Nice To Meet You!

Matthew Winters

UEN Instructor

Google Educator Group Utah Leader

Email - mwinters@uen.org

Twitter - @TeacherWinters

One of the most difficult parts of applying technology to the classroom is the give and take between time to instruct on how to use technology and the content that we need to hit to achieve our standards. With Google's Applied Digital Skills program, teachers can assign a lesson that will walk students through how to use Google's applications while remaining neutral on the content applications. This frees up teachers to let students rely on Google's lessons for help to create with the technology and to let the teacher work with students on classroom content.

Lessons are sorted by application (Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc.), Topic (English, Science, etc.) and Grade Level Band. With over 150 lessons to explore and use in class, there are many options for your classroom.

Daily Google

Google Docs

Click on the link above to create a brand new Doc (if you are logged into your Google account)!

  • Create a Checklist (Ctrl + Shift + 9) - Great for assignment descriptions/extensions.

  • Create a Drawing (Insert -> Drawing) inside a Doc - Great for creating flowcharts, illustrations, etc inside a Doc.

  • Use Voice Typing (Ctrl + Shift + S) - Great for accessibility and student choice

  • Smart Chips (Type @ anywhere in a Doc) - Allows for creating from a template, adding a comment, and a lot of other tools for quick use.

  • Extension Shout Out - Scrible - A free tool for Utah teachers and students this tool helps collect, annotate, and use sources in research projects with a Google Extension and Docs Add-on.

Google Slides

Click on the link above to create a brand new Slides Presentation (if you are logged into your Google account)!

  • Page Setup (File -> Page Setup) - Allows users to change the size and shape of a Slide deck. Works for Docs as well.

  • Theme Builder (View -> Theme Builder) - Allows users to add an unmoveable background, text and photo templates to a slide deck.

  • Focus Mode (View) - Turn off Filmstrip and Speaker Notes to only see one slide at a time.

  • Voice Type Speaker Notes (Ctrl + Shift + S) - Voice type speaker notes.

  • Turn on Live Captions (Present Slideshow ->Three Dots -> Turn on Live Captions)

  • Extension Shout Out - Mote - Mote allows teachers to record their voices directly into a slide deck. Students can then hear their teacher's voice explaining, reading, or helping them through an issue.

Google Forms / Sheets

Click on the link above to create a brand new Form (if you are logged into your Google account)!

  • Response Validation (Choose Short Answer or Paragraph -> Three dots bottom right) - Allows users to create a passcode, determine a minimum or maximum character count, or a keyword answer.

  • File Upload (Question Type) - This allows the Form to accept a variety of file types including audio recording, images, videos, etc.

  • Locked Mode (Settings -> Make this a quiz) - Locked mode requires students on a Chromebook to stay on the form and it reports back if they go anywhere else while the form is open.

  • Go To Section Based On Question (Multiple Choice -> Three Dots) - Great for Breakout Rooms, choose your own adventure stories, etc.

  • Sparkline - (Insert -> Functions) - Creates a single cell graph of a data range.

  • Extension Shout Out - Automagical Forms - This extension allows users to craft questions in a Google Doc and have them automatically added to create a Google Form.

Google For Choice/Extension

Google Earth

Click on the picture above to head to Google Earth!

  • Voyager - Find hundreds of premade tours and educational opportunities for your students. Just check your content before you share it with students.

  • Projects - Create a tour (saved in Drive) for anywhere around the world. Great for novels/informational texts with real-world locations. Or have your students create a short story or poem through Google Earth!

  • Google My Maps - Allows users to use a private version of Google Maps to upload data from a Sheet/Form. Great for storytelling, personal narratives, or collecting data.

Google Jamboard

Click on the picture above to get a copy of a sample ELA Jamboard!

  • Set Background - Add an unmovable background to your Jamboard.

  • Variety of tools - Sticky notes, shapes, images, gifs, drawing tools, and more give students options to create on a Jam in their own ways.

  • 20 Frame Limit, 30 participant limit

  • Download as a PDF (Three Dots)

Google Sites

Click on the link above to go to Google Sites!

  • A teacher can create a template for students and then share it as a copyable Site for portfolios. Three dots, right-hand corner -> Make a Copy.

  • Custom Theme (Themes) - Create a custom font, color, and logo scheme for your template site to share with students.

  • Variety of tools - Embed codes, Youtube, Calendars, images, text, and more allow students to express and share their creativity.

  • Can be published privately, for your domain (school district), or publically.

Googley Fun

Check out an amazing project from Google Expert Ben Collins!