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mail.google.com
calendar.google.com
drive.google.com
docs.google.com
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slides.google.com

Ti drawings.google.com
forms.google.com
plus.google.com
groups.google.com
contacts.google.com
hangouts.google.com
meet.google.com
classroom.google.com
webstore.google.com
keep.google.com
youtube.google.com
earth.google.com
sciencejournal.google.com
 Google Chrome
#1

● Be sure you Sign-in to Chrome

● Add your school district website to your Bookmarks Bar
● Add ISTE website to your Bookmarks Bar and Edit it to just the icon
(no words)
● Add the Teacher Training Center to your Bookmarks Bar
● Pin the tab to the training center website
● Open a new Incognito Window - Why?
 Google Search
#2

● Do a search for bulldogs

● Locate Images
● Now find only those Labeled for Reuse
● Play with other options
 Google Plus
#3

● Click on Communities
● Search GEG-WESTX
● Join our GEG

(NOTE: Consumer G+ is discontinued.

You can only use G+ with your G Suite Edu account.)
 EduDirectory
#4

● edudirectory.withgoogle.com
● Search Abilene TX - 25 miles
● What is MY designation?
 Google Drive
#5

● Create a new Folder called Level 1 Workshop

● Create a subfolder called Practice
● Create a Document in your “Practice” folder called “Your Name -
Notes”
● Write a sentence on your doc suggesting how you might use a
shared document this school year.
● Share the “Practice” folder with someone at your table.
● Change the color of your Level 1 Workshop folder to red or yellow
● Change the permissions to “Can Edit”
● What are your Convert and Offline Settings for Drive?
 Google Forms
#6

● Create a Form called Favorite Things

● Add a checklist question about food with 6 options
○ What are your favorite foods?
● Add a multiple choice question about shapes with 4 image choices
○ Which is your favorite shape?
● Add a short answer question
○ What is your favorite movie?
● Make all questions required
● Create a new spreadsheet for responses
● Limit the form to 1 response
● Send to someone at your table to respond
 GMail
#7
● Compose an email to someone at your table with the subject I love
school!
● Create a label called Level 1 Workshop
● Tag the email from someone at your table with the new label
● Create a Task called Level 1 Exam and assign it the due date of
tomorrow
● Create a Filter for email from your principal and have it add a Star
● Do an advanced search for all email you currently have with an
attachment
 Google Hangouts - Text
#8

● Find Hangouts in your mail and instant message someone at your

table
● Make it a group chat by adding someone else
● How do you archive, receive notifications, delete history, block?
 Google Groups
#9

● Create a group called Level 1 Workshop - Your Name

● Invite me and someone at your table to the group
● Accept the invitation from someone else at your table
● Post a message with a suggestion for how you could use Google
Groups this school year
● Reply to the post of someone else
● What are the 4 types of groups?
 0 Google Sites
#1

● Create a new site called My Playground

● Choose a Theme and Color
● Use a Textbox to introduce yourself below the banner
● Add a Page called Student Showcase
● Add 2 subpages to Student Showcase with the name of two students
● Add an Image to one subpage and your Notes doc (from Task #5) to the
other subpage
● Embed a YouTube video on the homepage
● Include a brief description next to the video
● Insert your Favorite Things (from Task #6) survey on the homepage
● Preview and Publish
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 Google Calendar
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● Create a new calendar called Level 1 Workshop
● Create an event next week called Study
● Add a time and location
● Set both email and pop-up notifications for the event
● Add your Notes document as an attachment
● Find a common time in the calendar of someone at your table
● Send an invite to the event
● Join the Hangout call from the event and ask someone at the table to
join too
● Do you see the Task (for tomorrow) you added from your Gmail earlier?
● Check out Google Keep
 2 Google Hangouts - Video
#1

● Go to Hangouts (Remember the TIP?)

● Send a message invite to two people at your table
● Accept the invite
● Open the chat window and share one thing you’ve learned today
● Screenshare the ISTE website to your participants
 3 Google Classroom
#1

● Create a new class called My Playground

● Choose a theme
● Invite 2 people at your table to be students
● Create an assignment
● Add a due date
● Add the document Notes as an attachment
● Make a copy for each student
● How do you create a differentiated assignment?
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 4 Google Sheets
#1

● Create a new Sheet called Student Grades

● Add the following column headers: Name, Chpt 1, Chpt 2, Chpt 3
● Add 5 students under column 1
● Add grades for each student for each chapter
● Sum the grades for each chapter
● Average the grades for each student
● Sort by grade average from greatest to smallest
● Create one of each chart: Bar, Pie, Line
● Move one chart to a new sheet using the chocolate chips
 5 Google Search - Smarter
#1

● Do a search for planets

● Locate Images
● Now filter for “red”
● Clear the filters
● Now search for jaguars -cars
● Click on Images
● Now add -football
● Clear the filters
● Search “who”, “the who”, “a who”
● Explore the lesson plans here: https://goo.gl/gcs6jn
 6 Google Chrome - Apps and Extensions
#1

● Use the Omnibox:

○ Calculator
○ Timer
○ Conversion tool
● Go to the Chrome Web Store
● Add the extension Share to Classroom
● Pay attention to the FEATURES listed on the left
 7 Google Slides
#1

● Create a new Slides called My Playground for Level 1

● Insert a WordArt Title on the title slide
● Add 3 more slides
● On Slide 2, insert an image of your favorite Google Tool
● On Slide 3, insert a YouTube video on Google Sheets Basics
● On Slide 4, insert an arrow and another shape of your choice
● Add text to one of the shapes
● Hyperlink the other shape to the ISTE home page
 8 Google Earth
#1

● Search Google Earth for the Leaning Tower of Pisa

● Tilt and zoom into the 3D image
● Drop pegman onto the street for an up close look at the Tower
● Choose an Education adventure with Voyager
● Roll the dice and see where Earth takes you
 9 Google Science Journal
#1

● Watch the Intro video on the home page

● Click through the Getting Started TASK CARD
● Browse Google Science Journal for an advanced experiment by
Science Buddies
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 0 YouTube
#2

● Open YouTube and create a Channel (if you haven’t already)

● Search for videos about School
● Create a playlist called “School Fun”
● Add three videos to the playlist
● Make the playlist private
● Add a description to your playlist
● Share one video with a delayed start time to someone at your table
● Email one video with a message to someone else at your table
through YouTube
 1 Google Docs
#2

● Open your doc called Notes from Task 5

● Use the Explore feature to search for an appropriate image about
Google
● Insert the image
● COMMENT on why you might benefit from being Level 1 certified
● ASSIGN someone at your table to the task of completing the exam
● Change the share setting to “Anyone with the link can view”
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