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Unit 6 - Bring meetings online

How to make meetings more effective? plan them ahead of time AGENDA - make them living documents / purposeful how ?  post  the mission / strategic plan on your agenda (targets your work / reminds you of your purpose) list  members for attendance (with contact details? email) ... record of who is commonly there  make  the document LIVE - solicit ideas/inclusions  for the agenda (but Chair has final say on what gets posted)  solicit / scaffold  agenda items  (build in prompts for how to write an agenda item - focus / relevance?)  have  a description of each agenda item (links to purpose .. important docs / resources)  have  action point (what should come out of it) have  time details on actions plan (delegated to who / desired outcome / deadline / shared how?) keep  information items separate (bottom of the agenda) unless there are action points attached to them  What does Google say? good meeting is one where  meetings are scheduled so everyone can attend s
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Unit 5 - Organize Activities for Yourself and Others

In this unit, you’ll learn: To create and share Google Calendars To set reminders and notifications for events in your calendar How to manage multiple calendars To manage to do lists in Google Tasks and Google Keep To integrate Google Tasks with Google Calendar To add media and share notes in Google Keep Google Calendars   my mini project - be able to  create a separate classroom (SQU classes + office hours + meetings) calendar  make this available to students via QR code or link  post the link on your office door  Be able to  create an event .. and share it with others setup notifications based on calendar events / etc.  use multiple calendars .. colour code them to differentiate them on your master calendar Note  there are no SOUND alarms connected with calendars  Google - being organized  tasks on calendar keep notes - checklists / adding images / posting to Google docs / collaborating can be assigned  a colour,  a date reminder (these do n

Unit 4 - save time communicating

https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/fundamentals/unit?unit=22 Unit Objectives In this unit, you’ll learn to: Gmail Apply the organizational benefits of Gmail in your classroom Explain how to use the Translation feature in Gmail to communicate with a diverse audience Identify the benefits of real-time communication with students Hangouts Explain how to use instant messaging in Hangouts from any device Google Groups Identify how Google Groups can be used in your classroom Google Sites Identify the value of having a class website Create a customized Google Site for your classroom Gmail  Apply the organizational benefits of Gmail in your classroom Explain how to use the Translation feature in Gmail to communicate with a diverse audience Identify the benefits of real-time communication with students my notes advanced features of gmail stars to note important conversations  portability  ability to attach docs / Google docs  Did you know that

Unit 3 - Increasing efficiency and time saving (6 lessons)

Key Questions How Google Drive can be used for your own cloud storage saves just about anything that is digital  can open most of these files too  can be accessed anywhere in the world - you just have to have access to a computer / Google account new for me?   G Suite for Education accounts have unlimited storage space   How to upload documents to Google Drive supports drag and drop of files into the folder (thus super easy to load files)  How to create documents within Google Drive  again .. dead easy  good online tutorial for Google docs  other similar tutorials also available Google Sheets  (spreadsheets)  Google Forms  (online surveys .. can be adapted to become Quizzes too)  Google Slides   (online presentations a la PowerPoint)   Tips for organizing your Google Drive my suggestions pay careful attention to file naming / versions  this may not seem like a big deal at first, but as time progresses you may be surprised to see how quickly you be

Unit 2 - Expand your Access to Help and Learning

Get your questions answered  What online resources are available for you to search for answers Using Google Search to Find Answers Using the Google Help Center to Find Answers Using the Google for Education Help Forum s to Find Answers How to participate in online help forums to both find answers AND help others  as above Q - Did you know Google Classroom is now available to each one of us? A - It's true.  Q - How did I learn this? A - Google for Education Help Forums - this link How to build your own (Professional) Learning Network (PLN) How to create a network of peers who you can reach out to when you need help  about connecting with others ONLINE A - connect to a Google Educator Group (GEG) example - UAE GEG  The GEG United Arab Emirates Community brings together educators throughout the UAE who are using technology for a more personalized, interactive, creative and global learning experience for their students. This is a space for educa

Unit 1 - Get Ready to Use Technology in the Classroom

How technology can benefit teaching and learning  promote the 4 Cs while teaching whatever we teach collaboration creativity communications critical thinking  put students in touch with real world tools & problems model to students how to learn invite trial and error invite 24/7 access   Why and how technology can support the work you currently do improve access to real world resources improve efficiency leverage my time and efforts   How you can use technology to prepare (students?) for the future  reinforce 21c skills  model to students how to use tech .. how to learn things that are new What tools are available in the G Suite for Education two fundamental / basics to Google G Suite Google Classroom   a collaboration tool for teachers and students that helps organize and streamline the classroom experience - leverages work, saves time Google Drive   a virtual hard drive where you can store all your files - stories, designs, drawings,