Google in the Classroom

John Warf, Network Analyst

Ouida Myers, Instructional Technologist

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/connectivity/

First Things First

• Check with Technology Department -Setups for a Reason -Ease of District Imaging

http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/

Whole Google Suite •  Gmail •  Docs •  Calendar •  Maps •  Everything you need

Apps for Education

•  Sign Up by July 2010 •  Message Security Included •  Pay for Postini Archiving •  Using your domain •  jwarf@xxxx.k12.nc.us •  Setup Just For Apps or All •  http://www.google.com/a/xxx.k12.nc.us

Apps for Education

•  Website Builder •  File Cabinet •  Load Images from Multiple Sites •  Lock it Only Certain Users can View/Edit

Sites

•  Setting Up Homework Assignments •  Link Calendar in Website •  Enable Parents to See Class Calendar •  Homework Calendars

Calendars

•  Setup Google Voice Number •  Send All Calls to Voicemail •  Set Daily Voicemail to What Homework

Assignment Is •  Informs Parents •  Local to Your Area

Google Voice Homework Line

Forms

•  Input Online Test •  Students Answer Questions •  Easy Grading for Teachers

•  Creating is Easy As 1,2,3

Safe Searching

•  Encourage Safe Searching •  Settings Upper Right •  Set for Strict Filtering

– Never know what will come up •  Some Filtering Systems Can Force

– Check with your Districts

•  Create Your Own Maps •  Saving Maps •  Linking Into Your Google Sites •  Linking to Another Site •  Sorting Information (Some HTML

Knowledge) •  Tie to your Google Spreadsheet

Maps

•  http://sketchup.google.com •  3D Building Making •  All Browser Based •  Google Earth Plugin Required

Maps - Sketchup

•  City Tours – http://citytours.googlelabs.com

•  US Presidents – http://www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/

examples/presidents/presidents.html •  World Flags

– http://www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/examples/flags/flags.html

Maps – Neat Tools

•  Taking to the Next Level

•  Using MIT Exhibit API – http://www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/

•  Converting to Latitude and Longitude – http://earthpoint.us/ExcelToKml.aspx

•  Excel Spreadsheets Copy Paste to Get

Maps – Next Level

•  Making Your Sites Searchable and Usable •  Small HTML on One Site •  Link to Online Spreadsheet SpreadSheet

Maps - Searchable

•  Google Labs – http://www.googlelabs.com

•  MIT Exhibit – http://www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/

Additional Resources

Questions and Contact •  John Warf

jwarf@dpi.state.nc.us (919) 533 - 9411

School Connectivity / E-Rate Division NC Department of Public Instruction http://www.ncpublicschools.org/connectivity