Script for Presentation Slides (I opened up Notes on the bottom of the slide so the script is also noted below the slides. I also added 4 extra slides so I could have room for animation. If anyone feels I need to remove the slides PLEASE let me know and I will remove it. I also think we may want to reconsider the title of the presentation Google's Greatness for the Classroom. If everyone is ok with it, I will go with it … Any other ideas? Jean) Slide 1: Introduction Why use Google in education? The question is not why, but why NOT use Google in education. We will show you some benefits and ways the web-based product available can help both teachers teach and students learn. Slide 2: Why is Google a Perfect Tool in Education Google a perfect tool to use in education for various reasons. ● Encourages collaboration with teachers, students and parents. ● Is one of the most popular websites in the world ● Is portable – teachers and students can access documents from around the world and with PC/ MAC computers and on mobile devices ● Is FREE with options of additional premium services ● Allows for student-created work from many different Google tools and programs. ● And Google ..... Slide 3: Google connections also offers so many different tools and services that teachers and students can use individually or as collaborating teams. Here are a few of the web-based products Google has to offer for educators and students. Slide 3: Google Translator Introduction We would first like to talk about a little known tool to some educators and students. Google Translator is a wonderful tool that can be with high school foreign language classes, foreign language immersion and FLES classes, ESL programs, geography classes. Slide 4: Google Translator Explanation #1 Who can benefit from translator: ● high school foreign language (57 language choices) programs (i.e.- Using cut and paste to check for perfect tense) ● FLES (Foreign Language in Elementary School or foreign language immersion classes (i.e. - A way for the students to communicate or exchange ideas with other classmates or students in another country) ● ESL students (i.e. - translating any text into the first language of the student) Slide 5: Google Translator Explanation #2

In History class, a level one ESL student needs to write a paper on The Pledge of Allegiance. The problem is the student needs to understand the history in order to write about the topic. What can done to help the student? Slide 6: Google Translator Explanation #3 Simply insert the page link or text in the box, choose a language to translate from and a language to translate! Slide 7: Google Translator Explanation #4 Now you have a translation that the ESL student can use to understand the history of The Pledge of Allegiance. Using the knowledge gained in their native language they can write the historical facts accurately. Students needing the text read to them can simply clicking here to hear in both languages! Slide 8: Google Translator Explanation #5 This is just one way you can differentiate in your classroom! Slide 9: Google Blogger: Explanation Google Blogger is another great tool that the Google+ package has to offer. Blogging has become an intricate part of the Internet since the evolution of Web 2.0. Users can socially interact and at the same time share their view and ideas with the rest of the world. The one question that always comes us is why should I blog? But what we should be asking ourselves should be why shouldn’t I Slide 10: Google Blogger: Why use blogger in general? So why Google Blogger when there are so many other blogging tools available? Well here are some reasons which make Blogger the better choice. First its already part of Google+. You can get your emailing, finances, and blogging at the same time. Its that easy. Also publishing is done with the push of a button.Design, and templates are easy to access. You can make your blog look exactly the way you want it. You can easily insert videos, sounds, embed other content using html, or add gadgets to keep your reader connect to the world. Simply put Blogger makes blogging fun!

Slide 11: Google Blogger and Education So what are the benefits of using Blogger in the classroom? Here are just a few of them: First, It can teach students to work collaboratively by adding comments or suggestions which can improve learning. It also motivates students to write while at the same time improving their writing skills. Blogging also helps students think critically when expressing their ideas or points of view. Furthermore, students can share their authentic work for the world to see. For teachers, Blogger provides an option to create private blogs for individual classes or groups. They can also use it to have a better connection between teacher, students, and parents by keeping them informed about classroom and homework news or current events.

