Google Docs Tips for Students

Check out this great article with 52 Google Docs secrets to make life easier!

http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2012/04/04/52-great-google-docs-secrets-for-students/

Google Graveyard

Leave a virtual flower on the grave of your favorite deceased Google products.

Google regularly kills off things we grow to love. It's just part of their creative process that we have to learn to accept. But that doesn't mean we can't grieve.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/map_of_the_week/2013/03/google_reader_joins_graveyard_of_dead_google_products.html 

shorten it and QR it with goo.gl

URL shortener that tracks all the shortened urls you've ever made and it makes a qr code for you all at once- goo.gl... just type goo.gl in your web browser.

goo.gl

URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web in which a Uniform Resource Locator may be made substantially shorter in length and still direct to the required page.
 Wikipedia lists these reasons for shortening a URL-- note that some sites will not allow posting of a shortened URL...
"Other uses of URL shortening are to "beautify" a link, track clicks or disguise the underlying address. Although disguising of the underlying address may be desired for legitimate business or personal reasons, it is open to abuse and for this reason, some URL shortening service providers have found themselves on spam blacklists, because of the use of their redirect services by sites trying to bypass those very same blacklists. Some websites prevent short, redirected URLs from being posted."

Griffin RESA's Technology Conference 2013

I'm excited that my presentation proposal was accepted for the Griffin RESA's Drive-In Technology Conference 2013.
I'll present "Create a Curriculum Rich Classroom Blog in 60 Minutes".
We will use Google's Blogger platform, and handouts to all sessions will be posted on the Griffin RESA website. Registration information can be found here:

http://www.griffinresa.net

Check your Web Footprint

A Complete Guide to Privacy Settings: Facebook, Google+, Twitter--- Check Your Web Footprint
http://theedublogger.com/2011/07/14/how-to-check-your-web-footprint/

Google Voice-- All teachers should have a Google Voice Number!

Google Web Forms

Google Body Works

Google Activities for Students by Tammy Worcester

Google- BLOGGER
Can also be used for individual activities for students. Up to 100 blogs can be created for free with Blogger. Blogger.com. Can create collaborative blog like the sample Tammy created called Gaetc happiness. Collaborative blog can be created by using a little trick so no posters have to have accounts -
--go to settings area, mobile and email option, set up an email address to allow publishing - click dot beside publish email immediately. Anyone who sends email to that address will post to blog immediately. Pictures can also be emailed. IF STUDENTS ARE USING THIS FEATURE- make sure it is set for you to moderate the posts.
Google MAPS-
Scribblemaps.com- allows students to mark up a Google map without a Google account.
Students can actually mark places on a map and write a progressive story. Te url to the map story can be saved and embedded on a site or blog.
Tammy's books: Google Activities for Kids
Google Tools for Teaching and Learning.

Google FORMS and SURVEYS- everyone should learn how to use this! You can cate a form for students to complete, When sending a form- send them to blue link at the BOTTOM of the page, not the URL at e top of the page. Forms can be embedded, create a tiny url and email it or post it for users. Tinyurl.com/twgaetc21 is the sample survey. When you gather data- choose form-data and you will see instant graphs.

Www.Batchgeo.com
You can also take city, state location data and copy all cells in the data and go to the website batchgeo.com - click in site and paste data, click "map now". Voila!

Tagxedo makes word cloud shapes
wordle makes word clouds - all using words kids submit in Google form!

Google forms as a quiz competition- make one place on form for NAME, one for ANSWER. Make tiny url - tinyurl.com/gaetcquiz is a sample. Put name in and get ready for the question. Form can be re-used over and over and over!

Blogger Activities:
NO Google login required for students

Click here for instructions for creating a collaborative blog.

Have students email pictures and/or text to your blog:

-Things that are green...
-Things that represent freedom.
-Things that are triangle.
-Your favorite animal at the zoo.
-A scene from a story.
-A piece of artwork you’ve created.

Google Maps
Google login required for students

-What state would you choose?
-Rock star tour
-Map story
-Community map
-Follow Flat Stanley
-Collaborative maps


Scribble Maps
Alternate tool / Google Mashup
No Google login required
http://scribblemaps.com/ 


Google Docs & Presentation Activities
Google login optional for students

Post Card

T-rrific

Building Healthy Bodies

Google Spreadsheet & Form Activities
NO Google login required


Collaborative Maps
Use a form to gather info and then “plot”  onto a map.
Click here to see how.


Quiz Competition
Create a form with fields for name and answer.
Use over and over again to get student responses to quiz questions.


Digital Dropbox
Create fields for:
-Class
-Last name
-First name
-Assignment name
-URL   
-Student Notes/Description

Use to collect and organize digital student assignments.

Art for this activity was created at:
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/


Google Account for the Teacher:
-Google Apps for Educators
-Individual Google account created at www.google.com
-Individual Gmail account created at http://mail.google.com


Google Accounts for Students:
Note - This is not an all-inclusive list!
-Google Apps for Educators
-Individual student-created accounts created by students over 13 or with parent permission if under 13
-Generic teacher-created login
-Teacher-created individual student accounts
-Domain name accounts (click here for instructions)