Google Tools 7-Final Reflection

In this Google course, I have learned how to better use the tools that I have been using for some time now.  Forms and Blogger are now my new besties.  I still need to learn how to use Google Sketch Up, but I am so excited that the links will still be available to go back to and learn from later on in the school year.  It is also super exciting that the links will be there for my students to use as well.

I look forward to reconstructing our team website with some of the comments that have been shared, for example having math, language arts and 21st century open up in separate tabs or separate sites so that the web site doesn't get too crowded.  I look froward to using gadgets on the team website, such as the calendar, to show long term goals for all students.  I never knew that ownership of a site could be shared, but now that I know this, I will be able to share ownership with our student website upkeep team, with my teammate's permission, of course :)

I wish that I could have had the opportunity to be in a group with people that were at the same place that I was at with Google tools.  Sometimes I was feeling like people were becoming frustrated with the pace, whether it was too fast or too slow.  I really liked the time we had to work independently and were able to explore topics on our own or with a small group of people.  If a Google Tools for Schools 2 were to be given, that continued on from where we left off, I would take it.  I love to keep learning and at least only be 2 steps behind the kids, technologically!

Google Tools 6

Here is an attempt to put a YouTube video on my Blog.  The video was taken using my iPod and then uploaded to YouTube.  Let's see if this works!!!

Click the following link to view the video.

Dunkley's Gymnastics Camp Final Dance

Google Tools 5

I have stumbled upon a great resource for all Google tools and applications called Google Gooru.  This site has short video clips answering common questions and explaining topics from beginner to advance users.

If you click on this link Google Gooru, it will bring you to the site.

I was looking for a site to explain Google presentations and I happen to come across Google Gooru.
Here is a sample video from that site.

Google Tools 4

I just learned how to create a self correcting Google form!  Thank you Mary Brouillette for sharing the resource video on creating self correcting forms.  The video was so easy, even I could follow it.  I had the video playing and a form open at the same time and just followed the step-by-step directions!  This can be very beneficial for checking in on student progress especially if you are in a self directed learning environment where students are working at individual rates.  I just need to figure out how to import some serious math equations and then I will be all set.  I haven't even started to look at this yet but if anyone has any good sites where you can copy and paste math symbols that could be a great help.

Click here for video

Google Tools 3

Does anyone know why my personal email account will let anyone comment and see what I have done, but my school blogger account won't???  This is very frustrating and I feel like I want to do my summer school stuff through my personal account so that my students can get to my forms and blogs.  Google is sometimes a bit frustrating in this way.

Google Tools 2

So I learned about how to make up two different assessments on the same Google form today.  I am pretty excited because this can really help me differentiate assessments and assignments.  Here is my first (lame) attempt, but it was fun to try and figure out how to get one page to go to the correct "next" page

Sample Form

 I am not sure if this link will work, but try and check it out.

Google Tools

Using Google Tools is an adventure.  When I am on adventure, I get excited, scared, collaborative, cooperative, antsy, nervous, and this is how I feel about this Google tools adventure.  I am very interested in using Blogs with my students to send them on thought provoking ventures.  I hope to learn how to manage Blogs in terms of making sure they are meaningful, how to "grade" them, and how to get students to respond to them and not feel overwhelmed.
I also want to have my students work with spreadsheets, collecting real data that will be meaningful to them and will that will be driven by project based and service learning.