Monday, June 3, 2013

google apps for education

new gafe course begins june 3rd !!!

barely an instant announcement that i will surely be running the google apps for education ( gafe ) course in the summer for those that are inquisitive about learning additional concerning google apps.

the second cohort is concerning per week far from finishing and it's been fantastic to learn with individuals for this journey into google apps. it very may be a love/hate relationship. i really like all that i learn from individuals and things they actually teach me as google moves therefore fast. conjointly i hate it because it causes it to firmly be onerous to maintain the content up to date. i’ll be going back and redoing the google+ videos along with the new announcements for positive.

you might want to head over to gafeclass. com and check out the comes from past participants within the whole course and then judge how they're using google apps in his or her classroom along with what you learn during this 8 weeks online course.

conjointly check out the concerning page to learn concerning the pedagogy employed in the course. this very may be a course that takes advantage as out to the internet and living utilizing a connected world.

i conjointly enable you to make a decision what your final project appearance like. giving you as much choices as you can and in fact i’m perpetually open within your own suggestions.
final project ( 50% of overall grade )

well you could have created it in the finish as out to the gafe course currently chance to place the things you have learned into action. there may be a handful totally different choices you could have for completing your final project. i've outlined them below. if you do possess an plan that higher fits your situation please message me and we’ll talk through it in order out to make positive it fits along with the outcome with this course.

1.  use google apps along with your students/staff

presentation/project :
you'll use google apps for education within your category to enhance the learning experience for students. the outcomes ought to firmly be student learning targeted and age appropriate. you'll share the project with the remainder as out to the participants during this course therefore they will supply feedback and remember from you. you should conjointly “try out” your project along with your students and aqcuire their feedback on its use.

final presentation :
you'll produce a video don't than 10 minutes using google presentation, google hangout, or youtube that answers listed here queries.

  • what were your objectives specifically for your own personal google project ?
  • what tools did you utilize ? why did you finally choose these tools for this/these task( s ) ?
  • how did you go concerning introducing your project in the students ?
  • how did the students react ?
  • outcome ? did you meet your objectives ?
  • proof of student learning ?
  • what would you are doing differently next time ? what did you learn ?
  • how might you make plans to share this along with your college colleagues ?
  • that which was your greatest learning during this course ?

2.   update or produce a video for your own gafe course

similar to choice 1 except your audience might possibly be some bringing the gafe course and also the public at giant. you'd produce a video similar in the ones i created except adding your own personal learning and showing examples of how you're going to have used that specific tool/topic with students/staff utilizing a learning environment.


3.   complete the application for your own google certified trainer program

register and eliminate the take a look at and complete the application for your own google certified trainer program

http ://www. google. com/enterprise/apps/education/resources/training-programs. html


4.   taking inside the google ninja program

facilitate me by making content and setting up a really similar system for this for your own ninjaprogram. com website therefore students around the globe might get google ninjas. it'd mean making study materials or pointing kids within the whole direction of resources, coming up with activities, and possibly even even made a video or 2.
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