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WELCOME!

Please complete this quick survey.

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Susan Watt

Technology Support Teacher, WRDSB

Link to this presentation: goo.gl/2Wmc0Q

Link to WRDSB GAFE Support Website:�bit.ly/wrdsbgafe

My website: susanwatt.ca

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What is ?

Google Apps for Education (GAFE) is a suite of cloud based, collaborative applications for teaching and learning.

Applications include but are not limited to Google Drive, Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms, Gmail and Calendar. Many more applications can be added as well to individual accounts.

All of the applications may be accessed through the web using any browser on any device, however, in order to benefit from all that GAfE offers, we suggest that you use Google Chrome.

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GAFE / Personal Google Account

Advantages with GAFE:

all teacher and student accounts reside within your board’s ‘walled garden’; offers extra security and privacy
no age restriction for student accounts
database of all accounts (T and S) is accessible from each account

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Using GAFE in the classroom

Tool for Collaboration

Student / Teacher
Student / Student
Teacher / Teacher�

Tool to facilitate Assessment

easy sharing among teachers and students�

Cloud storage

min 30GB storage per user
Eco friendly - paper free classroom

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Let’s work together on a

Google Doc

Go to the document at the link shown.

(About Us)

Follow the instructions on the doc - tell us a little about yourself!

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How to Create Documents

From your Google Drive:�

select the red ‘Create’ button in the top left corner; from the drop down menu, select the type of document you’d like�
give the document a Title�
choose ‘Share’ and select the desired sharing options

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Create and Share

create a document
give it a title
set the ‘Share’ settings and share the document with at least one person in the room
add a title
explore the editing options and menus
locate the docs in ‘Shared with Me’

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Some Google Doc WOWs

File > See Revision History
Insert > Comment
Tools > Research
Chat

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You can also CREATE:

Folder
Document
Presentation
Spreadsheet
Form
Drawing
Connect more apps

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Looking at Forms / Spreadsheets

Let’s look at the results of our introductory survey > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap2zwIwhytv_dGFHQk1HUkRYWmkyTlNhTGl0LVhwUmc#gid=0

Create a simple form for your students!

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Strategies for Sharing - Using Folders

if you create and share a folder, anything created within that folder will automatically have the same share settings as the folder
when you share with students (or others), the folder will appear in their DRIVE
suggestions: create folders for classes, assignments, subjects or individual students

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A Possible Process for Assignments

Teacher:

creates an assignment, sets Sharing to ‘View’
shares doc with students through GAFE Drive �

Student:

opens the document
makes a copy by going to File > Make a Copy
works on the assignment
‘hands it in’ by sharing the document with the teacher

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Titling Documents

titling of documents is very important in a classroom setting
add any important information to the title, i.e. date, assignment, class, student name, teacher name, etc.
the Search window is very useful and will find any word used in a title - titling becomes almost like ‘tagging’

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Google Docs on an iPad

to access GAFE on an iPad, use the DRIVE, Google Docs or Sheets apps
log in using your GAFE or Gmail email address and password

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Questions?

Link to this presentation: goo.gl/2Wmc0Q

Link to WRDSB GAFE Support Website: bit.ly/wrdsbgafe

My website: susanwatt.ca