1. Google Essentials
Lucy Gray
D112
April 9, 2013
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2. Resources
http://www.lucygray.org
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3. More Even More
http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/index.html
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4. Agenda
Google Sites as Your Class Hub
Google GeoApps
Google+ and Google Hangouts
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5. http://www.google.com/edu/teachers/index.html

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Google Sites
http://sites.google.com

7. https://sites.google.com/a/lucygrayconsulting.com/
globalcollaboration/

8. https://sites.google.com/a/parishepiscopal.org/honors-physics/
Dolores Gende

9. James Sanders
https://sites.google.com/site/historywithsanders/

10. Dan McDowell
https://sites.google.com/site/westhillsphoto/

11. Oregon Google Summit
http://www.googlesummit.org/

12. John Smith
https://sites.google.com/a/boyslatin.org/

13. Wendy Gorton - CUE
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14. Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
14Creating a Google Site

15. Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
15Creating a Google Site

16. Step 9
Step 10
Step 8
16Creating a Google Site

17. Managing a Google Site

18. Google Sites Help

19. How can you use Sites?
Teacher web site
Professional portfolios
Repository for departmental
meeting notes
Accreditation documentation
Event planning
Professional development
resources
Assessment
Student portfolios
Digital science notebooks
Book talks and previews
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Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/

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Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Getting Directions

22. Getting Directions

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Step 1
Making a Map
Step 4
Step 3
Step 2

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Step 5
Making a Map
Step 7
Step 6

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Step 8
Step 9
Step 10
Making a Map

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Note: If you click on the Import button, you can import existing .kml or .kmz files
Importing Existing KML and KMZ files
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kml.php
http://www.googlelittrips.org/

27. 27Step 11: Search for a location

28. 28Step 12: Add the location to a map

29. 29Step 12: Add the location to a map

30. 30Step 12: Add location to a map

31. 31Finding Your Map

32. Looking at Your Map 32

33. 33More information about a location

34. 34Satellite view with traffic

35. 35Google Earth view

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Google Earth
http://www.google.com/earth/

39. Haiti

40. Haiti with a USGS .kml layer

41. Haiti with a USGS .kml layer

42. Epicenter of 2010 Earthquake

43. Additional layers of information

44. Additional layers of information

45. Additional layers of information

46. Historical images: 2009

47. Historical images: January 12, 2010

48. Historical images: January 24, 2010

49. Browser Integration

50. Downloaded a .kml or .kmz file on damage

51. Looking at Google Maps within Google Earth

52. Google Sky

53. Google Sky

54. Google Moon

55. Flight Simulator

56. Flight Simulator

57. Tours

58. Preferences

59. Google Earth’s Tour

60. Streetview

61. http://www.googlelittrips.org/

63. How can you use Maps & Earth?
Think about consumption vs. creation.....
Creating maps for trips and tours
Exploring countries in world language classes
Plotting routes taken in films & literature
Campus tours
Tours of historical sites
Calculating distances between locations
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Google Plus
https://plus.google.com/

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Add To Your Circles
Steve Hargadon
Larry Ferlazzo
Kern Kelley
Esther Wojcicki
Cheryl Oakes
Jim Sill

68. 68Google Hangouts

69. 69Google Hangouts on Air
http://youtu.be/pBpHr6pGjKw

70. 70Google Hangouts: Screensharing

71. 71Google Hangouts: Apps

73. How could you use Google+ and Hangouts?
Professional development
Networking with peers
Conversations with experts
Live broadcasts
Videoconferencing with experts
Parent conferences
Tutoring (despite Google+ not being available in GAFE)
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74. CUE’s Google Workshops
http://gwe.cuetoyou.net/Home
Google in Education Diigo Group
http://groups.diigo.com/group/google-in-education
Lucy Gray
http:www.lucygray.org
Twitter: elemenous
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