Webinars+and+Lessons

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[|Google Documents: Getting Better All the Time!] Have you seen or used Google Documents lately? While Google Drive has been getting all the attention, some people may have missed all of the enhancements made to Google Docs. Join Thomas Petra as he explores some of Google Doc’s newest features and discusses how you might use them in the classroom. This presentation will get you up to date on the new features and functionality of Google's #1 __#|application__ for teachers. [|Access Your Files from Anywhere Using Google Drive] How would you like to access your work from wherever you are - home, school, or anywhere online? Now you can share and access not only your Google Docs, but also other computer files as well using Google Drive, Google’s new, online __#|cloud storage__ solution for Mac and PC. In this webinar, we will show you how to use it share your work with others and how to access your files, as well as those files that have been shared with you. We will also discuss various classroom applications for this. [|Streamline Collaboration and Communication with Google Docs] Are you looking for ways to utilize technology to work and learn collaboratively within your educational organization? Educators have found the use of Google Docs to be beneficial in helping to promote effective communication, streamline and facilitate teamwork, assist with data collection and analysis, and more. Join Lyn Hilt as she discusses the ways in which school leaders, teachers, and students can utilize Google Docs applications to develop a collaborative learning environment. [|Create Self-Checking Quizzes with Google Forms and Spreadsheets] Do you spend too much time grading quizzes? Would you like to easily create self-checking quizzes that automatically provide you feedback? This __#|webinar__ will explore the template gallery in Google Docs, which provides some good examples of forms you can create for your own classroom. One of these forms is a self-checking quiz that automatically grades your student's answers. Join Kim Munoz as she shows how to find and use one of these templates to create your own quiz using formulas in Google Spreadsheets. [|Customize Your Data Collection with Google Forms] Have you been looking for the perfect way to document __#|student__ progress, performance, and anecdotals? In this webinar, join Monica Burns as she shows how to create forms to keep track of conference notes, anecdotal evidence, and more using one of her favorite free and customizable tools - Google Forms! Whether you're carrying a tablet or working from a desktop, this data collection tool will revolutionize how you document student achievement. [|Make Google Forms Work for You!] You're probably familiar with Google Drive and may have used Google applications to create online documents, spreadsheets, or presentations, but have you ever used Google Forms? Google Forms is probably one of the most useful and often underutilized Google tools. In this webinar you will learn how to put Google Forms to work for you! Google Forms can be used for __#|surveys__, process checks, formative assessments, contact logs, exit tickets, and much more! Join Jayme Linton as she shows you how to create, use, and share Google Forms. Sample classroom and administrative Forms will be shared. Educators and administrators at all grade levels are encouraged to attend. [|Time-saving Forms, Surveys, and Quizzes with Google Forms] Discover how Google Forms can help you generate quick quizzes, surveys, and detailed spreadsheets with charts. This free tool helps make grading and collecting information from students a breeze. You will learn how to create a Google Form for a quiz, access the charts to evaluate data from multiple choice questions, and how to share the quiz/form with students. [|Improve Writing Skills Using Digital Writing and Google Docs] Would you like to improve your students' writing skills and help them bridge the gap between writing in school and writing in the real world? One way of doing so is by using digital writing and Google Docs. Since Docs are collaborative and available 24/7, students using Google Docs often write more frequently and better than when given traditional paper and pencil writing tasks. Join Susan Oxnevad as she shows how to use Google Docs to thoughtfully incorporate digital writing into the curriculum. She will explain how to fully utilize the latest Google Docs features, such as integrated reference tools and collaborative revision tools to help you and your students embrace digital writing. [|Using Google Docs Presentation Tools to Construct Knowledge] Would you like to design student-driven learning experiences that require students to construct knowledge as they create - an idea supported by the Common Core State Standards? This could be easier than you think. The Google Docs Presentation tool can be a great starting point to begin breaking the barriers of traditional tech integration and help you design student-driven learning experiences. Join Susan Oxnevad for an in-depth look at the features available in this collaborative and user friendly tool and learn to use Google Docs in innovative ways that go well beyond the typical student presentation. Templates to get you started also will be provided. [|Using Google Docs, Forms, and Calendar in a Collaborative Learning Environment] Do you want to give collaborative assignments, but find that students have difficulty getting together to work on them after school? Or do you often find that