
Use Google Photos to backup from all your devices - Step-by-Step
Before you back up & sync:
1. Stop and think!
2. Perform the back up and sync at home