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G Suite for Education 2-Day Workshop @ WCSD

Jun 242018

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In this two-day course, we’ll get you up to speed on the incredible array of services and applications that Google provides to teachers and students for free. If you have Chromebooks in your classroom, this workshop will open your eyes to the possibilities and realities of a paperless classroom, as well as having a place to showcase student work, collaborate with experts in the outside world, and managing your limited time in a more effective way.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will:

Create a Google Site to provide information to students and parents, highlight classroom activities, and showcase exceptional student work.
Create a collaborative Google Slides presentation, and publish it to their Google Site.
Be able to effectively use Google Classroom for assigning and collecting student work digitally.
Create a lesson plan utilizing additional Chromebook apps where students will create a project, demonstrating strategic and/or extended thinking.

Day 1:

Welcome and Introductions
Get Signed into my Google Classroom – Access Google Classroom here
Google Apps Scavenger Hunt
- You may want to review the Google for Eduction Blog later on
Google Cast for Education in YOUR Classroom
- More info, Setup Slides
Mastering Gmail and Google Search
- Have a lot of “Bacon?” Try Unroll.me
What Else Besides Gmail? Rundown of:
- Google Calendar, would this be helpful (YouCanScheduleMe)?
- Google Keep – Chrome Extension, iOS and Android apps
- Google Jamboard from URSA Conference
Google Sites
- Task: Create an About Me Teacher Google Site
Take Your Pulse – Google Docs Experience Level
Google Drive Basics
- AirServer app to view iOS/Android devices on your teacher computer
Sharing & Collaboration in Drive
Task: Create a Google Slides Presentation, focusing on highlighting the 5 best things they’ve learned today
- You may want to try SlidesCarnival.com

Day 2:

Cool Detours
- Google Sheets in Depth
- Google Hangouts and YouTube Live Streaming. Hangouts is changing (slowly) to Google Meet (Hangouts is more for consumers, Meet is more for business-type meetings). Don’t have your own YouTube Channel? Here’s how to set it up. You can also take a look at Jing and SnagIt. Don’t forget about Utah’s Online Library with educational videos in eMedia!
- Anyone interested in storytelling with 360˚ photos? Learn more about Google Street View (app downloads on upper right of new window) and StorySpheres.
Google Classroom Overview
- Quizzes in Classroom with Forms
- Share to Classroom Chrome extension – one more reason to use Classroom!
Task: Create a class in Google Classroom, including class rules/expectations, syllabus, links to frequently used websites and creating a class discussion topic and assignment. Invite teachers from class to participate as students in their classes and turn in assignments. Use Screencastify or Screencast-O-Matic to record a tour of your Classroom.
Google Docs: Media Research Assignment
- Optional Task: Create your own themed Google Docs Research Assignment
Useful Chrome Extensions
Creative Chrome Apps for Depth of Knowledge Levels
Task: Create a lesson plan using a creative Chrome App or any other G Suite tool that we have learned about in our class. Please include in your plan a student-created project or activity, aligned to a core area of yours, aimed at DOK level 3 or 4. You can submit a Google Doc, a video, or any artifact that illustrates and demonstrates to me how you will use these tools with your students in your classroom.

UCET 2017 – #UCET4Success

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Mar 142017

Welcome to UCET 2017! Below are the links to all of my presentation resources – just click on the session you have attended (or wish you could have made it to), and you’ll be able to access my presentations directly, see all of the session notes and links to the apps and resources that I have presented.

If you’d like to be informed when I post new resources and information, you can follow me on Twitter @sedcclint, or on my Facebook Page. Thanks for your attendance and interest!

Also, I’m running for the UCET Board! You can read my bio and information on the UCET site. Make sure you vote! You don’t have to vote for me, but I would appreciate it.

Thursday, March 16

4:00 PM: Painless Password Management, Over The Shoulder Session, Union 2 Theater. Add this to your UCET Online Schedule

Friday, March 17

11:30 AM: Going Beyond Google Docs with Creative Chromebook Apps, Union Ballroom 2. Add this to your UCET Online Schedule

Google Cast Integrated into Chrome – What does this mean for educators?

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Oct 272016

Google Chromecast Google announced recently that they have fully integrated Google Cast (formerly known as Chromecast) into the Chrome web browser. Is this good news for teachers? If you have access to, or have a classroom set of Chromebooks, then the resounding answer is YES!

In the past, you needed a $40’ish piece of hardware that you could plug directly into a newer TV or projector which you could then send or “cast” any Chrome browser page to that device to show the video and audio. It was a great solution for the home, but it never really caught on with any teachers that I knew of – probably because the majority of teachers have, shall we say, “Vintage” projectors in their classrooms which didn’t have the proper HDMI connections.

On the iOS side, many schools have tried really hard to get Apple TV’s working. They work amazingly well in the home environment, but for some technical reasons that I’ll spare you today, they didn’t work very well in large scale school wireless networks. And, each Apple TV set you back $99.

Now, back to why this announcement is great news for teachers, especially those teachers integrating Chromebooks into their classrooms. Google has also released a new Chrome app called Google Cast for Education. Once you install this app for your Chrome browser, your computer will act as the Chromecast device. Since Google Cast is now integrated into Chrome, any of your students with a Chromebook can now request to share their screen with you, to show you the great work they are doing, or the amazing video or page that they found while researching online.

