Lunch & Learn Vol 2: Connecting with Students, Parents and Co Teachers

Bronze Star: Google Drive an Introduction

Google Drive is a great tool for anyone who would like to create documents, presentations or spreadsheets. Google Drive is a free web based tool that is complete online with no programs to download. You can access your documents from any computer or device!

My school will be going Goggle this year and I would like to share with you some of my training materials for Google Drive. I plan on creating 3 different training levels, gold, silver and bronze that teachers will be able to complete and take a mini assessment. Upon completing the level teachers will be awarded digital Badges! 

I'm currently working on this learning environment but I wanted to share the training materials to get your opinion.

Whatttt? Apps on a Laptop?

This is exactly how I felt when my mentor attended a Google academy class last month. So I had to set out to explore this fact. You may know exactly what an app is..one of those things on a iPad or your phone. But today you can also find apps on your regular ole' computer screen too!
                                         
Google Chrome allows you to "download" apps right to your chrome screen. Okay so download is not the right word, a better word is Bookmark. Which means these little babies don't take up any of your space and if they are being bad you just reload the tab/screen. 
An App is defined by a program that is run completely inside a web browser. Some of the most loved Chrome Apps that are loved from teachers in my school and myself are the password saving ones. 

Do you recommend any? is what I'm currently using and it works great! Plus you can use it on different kinds of devices and computers systems.
Here is an example of what the chrome web store looks like. I'm currently researching different apps for a Photoshop and photo editing loving post.                 

Developing a PD Curriculum: Using Less Paper: Edmodo and Google Drive

As a student I'm completing the course, ET5063 Technology for Staff Development at American College of Education.  I will be graduating from ACE with a Masters in Education Technology in March of 2014. In this assignment I have development a curriculum using a blended learning environment with a two week timeline.

Using Less paper: Edmodo and Google Drive

Teachers will learn how to use Edmodo to create a classroom that will use less paper by using Google. This class will be taught using a blended learning environment. I will model the strategies taught by using documents that were created with Google drive. Learners will have a optional open lab environment available to them at a specific time. This will give teachers the extra support if needed to create the documents required for the class. 

Learning Objectives:
The learner will explain the steps of connecting their Edmodo account with their Google drive. This will allow the learner’s accounts to interact with each other. The learner will understand the steps of creating documents with google drive to support their lesson objectives. This will let the learner digitize handouts that are normally discarded after their use. The learner will demonstrate the process of distributing documents to students through Edmodo.

Welcome Video:

Do you need a Refresher on Edmodo?

Video: Do you need a Edmodo Refresher? Optional

Group Discussion:  Please Introduce yourself to the group.

Group Discussion : How do you currently use Edmodo and Google Drive in your classroom?

Video: Introduction to Google Drive

Video: Introduction to Google Docs

Video: Introduction to Google Presentation Video: Introduction to Google Form

Formative Evaluation Due

Optional Lab Day: Teachers have a Choice to come to and open lab to work on assignment. Learner will reinforce skills they have learned.

Assignment Due Monday Morning: Transform a Handout, Presentation, and Form using google drive. Preferable create materials that you were going to hand out the old fashion way to use in your classroom.

Week 2:

Group Discussion : Share out your experiences working on this assignment.

Video Edmodo Attaching Google Drive

Video Edmodo Posting Presentations, Handouts or Forms

Video Edmodo Creating a library & sharing

Optional Lab Day: Teachers have a Choice to come to and open lab to work on assignment. Learner will reinforce skills they have learned.

Final Assignment Due Monday

Students will create Libraries, and post the three assignments to their classrooms.

Summative Assignment Due