boost your teaching with google tools

Dawson College: Ped Day 2015

Boost Your Teaching with Google Tools

Rafael Scapin, Ph.D.Coordinator of Educational Technology

Dawson College

October 16th, 2015

• Using Google Search: Tricks and Techniques

• Learn how to use Google Drive to store and share your files

• Creating your First document in Google Docs

• Starting with Google Sheets and Google Presentation

• Create surveys using Google Forms and get instant feedback

• Improving Google Docs Features with Add-Ons (Apps)

Content

• How to use Google Calendar on your Teaching

• Learn How to Use Google Images Effectively

• How to Use Google Sites to create your own website

• Using Youtube: Creating and Sharing your Videos

• Google Hangout: Bring Keynote Speakers to Your

Classroom!

Content

Before We Start: Create a Google Account

Before We Start: Create a Google Account

https://accounts.google.com/SignUp

Source: Go-Globe.com

InfoWhelm

Source: http://youtu.be/cWkQq5qmdmc

How the World is Searching

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2443825/Google-rules-West-Japan-prefers-Yahoo-Map-reveals-different-internet-giants-dominate-countries-globe.html

Image Source: : http://www.fastcocreate.com/3019595/creativity-by-the-numbers/see-a-map-of-the-world-revealing-each-countrys-most-visited-websit

How Google Search Works

Source: http://youtu.be/BNHR6IQJGZs

Searching as Part of Our Daily Life

Google Search Tricks

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/guide-google-tools-tips-tricks-cant-live-without/

Google Search Operators

Google Search Operators

Google Advanced Search

https://www.google.com/advanced_search

Google Search Operators: Examples

Google Search Operators: Examples

Google Search Operators: Examples

Google Search Operators: Examples

Google Search Operators: Examples

Google Search: Tricks

Source: http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/

Google Operators: http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

Google Search Poster

http://www.socialscience.uq.edu.au/documents/forms/infoskills_operators1.pdf

Hands-On

A Google A Dayhttp://www.agoogleaday.com/

The three-lobed leaves of a tall tree are powdered and used in a traditional New Orleans dish, and the bark is the traditional flavoring for a soft drink. What drink is it?

Answer:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qaa4UUMdvvulG3IK0bbNsxZwdhiDXGxMtaHgg0-Yw54/edit#slide=id.p18

Google Power Searching Courses

Source: http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/

Improve your Google search skills with Power Searching and Advanced Power Searching online courses.

Google Search: Exercises

1. Use the site: operator to search for armchairs on IKEA’s site, www.ikea.com.

2. Find all pages on The New York Times (nyt.com) which include the word “Montreal” but not “Toronto”.

3. Find pages whose titles include surfing that are not about surfing the World Wide Web.

Storing Information

Storing Information

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkfOYtaumew

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What’s The Cloud?

http://youtu.be/TTNgV0O_oTg

Popular Cloud Storage Platforms

Popular Cloud Storage Platforms

Online Storage & Sharing Websites

2 Gb for free. 500 MB for each referral person up to 18 GB (free). $99/year for 1 Terabyte

15 GB for free. $1.99/month for 100 Gb. $9.99/month 1 Terabyte

How Safe is it?

http://www.cnet.com/news/google-now-encrypts-cloud-storage-by-default/

How Safe is it?

Why Using Cloud Storage?

E-Mail

Traditional Way to Exchange Files

Why Using Cloud Storage?

Exchanging Files in the Cloud

Why Using Cloud Storage?Exchanging Files in the Cloud: Multiple Devices

Why Using Cloud Storage?Cloud Storage Platforms Create Folders on your Computer

Why Using Cloud Storage?Google Drive Folder (on your Computer)

Why Using Cloud Storage?Google Drive (online)

Why Using Cloud Storage?Google Drive – Sharing Files/Folders

Why Using Cloud Storage?Google Drive – Synchronous Editing

Source: http://youtu.be/A7y7NafWXeM

Why Using Cloud Storage?Sharing Files in Moodle / Lea

Advantage

Files are updated automatically in Moodle after you make any changes in the original one in Google Drive!

Store Students’ Documents Online Storing Assignments & Sending Feedback

Google Docs Google’s equivalent to MS Word

https://docs.google.com/document/

Google Docs Google’s equivalent to MS Word

https://zapier.com/blog/google-docs-tips/

Google Docs Shared Document

http://bit.ly/dawsondoc

Google Sheets Google’s equivalent to MS Excel

https://sheets.google.com/document/

http://bit.ly/dawsonexcel

Google Slides Google’s equivalent to MS Powerpoint

https://slides.google.com/document/

http://www.slidescarnival.com/category/free-templates

Editing Google Docs Offine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-ZaUJ44X2s

Office Editing Chrome Plugin

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/office-editing-for-docs-s/gbkeegbaiigmenfmjfclcdgdpimamgkj?hl=en

Google Docs Add-OnsLet’s add useful “add-ons” to our documents!

