Flex Academy Library

Google Apps for Education

September 2016

Why Use Google for More Than Just Searching?

• It is free
• Mail-”Gmail” has more than 2 gigs of storage; easily works with other devices
• Calendar- send reminders by text
• Docs - Comparable to Word; autosaves!
• Sheets - Comparable to Excel
• Slides - Comparable to Powerpoint
• Drive- Storage system; Share large files

Google Apps for Education

• Known as GAFE, provides free tools for the classroom

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• Vancouver Public Schools just created accounts for students grades 6-12 and staff members

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Email: ID@vansd.net

Same password

Google Docs

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• Open a blank

document

• Go to

“Add-ons”

• Click

“Get add-ons”

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Docs

Docs

• EasyBib will let you cite sources within you doc
• Texthelp Study Skills allows you to highlight and collect vocab
• Proofread Bot checks grammar/spelling with an explanation
• Gliffy Diagrams makes diagrams that are saved directly to your doc

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• Also known as Google Sheets
• Features colorful Charts and Graphs
• Has built-in formulas, pivot tables and conditional formatting that saves time and simplifies task
• Work simultaneously on a single spreadsheet
• Chat while working, and leave comments/messages for returning contributors

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Example - Excel vs. Sheets: Sheets has a simpler graphic, shows less information and commands are more menu based than icon based like Excel

• Also known as Google Slides
• Access and add to presentation

from vitually anywhere

• Autosaves progress
• Offers thousands of Fonts, Themes, and Styles
• Works with embedded video, audio, animations, and more

Example - PowerPoint vs. Slides: The PowerPoint graphic on the left is more complex and takes up more space than the Slides graphic on the right.

Reflect

Go to http://tinyurl.com/jarngca and answer the question at the top:

What is one Google tool you will try or thought was interesting?

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Example: The Giffly diagram add-on in Google Docs for my next brainstorming activity in English.

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Bibliography

Brown, Jennifer, and Nathaniel Herbert. "You Need to Have JavaScript Enabled in Order to Access This Site." How Google Docs Is Useful for Students. 12 Aug. 2014. Canvas. Web. 20 Jan. 2016. <https://everettcc.instructure.com/>.

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(Ref 3) Google Docs. (2014, May 8). Retrieved August 6, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Docs

(Ref 4) Google Inc. (2014, August 5). Chrome Apps. Retrieved August 5, 2014, from Apps: chrome://apps/

(Ref 5) Dunn, J. (2012, April 5). 50 Little-Known Ways Google Docs Can Help In Education. Retrieved Aug 5, 2014, from Edudemic.com: http://www.edudemic.com/50-little-known-ways-google-docs-can-help-in-education/

(Ref 6) Google Inc. (2014, August 5). Google Docs. Retrieved August 5, 2014, from https://docs.google.com: https://docs.google.com/document/

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(Ref 8) Team, J. S. (2014, August 5). Google Apps in the Classrooms and Schools: 32 Ways to Use Google Apps. Retrieved August 5, 2014, from docs.google.com: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_6fh7wXkugHQbbA2ILrjsFqysvclJCbul2I3Oc912D8/edit?authkey=COej0pME#slide=id.i0

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