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Icebreakers
Icebreakers
This is a great way to get to know your participants a bit better and allow them to get to know each other as well. I like to keep icebreakers simple and light. The following are two icebreakers we've used in the past;
I spy with my device
I spy with my device
- Break participants up into teams of 4-6.
- Send each team out to take a close up shot of an everyday object,
- Have a member of each team send the photo to you,
- Display the images for the whole group to see if others can guess what it is.
Pro tip: Have participants upload their picture to a Google Form. It's a quick and easy way to collect the images.
Cell Sharing
Cell Sharing
- Have each participant locate a photo, song, or video from their mobile device that best represents them.
- Then, depending on the group size, have each of them share out what media they chose reason it was selected. If you have a large group, you could have them share it with their table groups.
Idea from: User Generated Education
G Suite Success Skills Demo Slam
G Suite Success Skills Demo Slam
In order to help your participants learn some basic tips and tricks to use through out the boot camp and to start the camp off with some energy, we love to start with a Demo Slam. If you aren't familiar with a Demo Slam, it's a competition between the facilitators to see who can share the best tip or trick. Demo Slams can be live demos or a pre-recorded video. We chose to do 1 minute videos and as such, these are the rules each of us had to adhere to.
- Video must demonstrate use of Google Tools
- Video must be ≤ 1 minute
- Video must include a brief introduction
- Video must conclude with “SLAM"
We like to start off by introducing each challenger and then showing the videos one by one. After each video has been shown, you can direct participants to fill out a Google Form to vote for their favorite 2 slams.
Pro Tip: Feel free to trash talk the other challengers.
Challengers: Adam McMickell, Jeanie Elder, Ian Davey, Ashlie Cashin, and Kelly Witkowski
G Suite Overview
G Suite Overview
Evaluate your Experience Level
Evaluate your Experience Level
To help your participants become more familiar with all the tools, you will want to start off by having them evaluate their experience with each tool.
- Print off each G Suite App Logo (one logo per paper) and hang those pictures around the room.
- Give your participants small dot stickers (blue, green, yellow, and red).
- Instruct your participants that they will use the dots to indicate their experience with each app based on the key you give them.
- Given them 3-4 minutes to walk the room and evaluate each tool.
Activity designed by: Adam McMickell
Get to know the G Suite Apps
Get to know the G Suite Apps
Direct your participants to complete Unit 1 Lesson 3 in the Google Training Center. This is a great way for them to get to know all of the apps better. Have them specifically investigate those apps they rated their experience low on in the activity prior.
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Gmail: Don't get Lost in the Gmail Level-up Sheet
Gmail: Don't get Lost in the Gmail Level-up Sheet
When it comes to Gmail, your participants will be at so many varying levels, that this level-up sheet is perfect, in that it will meet the needs of everyone.
In this spreadsheet, you will find several topics and tasks of varying levels. Each topic has a corresponding support page that will walk your participants through the topic as well as a task to complete. Once they have reviewed the topic and completed the task, they will put an "X" in column "A." The goal is to have your participants earn at least 20 experience points. They can pick and choose which tasks they would like to complete based on their interest or need.
Activity designed by: Jeanie Elder
Idea from: Alice Keeler
Calendar: Getting your Life Straight
Calendar: Getting your Life Straight
In this activity, participants will complete several tasks using Google Calendar. First, they will need to create a calendar and name it 'Boot Camp' (see slidedeck below). After they have done this, they will then use the adventure doc to complete each of the adventures.
This activity is unique in that, in order to complete it with your participants, you will need to create 2 fake gmail accounts for them to interact with. Additionally, you will also need to create several different events in each of their accounts. This will be come clearer as you investigate the adventure doc.
Activity designed by: Adam McMickell
Drive and Keep
Drive and Keep
To help participants become more familiar with Drive and Keep, they will complete a series of tasks. These tasks will focus on the features of Google Drive that are the building blocks for many of the other Google Apps including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Classroom. These tasks are outlined in the document below. To support this activity, you will need to create a copy of the task material folder for each participant. I've found that using Drive Back up and Sync is the easiest way to accomplish this. After you've created each folder, you'll want to share one with each participant.
Activity designed by: Ian Davey
French Fried Forms
French Fried Forms
Participants will be begin taking the brief survey that demonstrates different question types and features available in Forms. Next, they will engage in a guided tutorial on how to create forms. Lastly, their challenge will be to create their own form based on the scenario below and send it to as many people as possible. Whoever has the most responses by end of day 2 receive a prize.
Scenario: Your administrator has tasked you with determining the drink and snack preferences of your team members so he/she can provide refreshments at a faculty meeting. Create a form to collect this information.
Scenario: Your administrator has tasked you with determining the drink and snack preferences of your team members so he/she can provide refreshments at a faculty meeting. Create a form to collect this information.
Activity designed by: Jeanie Elder
Google Sites Expedition
Google Sites Expedition
This expedition is meant to help teachers search and find text-based tutorials on how to customize their very own Google Site. It will not cover every feature available in Google Sites, however, this task will arm them with the skills and tools necessary to find the help they might need in the future. Once they have completed their tasks, they will then be prompted to share their site with the instructor via classroom.
Depending on the experience level of your audience, you may also want them to add a screen shot after they've completed each tasks.
Activity designed by: Jeanie Elder
Consulting your Travel Budget with Sheets
Consulting your Travel Budget with Sheets
When it comes to Sheets, your participants will be at so many varying levels, that this level-up sheet is perfect, in that it will meet the needs of everyone.
In this spreadsheet, you will find several topics and tasks of varying levels. Each topic has a corresponding support page that will walk your participants through the topic as well as a task to complete. Once they have reviewed the topic and completed the task, they will put an "X" in column "A." The goal is to have your participants earn at least 20 experience points. They can pick and choose which tasks they would like to complete based on their interest or need.
Activity designed by: Jeanie Elder and Ian Davey
Idea from: Alice Keeler
Travel #Fails with Slides
Travel #Fails with Slides
In this activity, participants will document their travel #fails using Google Slides. They will;
- Create Google Slides
- Insert and Arrange Text, Shapes, Lines, and Word Art
- Create Linked Text
- Change background color of Slides
- Embed a Video in Google Slides
- Add comments to Google Slides
- Share Slides
Activity designed by: Adam McMickell
Level 1 Google Certification Homework
Level 1 Google Certification Homework
Since the experience is only 2 days long, there is no way you will be able to cover everything. If your participants want to become a Google Certified Educator, they will need to do some homework in order to be as prepared as possible.
This document covers a few tasks that are difficult to cover in a training or just didn't fit in our tight schedule.
Activity designed by: Ian Davey
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