10 Ways to Drive Google Apps Adoption at Your School- Peter Henrie peterhenrie@amplifiedit.com http://www.amplifiedit.com/
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- 1. Plan your adoption and set milestones (example: everyone upload one Power Point file into Google Apps per month)
- 2. Track usage with Reports (Admin console> Reports> Drive & Docs> hover over graph)
- 3. Curriculum Focused PD: Transform Current Lessons with GAFE- not use technology for technology's sake
- 4. Synergyse Google Apps Training: http://www.synergyse.com/ Use Synergyse Google Apps Training- a fee-based service-- it is interactive, low cost- 10.00 per staff member per year & students are free, online, current & up-to-date training ... when Google changes the training always stays up to date.)
- 5. Prepare a Rich Template Gallery (Create> Document> File> From Template.. to submit your own, click "submit template" on top right. In your Admin console you can create your own template gallery for your district.)
- 6. Identify Administrative Use Cases (Calendar- shared calendar for reserving rooms or resources), Groups ("Google Groups" previous conversations archived, shared mailboxes, discussion groups), Sites (including internal staff portal), Drive (- document repository, data gathering with forms)
- 7. Highlight useful 3rd Party Apps
- 8. Remove Obstacles: Do not give anyone an excuse to not use the new system
- 9. Teacher Dashboard-- http://hapara.com/ It communicates with your LMS (4.00 per student or 6.00 per student with remote control ~real time observation of tasks~ push out websites to a class~ management factor. Makes digital classroom safer, easier to set up/use/manage/reset passwords... need a browser policy to only use Chrome browser not firefox or safari)
- 10. Lead by Example (Don't attach Word Docs, use Google Calendar, what Chrome Extensions do you use regularly?)