Slide 12: Google Sites - Free web page creation So far we have discussed how Google has helped in the classroom with Google Translator and Google Blogger. Now we are going to shift gears a bit and introduce an application that allows both the student and educator create free and easily created web pages. Google Sites allows you to create free web pages with no programing or database skills. As a result of it being easy to create these pages, this application is great for newcomers to build their first web site. I always wanted to be able to create my own web page but I never knew it was this easy. Another plus about this application is that you do not have to install any software on your computer. All you have to do is create a Google + account and you are ready to go. You can access your webpage anywhere you have internet access. So, it’s great for people who are always moving. Slide 13: Google Sites for the teacher For a teacher, Google sites can be an important tool to help students have instant access to the materials of their class. This App allows a teacher to create connecting web pages where they can add all of their lecture notes, images, videos on the content, instructions for assignments and contact information. These types of pages allow the teacher to help students get organized, informed and up to date with their lessons. Slide 14: Google Sites for the student Once again because of the ease of creating a web page using Google Sites, students will also have the opportunity to create their own web pages. They can create their own personal web pages or create a web page as an assignment. It can be either a stand alone project or a cumulative web page to explain the main parts of an entire unit. It’s also a great to tool to promote collaboration in your classroom. Since the web pages are online, students can work on their group web page project from different locations and different times. The era of students having to come together at the library to work on a poster project is over. Google sites allows for a new modern technological method of collaboration. Slide 15: Google Sites: Tutorial In order to help show how to create one of these web pages, we have embedded this “How to” video. This video will show you step by step how to create your first web page. The video will also help the visual learners because they will get to see exactly what to do instead of reading directions. Slide 16: Google Drive in schools Google drive is a great cloud collaboration system for organizing your files and sharing them with your colleagues or students. The collaborative nature of Google Drive makes it ideal for a school or even the classroom. Google Drive stores all your Google docs, presentations, spreadsheets, forms and more in the “cloud”. Within drive you can create new files, view and edit files shared with you, and sort your

files by using multiple options such as; files that were shared with you or files made by you. You can share your files and work collaboratively on one file at the same time such as while planning a unit with your colleagues while using a planning document.

Slide 17: Google Drive in schools (detail of sorting option) Here is a close up of the sort options available. Notice the categories of type, visibility and ownership. These options allow you to easily find your files. Slide 18: Google Drive: Docs in the classroom Here is one way that Google Docs can be used for classroom collaboration. (video). Click slide after video is done to review the reasons for using Google Drive with students. Slide 19: Conclusion

● As you have seen, Google has made created several applications that can used in an educational setting to help further the understanding and retention of the content we teach in our classrooms every day. ● In addition to Google Translator, Blogger, Sites and Drive, Google offers even more applications that can be added to our educational tool belts! ○ YouTube ○ Picasa ○ Google Books ○ Google Earth ○ Google Hangout ○ Google Reader Slide 20: Conclusion World of Google Apps - What’s next?? The future of technology in the classroom is everchanging. Soon we will see technologies labeled as Web 3.0. Luckily, there are institutions like Google there are working to create state of the art technologies that can be used in the 21st century classroom. Best of all, they are free and accessible to everyone around the world. 1

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All group members are present and participating in the session a All were present in group besides Katie. Katie was unable to access the Google Hangout but did watch the recording. A technology is chosen to be taught (This will be what the tutorial is about) a Google Ramiro: Sites Jean: Translator Sam: Blogger Katie: Drive

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A technology is chosen to facilitate the learning (This is the tool used to demonstrate the tutorial. For example, Jing, Slideshare, etc.) a Google Presentation with Camstudio voice recording. Technical aspects of how the work will be completed is discussed a Who will do what and how was discussed. Everyone talks or one narrates was also debated. Length of presentation and who writes the intro and conclusion were also discussed. A Timeline of what will be done when was also discussed. b For the layout of the Google Presentation each member will create their own slides. There will be a Google Doc with the script. Each member will add their own script for their Google feature. Then Sam (or other member) will narrate the script using Camstudio. Each Member will create two slides about their Google tool and also do the following: Jean will make the intro Sam will narrate Ramiro will do the conclusion Katie will design and manage overall look and feel of the Google Presentation Slide 1: Introduction Slide 2: Benefit for schools (Google’s Greatness) Slide 3: Google Translator Slide 4: Google Translator Slide 5: Google Blogger Slide 6: Google Blogger Slide 7: Google Sites Slide 8: Google Sites Slide 9: Blogger Slide 10: Blogger Slide 11: Blogger Slide 12: Google Drive Slide 13: Google Drive Slide 14: Google Presentation (is this needed if we are making this in Google Presentation?) Slide 15: Conclusion

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