google apps#!

• 1. Google Tools Part I Presented by: Alyssa Baker [email_address]

2. http://tech4admin.wetpaint.com/ 3. 4. Why are Google Apps useful to Educators?

• • Free

• • Works across multiple platforms

• • Use a web browser of your choice

• • Firefox

• • Internet Explorer

• • Safari

• • Easily accessible from any computer with internet

• • Great tool for:

• • • Organization

• • • Communication

• • • Collaboration

• • Certain applications can be embedded on websites

5. Classroom Tools

• • Examples:

• • • iGoogle

• • • Docs

• • • Blogger

• • • Sites

• • • Reader

• • • Calendar

• • • Google Earth and Maps

6. iGoogle:Customized Homepage

• • • Pick interests and theme

• • • Customized for you

• • • Collect useful content all in one location

• • • • Blogs

• • • • Calendar

• • • • Docs

• • • • Weather

• • • • Top news stories

• • • • Language translation

7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Google Docs

• • Easy to use

• • Examples of use

• • • Upload existing documents or create new

• • • Share with a group

• • • Publish

• • • Embed

• • • Create folders for easy organizing

• • Types of Docs

• • • • Documents

• • • • Spreadsheets

• • • • Presentations

• • • • Forms

18. http://docs.google.com 19. 20. 21. Upload existing files 22. Share and Collaborate eliminate numerous copies of a file 23. 24. Export presentations, spreadsheets and documents 25. Create forms easily to gather data 26. Results are automatically compiled in a spreadsheet 27.

• Alyssa Baker

• • [email_address]

• • http://alyssabaker.pbworks.com

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