Google Suite for Education

Introduction to the Google Suite for Educators © 2024 by Donna Moore is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International  

Purpose: This course is designed to support classroom teachers in the successful integration of Google Apps for Education in the classroom. Upon completion of the course, participants will have a clear understanding of how to utilize Google Apps for Education including Chrome, Classroom, Drive, Docs, Slides, Forms, Calendar, and Sites.

Objectives: All objectives are correlated to the National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Teachers. www.iste.org

Participants will demonstrate the ability to use Google Classroom as an online learning tool to create and respond to posts and submit course assignments (ISTE 2, 3, 4)

Participants will demonstrate the ability to use Google Drive to create and edit documents, conference digitally with peers and students, and plan for how to use it with students to support the curriculum (ISTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Participants will demonstrate the ability to use Google Slides to create and edit presentations using Google Chromebooks and plan for how to use it with students to support the curriculum (ISTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Participants will demonstrate the ability to create and edit Google Sites to deliver content to students.

Learning Outcomes:

Discuss collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and communication (21st Century Skills)

Develop skills for various Google searches

Explore basic navigation of Google Drive

Manage folders, files, and change workflow in Google Drive

Explore Google Docs advanced features

Learn how to upload, download, and convert MS Office files with Google Drive

Download additional apps via Google Apps Marketplace

Understand and deliver Google Forms and Google Quizzes

Explore Google Slides

Engage, connect, measure, and personalize with Google Classroom and Google Sites

Understand the SAMR Model