Google, a world within the World!

Teresa Almeida d’Eça

Google for Education Portugal Summit 2014

St. Julian’s School, Carcavelos

30 November 2014

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Google, a world in itself!

This presentation is at

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http://goo.gl/vquFjR

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Brief bio

Retired EFL teacher

Certified teacher trainer

Award-winning teacher

Author

Former student of St. Julian’s School

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Member of

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Agenda

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• Google apps in my daily life

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• Student project using Google Maps

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• How some apps can be used in class

Google

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(http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/the-35-best-google-search-tips-and-tricks/#ixzz3IrqRot2e)

Google apps: functional tools

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Google apps: personal level

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Personal level

Communicating &

Sharing

Google apps: professional level

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Professional level

Communicating,

Creating &

Sharing

Personal & professional levels

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Most of these apps overlap and intersect at both levels. I move between them seamlessly.

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Let’s take a brief look at each and see

• what they represent to me
• how I use them regularly, and
• a few suggestions of how to use them with students

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Chrome: window to the world

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connectivity & navigation

anytime, anywhere

read news,

ebooks...

search & research

email

watch videos

chat

Chrome: navigate the world

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very reliable

fast &

user-friendly

multiple tabs

“pin” tabs

GMail: communications center

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read

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reply

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delete

GMail: communication tool

communication tool

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• 1 to 1

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• 1 to many (create groups)

GMail: personally

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contact with family and friends

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GMail: professionally

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in touch with peers

• prof dev
• submit queries, doubts
• give & get help

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in touch with students

• announcements
• reminders
• submit projects & homework
• timely help

Maps: professional development

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Participants of Becoming a Webhead 2013

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Maps: personal greetings

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Greetings I got for EU Schoolnet “e-Learning Awards 2007”

Maps: a class project

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Interviewing mystery guests

Maps: a class project

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Mystery guest “down under”

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Mystery guest “down under”

Our own map: session attendees

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http://goo.gl/Kx2bhk

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• create your placemark with your name, town & country of origin, email (so I can stay in touch)

Maps: in the classroom

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• give/follow directions using “Street view”

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• give a tour of places being studied

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• show & describe a favorite town/village with “Street view”

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Drive: collaboration center

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Connect

Create

Communicate

Collaborate

Chat

Comment

Share

Drive: collaboration center

50 people can collaborate

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text comments

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audio comments

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share

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organize folders

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“my drive” & “shared with me”

& more!

“demo” in real time

Drive: personally & professionally

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enables local or global simultaneous collaboration

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Docs: in the classroom

Imagine:

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you, “the teacher”, commenting (and editing)

while students are working!

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you, “the teacher”, leaving voice comments!

(Kaizena: Add-ons)

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Docs: in the classroom

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• researching & automatic citing within a document! (EasyBib)

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• editing history & restoring a version!

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• working across devices!

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• being able to work offline!

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Docs: in the classroom

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• collaborative projects
• brainstorm ideas
• plan - create - implement
• local or global

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• multimedia: text, images, audio, video

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• peer editing with text & audio comments

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Docs: in the classroom

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• project ideas for worldwide partnerships
• recipes
• school & hometown
• young people & leisure time
• online world: in control of your life?
• environment

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• end products as presentations to share with world,

an authentic audience!

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Docs: in the classroom

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brainstorm

plan

implement

create

present ”live” in a hangout

present in slides

Share

from creation to sharing!

Forms: surveys, questionnaires

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• a Form with results in real time

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• please answer two questions in this survey

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http://goo.gl/forms/idPV1yJQyf

Google Search: Q&A tool

• answers at our fingertips

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• text search: word or expression

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• audio search

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• def:word to define

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• & more!

Images: the world before our eyes

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• search by
• word, expression, topic

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• image

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• URL

Google+: social network

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• social and professional network
• create Circles
• join Communities

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• profile: http://gplus.to/teresadeca
• posts texts with links, videos…
• mention people with +name
• +1 (equivalent to Like)
• share posts

show my G+ profile

YouTube: repository of videos

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• create your YT Channel
• create Playlists
• my channel ( https://www.youtube.com/user/teresadeca )

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• Teachertube & Schooltube: educational videos (search or upload)

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• YouTube Edu: “most popular educational videos across YouTube”

YouTube: tips & tricks

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• tips
• remove ads/clutter from the videos (to avoid ‘distractions’)
• go to http://www.viewpure.com/
• paste the video URL
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• to start a video at a specific timestamp, add “#t=31m08s” (the exact time) at the end of the URL
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFetUitCTYA#t=06m39s

Hangouts: meeting places

• social and professional get-together tool

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• meetings, webinars, interviews, prof dev workshops...
• desktop sharing

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• types of hangouts
• hangouts
• hangouts ‘on air’

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• access a hangout from G+

Hangouts: a place to explore

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• fun to explore with a group of up to nine

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Hangouts: in the classroom

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• guest speaker

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• two classes connecting in real time

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• students discussing a project they’re working on

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• students presenting live to a partner class

Translate: a go-between

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• a communication “mediator” between 2 languages

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• great when you’re stuck with a word in another language

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• translate words, sentences, paragraphs, texts

Google apps wrap-up

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Apps allow us to

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& much more!!!

wordle.net

Google wrap-up

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Whether at the personal, classroom

or professional development level,

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Google is bound to have a solution for you!

Useful resources

Google

Get More out of Google…: http://goo.gl/LrUUXb

Google Docs

10 Things Every Teacher Should Know How To Do With Google Docs: http://goo.gl/vq6ZDc

Google Drive

Collaborating with Students using Google Drive: http://goo.gl/u1cnEI (tutorial)

12 Effective Ways To Use Google Drive In Education: http://goo.gl/yKEuUD

New Google Docs Research Tool: http://goo.gl/bFWhvv

Google Search

11 Google Search Tips & Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A69yumUAzj4

Useful resources

Google Images

Google Images (Advanced Search): http://goo.gl/wKC67O

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Google Forms

80 Interesting Ways to use Forms in the Classroom: http://goo.gl/OnNSFs

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Google+

Google+ for Schools: http://goo.gl/6V7l7q

Thank you!

You can contact me at:

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teresadeca@gmail.com

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http://gplus.to/teresadeca

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http://linkedin.com/in/teresaalmeidadeca

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@teresadeca