Since your classroom computer is probably already hooked up to your classroom projector &/or interactive whiteboard, students that ‘Cast’ their screens to you will also be sharing to the entire class! No extra things to buy, no extra configurations, it just works. If you are worried about students hijacking your screen, fear not! Google has built in some pretty clever settings for this reason. No one can see your screen to share unless you have shared this privilege with them. Also, when they attempt to share their screen, depending on the user you can set it so that you must approve it before it shows on your screen, or it will just show up. They have also integrated Google Classroom so that you can invite a whole class at a time to share to your screen. It’s pretty cool!

Learn more about Google Cast for Education here:

SUMS Conference 2016

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Oct 252016

Thank you for attending the 2016 Southern Utah Media Specialists conference, and thank you for attending my sessions! You can find all of the notes, links and resources for my sessions by following the links below:

URSA 2016

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Jul 132016

Thank you so much for joining me for one (or more) of my sessions at the 2016 URSA Conference. All of the presentation information, links and resources for my sessions are linked from this page (and from the URSA tab above). If you have any questions or comments during or after the conference, you can connect with me @sedcclint on Twitter or on my Facebook Page. Use the #ursa16 hashtag on Twitter to join the Conference conversation.

Wednesday, July 13

1:30-3:40 pm (2-hour session): Creating on the iPad – In Depth, Education Building, Room 104

Thursday, July 14

10:10 am-12:20 pm (2-hour session): Google Classroom and Docs – In Depth, Education Building, Room 104
3:00 pm: Literally Explain Everything (apps & tutorials here), 20-minute Over The Shoulder Demo, Education Building, Room 202

Friday, July 15

10:10 am: Creative Chromebook Apps for Depth of Knowledge Levels, Education Building, Room 203

Google Apps for Education 2-Day Workshop @ WCSD

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Jul 112016

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Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will:

Create a Google Site to provide information to students and parents, highlight classroom activities, and showcase exceptional student work.
Create a collaborative Google Slides presentation, and publish it to their Google Site.
Be able to effectively use Google Classroom for assigning and collecting student work digitally.
Create a lesson plan utilizing additional Chromebook apps where students will create a project, demonstrating strategic and/or extended thinking.

Day 1:

Welcome and Introductions
Google Apps Scavenger Hunt
Get Signed into my Google Classroom – Access Google Classroom here
Google Cast for Education in YOUR Classroom
Mastering Gmail and Google Search
What Else Besides Gmail? Rundown of:
- Google Calendar, would this be helpful (YouCanScheduleMe)?
- Sites
Task: Create an About Me Teacher Google Site
Take Your Pulse – Google Docs Experience Level
Google Drive Basics
- AirServer app to view iOS/Android devices on your teacher computer
Sharing & Collaboration in Drive
Task: Collaborate to Create Google Slides Presentation, focusing on highlighting the 5 best things they’ve learned today
- You may want to try SlidesCarnival.com

Day 2:

Cool Detours
- Google Hangouts and Hangouts On Air
- Anyone interested in storytelling with 360˚ photos? Learn more about Google Street View (app downloads on upper right of new window) and StorySpheres.
Google Classroom Overview
- Quizzes in Classroom with Forms
Task: Create a class in Google Classroom, including class rules/expectations, syllabus, links to frequently used websites and creating a class discussion topic and assignment. Invite teachers from class to participate as students in their classes and turn in assignments.
Google Docs: Media Research Assignment
Task: Create your own themed Google Docs Research Assignment
Useful Chrome Extensions
Creative Chrome Apps for Depth of Knowledge Levels
Task: Create a lesson plan using the creative Chrome Apps for a student project aligned to their core aimed at DOK level 3 or 4.

UCET 2016 – Tech Madness

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Mar 152016

Welcome to UCET 2016! Below are the links to all of my presentation resources – just click on the session you have attended (or wish you could have made it to), and you’ll be able to access my presentations directly, see all of the session notes and links to the apps and resources that I have presented. You can also find all of my session information on Sched!

If you’d like to be informed when I post new resources and information, you can follow me on Twitter @sedcclint, or on my Facebook Page. Thanks for your attendance and interest!

Thursday, March 17

10:30 AM: Getting Started with Google Classroom, Union Ballroom 2 (East)

Friday, March 18

12:00 PM: Going Beyond Google Docs with Creative Chromebook Apps, Union Ballroom 2 (East)
3:00 PM: Painless Password Management, OSH, Room 106

Going Beyond Google Docs with Creative Chromebook Apps

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Mar 152016

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Google Docs & Drive provide classrooms with an amazing tool for productivity and basic word processing and presentations, but what if you want your students to dig deeper and be more creative? If it’s “Just a Chromebook,” what sorts of projects and products can your students create with web-based apps? Surprisingly, quite a bit.

In the presentation below, we’ll look at some advantages that Google Docs/Drive has over Microsoft Office, and also see some great alternatives to the Adobe Creative Apps out there. I’ve aligned all of these apps to the 4 different Depth of Knowledge levels out there for student work and projects.