Breaking+the+Classroom+Barrier+Google+Apps

Attended by Troy Kuhn, Jana Wenzel

Google Apps Best Practices John A. Dubiski Career High School

Rapid Technology Innovation
 * IM
 * Blog
 * Wiki
 * Video Sharing

Challenges:
 * Info Overload
 * Collaboration
 * Complex
 * Expensive

Google Apps fosters 21st Century Skills!!!

Benefits:
 * Stable, Secure
 * Real-time collaboration
 * Google's Infrastructure
 * No Hardware/Software to install
 * Data is there until you remove it
 * Another "Cloud" Option

Google Apps Education Edition
 * Free
 * No advertising
 * 6.5 GB mail quotas and growing
 * Your domain name

Collaboration:
 * Google Docs
 * Google Sites
 * Google Personalized Start Page

Communication
 * Google Mail
 * Google Calendar
 * Google Talk

Docs:
 * Anonymous responses
 * Pre-set Formats, Templates and Themes
 * Date and time stamps
 * Quick Grading
 * Paperless

Classroom Uses:
 * Survey/Report Card for School - Records in an Excel Format
 * Grading
 * Calendar Feature: can invite multiple viewers
 * Lots of Templates

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Presented By Katie Eisel (Grand Prairie ISD) Katie.Eisel@gpisd.org (Troy's Notes)
 * Google Aps**

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Benefits of Google Apps
 * stable, secure, and private
 * real time collaboration
 * no hardware or software installation
 * data is kept until you remove it
 * another "cloud" option
 * free
 * no advertising
 * 6.5 GB mail quotas
 * your domain name (user@school.edu)

Platform:
 * docs
 * sites
 * personalized start page

Communication:
 * google mail
 * calendar
 * google talk

Google Mail:
 * customized mail
 * plenty of storage space

Google Docs:
 * pre-set formats, templates, and themes
 * date and time stamps all responses
 * quick grading
 * paperless
 * not blocked by district filter
 * anonymous responses if desired

Classroom Uses
 * student feedback
 * assessments and grading
 * collaboration