some students do all the work while other students coast, making equitable grading difficult. In this webinar, you will learn how to encourage your students to share and develop ideas collaboratively by integrating Google docs, forms, and calendar into your classroom procedures. Join Jennifer Clark Evans as she shares examples from her middle and high school level courses, and reviews activities that she uses to enhance learning and improve assessment. [|Facilitate a Writing Workshop Using Google Docs] How would you like you like to improve your students' writing skills along with their technology skills? In this webinar, you will learn how to utilize the many features available in Google Docs to facilitate a digital writing workshop and maximize writing instruction in the 24/7 classroom. Join Susan Oxnevad as she covers how to: [|Customize Your Data Collection with Google Forms] Have you been looking for the perfect way to document student progress, performance, and anecdotals? In this webinar, join Monica Burns as she shows how to create forms to keep track of conference notes, anecdotal evidence, and more using one of her favorite free and customizable tools - Google Forms! Whether you're carrying a tablet or working from a desktop, this data collection tool will revolutionize how you document student achievement. [|Google Forms and Tablets: Collecting Data on the Fly] With the proliferation of tablets and mobile devices, it has become easier to collect and store data almost anywhere. Educators immediately see the benefits of being able to gather data "on the fly" using tablets and Google Forms, but there are challenges with this strategy. For example, how do you organize and save your data for easy retrieval later? And how can you easily analyze the data you collect? Join Susan Brooks-Young as she shares some tips and tricks that overcome these challenges and facilitate this approach to mobile data collection. [|Combine Literacy and Technology Skills by Creating Your Own Adventure Stories] Are you looking for ways to promote literacy, creativity, and problem solving in your classroom? This webinar will look at how Google Forms can be used to create fun "choose your own adventure” stories. Not only do these stories promote creativity, but they also are a great way to bring literacy and technology together. In addition, when you create a story about math, science, or social studies, you have a cross-curricular opportunity. Join Carol Nelson as she shares examples of “choose your own adventure” stories and shows how to create one. One form equals one great adventure! [|Make Collaboration Easy with Google Presentations and Spreadsheets] Getting students to collaborate on a project usually presents a number of challenges - often they can't get together outside of class, it's difficult for them to share documents, or one student ends up doing most of the work on his or her computer. In this webinar, we will show you examples of how you can use Google Presentations and Google Spreadsheets to make collaboration easier. Learn how to gather data from students quickly as well as how to teach them to work in small groups on one presentation. Working in the cloud allows students to work from any computer, anytime of the day. This helps them easily collaborate on group or class projects - even when they can’t meet at the same place or time. These tools are also great to use among teachers for planning, sharing, and preparing materials for class. [|Using Google Docs Presentation Tools to Construct Knowledge] Would you like to design student-driven learning experiences that require students to construct knowledge as they create - an idea supported by the Common Core State Standards? This could be easier than you think. The Google Docs Presentation tool can be a great starting point to begin breaking the barriers of traditional tech integration and help you design student-driven learning experiences. Join Susan Oxnevad for an in-depth look at the features available in this collaborative and user friendly tool and learn to use Google Docs in innovative ways that go well beyond the typical student presentation. Templates to get you started also will be provided. [|Go Google for Presentations] Have you ever wanted students to collaborate on presentations outside of class, but file sharing and logistics were a problem? Or have you ever wanted to give a presentation, but weren’t sure if the computer available had the right software installed? Or perhaps your school just can’t afford the presentation software. In this webinar, we will cover a presentation application that easily solves all of these problems - Google Presentations. In this webinar, join Tech Tia as she shows you how to build a Google Presentation and introduces you to some of the newer features of Google Presentations. You will also learn how to share and publish your presentations. =[|Google Docs Basics]= __ Google Docs Basics __ Learn how to create collaborative documents that you can access from any computer, anywhere. In this webinar we’ll discuss the basics of using Google Docs and creating documents to use in and out of the classroom.
 * Use sharing and commenting tools combined with cooperative grouping strategies to provide students with immediate feedback.
 * Help students improve writing skills by teaching them to use the integrated reference and writing tools available.
 * Monitor student progress using the revision history feature.
 * Put the tools together to enjoy the benefits of using these online digital writing tools to support all learners.