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WINTER 2009 WORKSHOP
SAT. 1/10 8:30-11:30 AM WEST WARWICK HS
Fritz BenzN. Smithfield High School
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FIRST, THE IMPORTANT STUFF….
Bathrooms(Down the hall take a left-”Faculty
Workroom”)
Coffee/etc…
PD Forms
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8:30-8:45 Orientation/Overview….What we currently use and know in Google (Search/Google Earth/Gmail etc.) -Create Google accounts
8:45-9:15 Tools for Organization: Google Calendar/ iGoogle Homepage/Google
Chrome 9:15-9:45 Tools for Productivity and
Collaboration: Google Docs 9:45-10:00 Break! 10:00-11:00 Tools for Communication: Google Sites 11:00-11:30 Playtime/additional Google resources
shared as time permits
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WE ALREADY KNOW AND USE?
Google Search: finding web pages, images, maps, directions and more….
Google Earth: for seeing how insignificant we REALLY are (and finding any place in the world!)
Google Mail (Gmail): the BEST web-based email I have used for checking all email accounts, filtering, file size and storage
Do you have YOUR free Google account to access more advanced and personalized Google features???
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Create Events/calendars for work, home, classes, etc. Create a calendar with assignments due/events, etc for
your classroom or any student committee/work team, etc. Create MULTIPLE calendars that can be viewed in layers in
any combination needed to share with students, parents, colleagues, etc.
Set up alarms, reminders sent to your email or cell phone Post a link to your calendar on your webpage, WIKI, or blog
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Create your personalized, centralized Google Homepage! Locate your most important links, favorites
easily incorporate your Calendars/email/and any
other Google products and “gadgets”Choose a theme and view anything you
need on multiple pages of your home pagePreview your email without “opening” it
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•Google’s Own Web Browser (developed from scratch in ’08)
•Search and type web addresses in the same window
•New Tab page adds thumbnails of Most Visited Sites
•More stable and faster loading for today’s web-based applications, not just viewing webpages (great for multi-tasking users)
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o Upload your Office Documents for editing from anywhere!o Upload or CREATE Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Text docs/PDF fileso Create a NEW document from scratch or from a growing list of TEMPLATES!o Collaborate on document editing between students, teachers, teams, etc.o See THIS LESSON in student collaboration w/Google Docso CREATE basic versions of all Office documents for FREE from any computer, anywhere!o Incorporate Google docs into your iGoogle Homepageo See this simple/useful explanation of Google docs on YouTube:
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Break! (15 min)
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• Free and Easy to create/share/and edit websites (up to 100mb per website for free!)•Built-in templates for themes, basic structure, etc.•Designate authors/collaborators as needed•Add-in any Google docs/calendars/links, etc.•Puts the emphasis on Content by restricting many “bells and whistles”•For Help with Google Sites- go to http://sites.google.com/support
Some sample teacher sites created in Google sites:•www.nsmusic.org•http://sites.google.com/a/googleclassrooms.org/mrs-richau/Home•http://sites.google.com/a/googleuniversity.org/ski-club/Home
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Picasa: For storing pictures, uploading and sharing to photo albums
Clip and collect Clip and collect information as you surf the web
For for finding and managing discussion groups all over the web
For a complete list of Google-related products and sites, go to http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/ or simply hot the “more” or “even more” buttons at the top ledt of your google search page
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•Fritz Benz email: [email protected]
•All Google products and sites can be accessed from the main Google webpage at www.google.com
•Look for the Help menu in the upper right corner of each Google product site. You’ll find:
-Tutorials/Interactive help/Video Clips, etc..
•All materials shared today are in the RITTI MCG Project Site in Sakai Portal: (MCG 2008 site)
https://portfolio.ri.net/xsl-portal