The Best Google Docs Add-OnsEasyBib allows you to cite your sources the easiest way you can all in Google Docs. You can have sources cited in MLA, Chicago, and APA format.

The Best Google Docs Add-OnsHellofax allows individuals to send faxes to and from other people through Google Drive.

The Best Google Docs Add-OnsKaizena allows teachers to give voice feedback to their students.

The Best Google Docs Add-OnsThe Speech Recognition add-on will allow you to use speech recognition to write your Google Docs documents.

The Best Google Docs Add-OnsThe Translate add-on uses Google Translate to translate text in your documents.

The Best Google Docs Add-OnsTag Cloud Generator generates a tag cloud for Google Docs with more than 50 words

Google Docs in the Classroom• Promote group collaboration and creativity by having your

students record their group projects together in a single doc.

• Keep track of grades, attendance, or any other data

• Facilitate writing as a process by encouraging students to write in a document shared with you.

• They can provide feedback in the document. Teachers can offer advice which may lead to higher grades.

• Teachers can use the revisions history to find out who has actually helped on the project and evaluate individual participation and content.

• Teachers can discover who is not participating and have the opportunity to correct the situation.

Collaborative Lesson Planning

Work on the same lesson plan at the same time with a colleague using Google Docs.

Department Meeting Notes

Picture by K.W. Barrett

Take your department meeting notes in Google Docs.

Share with the rest of the staff.   

Shared Lesson Repository

Go Paperless!

Improve the Writing Process

Use Google Docs to:

• Have students work collaboratively from anywhere • Give students ongoing and simultaneous feedback

• Use revision history to hold students accountable for their work

• Publish student work

Google Calendarhttp://calendar.google.com

Create Different Google Calendarshttp://calendar.google.com

Google Calendar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHPzCckcmXg&t=45

Google Calendar

• Create your personal calendar

• Create your Dawson College calendar

• Integrate it on your smartphone/tablet (through apps)

• Tasks

• Offline Calendar

• Share your Calendar

Presentation: https://

docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jn37bntLWwrwwnJCW-EvWzyqluvr76evGI9SD6cRXcM/edit#slide=id.g1c722964b_078

Google Calendar Tricks

Receive a daily email with your agenda

Google Calendar can email you a daily agenda so you can see your entire schedule at a glance.

First access the Reminders and Notifications menu, and then check the box next to Daily Agenda.

Each morning at 5 a.m. in your time zone, Google will send a complete agenda straight to your email inbox.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/guide-google-tools-tips-tricks-cant-live-without/#googlecalendar

Google Calendar + Youcanbooke.me

Google Calendar + Youcanbooke.me

https://rscapin.youcanbook.me/

Your students can book your office hours

Google Images

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99BfDnBZcI#t=22

Google Images: is a search service that allows users to search the Web for image content.

Google Images

http://images.google.com

Google Images: is a search service that allows users to search the Web for image content.

Google Images: Search

Searching by Images

http://www.visualnews.com/2013/12/30/22-pictures-famous-people-young/

Storing and Sharing Images

Source: http://picasa.google.com/

Image software for your computer

Storing and Sharing Images

Source: http://photos.google.com

Google Photos Online storage

Free Online Image Editor

http://pixlr.com/

Understanding Copyright

Source: http://www.cmec.ca/Publications/Lists/Publications/Attachments/291/Copyright_Matters.pdf

Understanding Copyright

Source: http://library.selkirk.ca/servicesfor/cautcopyright.pdf

Source: http://creativecommons.org/choose/

Source: http://www.commoncraft.com/video/copyright-and-creative-commons

Creative Commons Licence - Example

BY = Attribution NC= Non CommercialND = No Derivation

http://edudemic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/teachers-copyright.jpg

Finding Free Images (No Copyright)

Finding Free Images (No Copyright)

Finding Images With Specific Sizes

Finding Animated Images

Google Siteshttp://sites.google.com

Tutorial: https://sites.google.com/site/mflynchsites/

Create your Website (Google Sites)

Source: http://www.wix.com

Let’s Work with Videos

http://youtube.com

Let’s Work with Videos

http://www.tubechop.com/

Selecting parts of a movie

Let’s Work with Videos

http://keepvid.com/

Downloading Movies from Youtube

Can you download any video from Youtube?

Let’s Work with Videos

http://youtu.be/NLNuv7jAIhg

Flipping the Classroom

Google Hangout: Bring a Keynote to your Class!

http://hangouts.google.com

Google Hangouthttp://hangouts.google.com

Creating a Google Hangout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGHdqCkf9Ik

Google Hangout in Education

https://sites.google.com/a/lsr7.net/hangoutsforteachers/home

Creating a Google Hangout

http://bit.ly/dawsonhangout

Google Formshttp://forms.google.com

Google Forms: Instant Feedback

http://bit.ly/dawsonsurvey

Go to the survey below and answer the questions:

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Questions

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