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Advanced Training
Advanced Training
Welcome to Advanced training. By reading, watching videos, and doing activities, you'll learn cutting-edge strategies for integrating Google in your classroom. You can start and stop lessons at any time; we'll track your progress through the course. At the end of this course, you'll be ready to take the exam to become a Google Certified Educator Level 2.
ENGAGE IN PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND LEADERSHIP
ENGAGE IN PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND LEADERSHIP
UNIT 1: PROMOTE AND MODEL THE EFFECTIVE USE OF DIGITAL TOOLS
In this unit, you’ll learn:
The importance of support
Types of support models
How to choose a support model
How to use curation and sharing tools
How to use Drive as a lesson repository
How to use tutorials and webinars
UNIT 2: LEVERAGE LEARNING MODELS TO PERSONALIZE LEARNING
In this unit, you’ll learn:
The value of personalized learning
How to personalize learning through Project-Based Learning, Flipped Learning, and Blended Learning
To align the use of G Suite for Education tools with personalized learning objectives and models
Ways to Showcase Student Work
How to create a blended unit or lesson
To locate online resources for facilitating personalized learning
INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND SAVE TIME
INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND SAVE TIME
UNIT 3: USE ADVANCED FEATURES TO OPTIMIZE WORKFLOW
In this unit, you’ll learn:
How to more effectively communicate and plan with your students and parents.
How to book appointments with parents.
How to increase the functionality of Google Calendar and Gmail with Advanced Settings
How to do more in Drive with Apps
How to enhance Chrome with extensions
How to share apps and extensions with your classes.
How to automate your life with Add-ons
How to assess more effectively using Add-ons
UNIT 4: CONNECT WITH GUARDIANS
In this unit, you’ll learn to:
Survey parents and guardians about their communication preferences
Store and reference information throughout the year
Send class-wide updates to Google Groups of guardians
Use a Google Site to share ongoing information with the class community
Automate personalized email updates for guardians
Schedule and host guardian conferences
UNIT 5: ANALYZE AND INTERPRET STUDENT DATA
In this unit, you’ll learn:
How to use conditional formatting to efficiently display results.
How to analyze large data sets with pivot tables
How to interpret trends in data sets
How to customize your data view using filters
UNIT 6: ORGANIZE YOUR CLASS AND SCHOOL MATERIALS MORE EFFECTIVELY
In this unit, you’ll learn:
How to set up your classes in Classroom to differentiate learning
Why to use Google Classroom as a class portal
How to manage the Classroom stream
How to embed media in a Google Site
Why you would use a blog as a teacher
How to create a blog
How to use a Google Doc as a class syllabus
Why you or your students would create an online portfolio
How Google Drive can work with Google Sites to create an online portfolio
FACILITATE AND INSPIRE STUDENT LEARNING AND CREATIVITY
FACILITATE AND INSPIRE STUDENT LEARNING AND CREATIVITY
UNIT 7: DESIGN INTERACTIVE CURRICULA
In this unit, you’ll learn:
How you can make static instructional videos interactive
To use the YouTube Editor to create interactive videos where students can be self-directed learners
To utilize multiple Google tools simultaneously to meet the needs of each individual learning situation
To create interactive lessons in Docs, Slides, and Forms
The specific steps you can take to decide the quality level of a source
How to integrate outside, high-quality applications into your classroom to enrich curriculum
UNIT 8: TEACH BEYOND THE FOUR WALLS OF YOUR CLASSROOM
In this unit, you’ll learn:
How you can open your classroom with Google Hangouts and Hangouts On Air
Best practices to make your Hangouts successful
How to use Google Maps to take virtual field trips
What the Google Cultural Institute is and how to use it in class
How you can set up a virtual world in Google Earth to enhance instruction
What Google Lit Trips are and how you can use them to inspire your students
How to plan for interactive hands-on explorations with Science Journal
What tools Science Journal provides to extend science learning beyond your classroom
UNIT 9: HARNESS THE POWER OF GOOGLE FOR RESEARCH
In this unit, you’ll learn to:
Use advanced search techniques to get better search results
Use other search tools, such as Google News, Trends, Books, and Alerts
Access the power of Google Search right from within Google Docs and Slides
Translate documents and phrases from one language to another
Find and cite academic resources for scholarly projects
Organize a personal library of academic resources
Develop independent learning skills in your students
Provide opportunities for students to follow their interests and be more self-directed in their learning.
UNIT 10: GIVE STUDENTS A VOICE
In this unit, you’ll learn to:
Facilitate healthy discussions both online and in the classroom
Use technology to achieve a group goal
Develop an authentic audience for student work
Help students mobilize their community and inspire change at their school
Combine their skills and the tools they know to inspire positive change for a wider community
UNIT 11: STUDENT AGENCY
In this unit you will explore some ways to think about restructuring activities or your approach to group work. Many of the pillars used to build and execute a student focused classroom are present in G Suite tools. Take some time and read through this unit to learn more about how creativity, collaboration, communication, and how empowering students can help them take control of learning.
Support students as they practice and create presentations
Develop ways for students to select work
Use technology to facilitate group work
Learn how to foster leadership skills in students
If you're an educator who is a super user and enthusiast of Google tools in the classroom, this certification proves your expertise. Find out what it takes to get certified. Or, if you're ready, take the certification exam now.
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