google apps for education

Google Apps for EducationWCPS Summer Institute 2011

We All Know Google….

• As a search engine….

• But Google Apps are so much more!!

Our Agenda This Afternoon….We will briefly review:

- Our role as education professionals in teaching digital citizenship

- How the learning environment has changed- How technology that supports learning has

changed

We will look in depth at:

- What is Google Apps?- What can be done with this tool- How educators and students are using this tool- Where Wolf Creek’s future use of Google Apps

can apply to your classroom or subject area

We live in a globally connected society

21st century learning is all about preparing young people to become caring, competent Canadians with the knowledge, skills, and attributes to be

successful global citizens

Our vision is to create Excellent Learning Environments that ensure we meet our

mandate to prepare our students for adult life.

Excellent Learning Environments

1. Outcomes are clear to the student.

3. Where are students relative to the outcome…a pre-

assessment phase?

10. Final evaluation based on authentic compilation of

assessment devices.

5. Revisit outcomes to think about Instructional design. (Learning styles, complexity of outcome, hidden skills, etc.)

2. What evidence will show that students have met the

outcomes?

11. A plan to assist students when the outcome is not being met… a new course of action.

4. What does good learning look like? (Rubrics and exemplars)

6. Selection of input structure for new knowledge.

7. Giving students an opportunity to interact with new knowledge.

8. Giving students an opportunity to experiment or use new knowledge.

9. Constant assessment feedback so students can modify learning efforts.

12. Classroom structure, peer relationships, culture of school and student strategies for their more independent or collaborative learning .

Citizen: a member of a society

Citizenship: The character of an individual in a society

Digital Citizenship: The character of an individual in a digitally-mediated society

But…

raised in a media rich networked world

21st C

entu

ry

Stud

ents

self-empowered tech savvy

highly connected

collaborative

skilled communicators

innovative

have to realize that online choices have offline consequences

underdeveloped sense of risk and responsibility

lack an adult perspective on safety, responsibility and general citizenship

They Need to be Good Digital Citizens

Today’s digital world is considerably different

than the world most of our teachers grew up

and went to school in

Technology tools are the contemporary tools of literacy, yet for many of our teachers both

the tools and the environments that they enable are foreign

Cha

lleng

es

Yet these are essential tools and learning

environments in the 21st Century

To help guide students wisely, we need to develop a deeper understanding of the digitally connected world and what it means to be good digital citizens

Yet many of our schools may not yet be ready

Intro to Google Apps

A Different Generation

Different Expectations & Work Habits

Technology & Cloud Computing Connects Us Everywhere

1950 Computing

The Original google.org

Today’s Google Servers

Yesterday’s Portable Computer

Today’s Computing Options

1950’s Classroom

Today’s Classroom

• Pic of LCHS

Google Homepage in 1997

Google Home Page August 2011

The Pace of Innovation

Skills Needed in Today’s World

• Employers are looking for new skills from our student graduates today.

Essential 21st Century Skills for Canadians

Essential Skills are the fundamental skills that make it possible to learn all others. They are enabling skills that help people participate fully in the workplace and in the community. They are:

• Reading Text • Document Use • Numeracy • Writing • Oral Communication • Working with Others • Thinking Skills • Computer Use • Continuous Learning http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/hrp/essential_skills/essential_skills_index.shtml

Web 1.0, Web 2.0 – Huh???

Web 1.0 Web 2.0

One-Way Two-Way

Authoritarian Democratic

Passive Active

Static Dynamic

Closed Collaborative

What’s Next? Voice?

Computing Has Become Complex

Emerging Non-Complex Solutions

How Will We Use the Cloud?

We live in mobile times

Student Staff Device Zone• The project initially

involved ESLCHS having the potential to impact 800 students at our pilot school.

• The design approach addresses phased scaling these benefits to all Wolf Creek schools.

• Today – the SSDZ is available in all Wolf Creek Schools – the decision to (how/when) move forward rests with the school admin team

Google Mobile

Google Products Work Together and Closely Integrated

Are You Using ?

Google Apps has a full suite of products accessed 24/7 from any internet connection

Why a Wolf Creek Google Domain?

Why Google Docs?

Google has powerful editing capabilities right inside the tool

Products like Google Translator provide instant translation from a variety of languages

Google Sites allows you to create a website quickly and easily

Let’s Take A Quick Look…..

Google Forms provides instant survey or quiz feedback

What is Google News?

Google Docs in Plain English

Google Apps in Edmonton Public

Google Docs

Tutorial on Google Apps from an Educator Perspective

Student & Educators Share HowThey Use Google Docs

Google Apps Online Traininghttp://edutraining.googleapps.com/

Future Applications Abound

Remember to practice Digital Citizenship skills around privacy and security

When is this coming to my school?• Currently in the early discovery stage• Setting up accounts and access

• Creating our own Wolf Creek domain known as:

WolfApps• Soon to pilot this in a select location, select

committee groups, etc.• Begin implementation throughout this year as

schools are interested

Google Apps for Education

Questions or Comments?