Communication Strategies

Using Google for your communications routine allows you to access all of the tools through a single username, with seamless data integration between the various tools. The communications methods you use depends on what you want to accomplish.

Overview:

In this Module, you will learn how to use a variety of Google's communication tools including Sites, Classroom, and Blogger to stay connected with stakeholder.

Objectives:

Sites

    • Create a website
    • Add and edit pages with text, images, links, calendars, documents, and multimedia elements
    • Customize site layout and appearance
    • Share your site for internal or external use

Classroom

    • Set-up a Classroom and share a Class Code to enroll users
    • Post Announcements and allow users to comment
    • Post Assignments for users to paperlessly complete tasks
    • Upload digital documents for users to access

Blogger

    • Set up and publish a blog
    • Edit blog settings and user profile
    • Manage blog settings
    • Evaluate Blogger as a communication tool

Student Responsibilities: Please review the linked resources below, complete the tasks, and share your thoughts on Google Classroom.

Sites

Classroom

Blogger

Tasks: Choose any TWO from the menu below

Sites

    • Create a "Principal's Page" informational website for an audience of either faculty, parents, and/or students using Google Sites.
    • Experiment with Google's editing tools:
      • add text, images, and links
      • add multiple pages as needed
      • customize the theme and banner of your Site
      • insert a Calendar, YouTube video, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides as appropriate
    • Publish your Site

Classroom

    • Set up a Google Classroom to facilitate a PLC. Alternatively, set up a Google Classroom as a vehicle for communication and collaboration among your entire faculty, various departments, or committees
    • Invite your staff to enroll in your class as "students" with your Classroom's Class Code
    • Post an Announcement with at least one attachment and solicit comments from your "students"
    • Post an Assignment with an attached Google Doc and invite your "students" to edit the document (hint: create a Google Doc with a table prior to attaching it to the assignment)
    • Upload materials to the About page for your "students" to access

Blogger

    • Create a Blog to communicate with your stakeholders using Blogger
    • Experiment with Google's editing tools by including text, images, links, and/or video.
    • Experiment with the visual theme of your blog and update your user profile
    • Publish at least two posts and include tags/labels to make your posts searchable within your blog.

Discuss: Complete the following on Google Classroom.

    • Share any relevant links to your Sites, Classroom, and/or Blogger publications.
    • Share your thoughts on the positive/negative aspects of using G Suite to collaborate and communicate with your colleagues, students, and families, and how you might integrate these tool into your leadership.
    • Feel free to comment on at least one other student's note.

Link to Google Classroom