Google Forms in the Classroom
When: Monday, 02/04/2013 @3:10 – 4:00
Where: Elementary Computer Lab
Who: K-8 Teachers
Sign Up: http://goo.gl/9QGxG
Google forms are a useful tool to help you plan events, send a survey, give students a quiz, or collect other information in an easy, streamlined way organized for you in a spreadsheet. You will learn how to create, edit, and share forms, as well as learn different ways forms can be used in the classroom.
Edutopia has an excellent Summer PD titled, Web Tools Collective Series. I just read Part 4 of the series and my absolute favorite Youtube Video about how not to use PowerPoint was shared:
We’ve all probably experienced this when attending presentations, which is why this video is SO funny. I laugh every time I watch it! So how do we teach our students to give good presentations?
ReadWriteThink and PowerPoint in the Classroom both have excellent resources for teaching kids how to create effective and meaningful PowerPoint presentations. But we also have to remember with the emergence of Web 2.0 tools, there are now FREE alternatives to PowerPoint. Below are just a handful of some of the Web 2.0 Tools that students can use to create presentations:
The beauty of the above tools:
One important thing to consider when using any Web 2.0 Tool in the classroom is the terms and conditions of the tool. Lucie deLaBruere has put together an excellent resource for information addressing terms and conditions of Web 2.0 tools and privacy policies. Find it here.
What’s your favorite presentation tool? Do you have any student samples you can share?
Here’s a little Google Presentation I made to share some of the features in Google Presentation. Notice how the video and hyperlink are maintained, but not the Incremental Reveal feature:
If you already have a Google Docs account, skip to slide 5 in this tutorial by Sam Lam.
Click here for a printable version of this tutorial.
Click here to download a printable version.
This blog post is meant to be used in conjunction with a face-to-face training.
Click here for the Getting Started with iGoogle handout.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFdjV04yTkdIUkV4bHZmdm4xblJuLWc6MQ
This Blog post has been created to use in combination with a face-to-face training. So if you’re here, please know these are great resources, but there’s not a lot of explanation…
They call it Web 2.0…not just consume, but collaborate, interact, communicate… So how can we take Web 2.0 and not go crazy getting lost in cyberspace? RSS to the rescue!
Let’s start by creating a Google Reader account. If you don’t have a gmail account, you can get one by clicking here.
Now, add some of your favorite “feed” and you’re good to go!
Need a Google Reader tutorial? I like this one, but you may like this one better:
