WINTER 2009 WORKSHOP

SAT. 1/10 8:30-11:30 AM WEST WARWICK HS

Fritz BenzN. Smithfield High School

FIRST, THE IMPORTANT STUFF….

Bathrooms(Down the hall take a left-”Faculty

Workroom”)

Coffee/etc…

PD Forms

8:30-8:45 Orientation/Overview….What we currently use and know in Google (Search/Google Earth/Gmail etc.) -Create Google accounts

8:45-9:15 Tools for Organization: Google Calendar/ iGoogle Homepage/Google

Chrome 9:15-9:45 Tools for Productivity and

Collaboration: Google Docs 9:45-10:00 Break! 10:00-11:00 Tools for Communication: Google Sites 11:00-11:30 Playtime/additional Google resources

shared as time permits

WE ALREADY KNOW AND USE?

Google Search: finding web pages, images, maps, directions and more….

Google Earth: for seeing how insignificant we REALLY are (and finding any place in the world!)

Google Mail (Gmail): the BEST web-based email I have used for checking all email accounts, filtering, file size and storage

Do you have YOUR free Google account to access more advanced and personalized Google features???

Create Events/calendars for work, home, classes, etc. Create a calendar with assignments due/events, etc for

your classroom or any student committee/work team, etc. Create MULTIPLE calendars that can be viewed in layers in

any combination needed to share with students, parents, colleagues, etc.

Set up alarms, reminders sent to your email or cell phone Post a link to your calendar on your webpage, WIKI, or blog

Create your personalized, centralized Google Homepage! Locate your most important links, favorites

easily incorporate your Calendars/email/and any

other Google products and “gadgets”Choose a theme and view anything you

need on multiple pages of your home pagePreview your email without “opening” it

•Google’s Own Web Browser (developed from scratch in ’08)

•Search and type web addresses in the same window

•New Tab page adds thumbnails of Most Visited Sites

•More stable and faster loading for today’s web-based applications, not just viewing webpages (great for multi-tasking users)

o Upload your Office Documents for editing from anywhere!o Upload or CREATE Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Text docs/PDF fileso Create a NEW document from scratch or from a growing list of TEMPLATES!o Collaborate on document editing between students, teachers, teams, etc.o See THIS LESSON in student collaboration w/Google Docso CREATE basic versions of all Office documents for FREE from any computer, anywhere!o Incorporate Google docs into your iGoogle Homepageo See this simple/useful explanation of Google docs on YouTube:

Break! (15 min)

• Free and Easy to create/share/and edit websites (up to 100mb per website for free!)•Built-in templates for themes, basic structure, etc.•Designate authors/collaborators as needed•Add-in any Google docs/calendars/links, etc.•Puts the emphasis on Content by restricting many “bells and whistles”•For Help with Google Sites- go to http://sites.google.com/support

Some sample teacher sites created in Google sites:•www.nsmusic.org•http://sites.google.com/a/googleclassrooms.org/mrs-richau/Home•http://sites.google.com/a/googleuniversity.org/ski-club/Home

Picasa: For storing pictures, uploading and sharing to photo albums

Clip and collect Clip and collect information as you surf the web

For for finding and managing discussion groups all over the web

For a complete list of Google-related products and sites, go to http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/ or simply hot the “more” or “even more” buttons at the top ledt of your google search page

•Fritz Benz email: fbenz@cox.net

•All Google products and sites can be accessed from the main Google webpage at www.google.com

•Look for the Help menu in the upper right corner of each Google product site. You’ll find:

-Tutorials/Interactive help/Video Clips, etc..

•All materials shared today are in the RITTI MCG Project Site in Sakai Portal: (MCG 2008 site)

https://portfolio.ri.net/xsl-portal