Deep+Dive+with+Drive+and+Google

=**Session Agenda **=

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 * == Session Title: == || == **Deep Dive with Google Drive and Google Apps** == ||
 * == Additional Info: == || * **Please bring your own DOE laptop device to the training session**
 * **Lunch will not be served**
 * **Must have an existing Google Account** ||
 * == Session Instructor: == || November Learning ||
 * == Session Synopsis: == || ** Participants will learn the most important features of Drive to include, Scripts, Extensions, Voice, Shortenme, and more. This workshop is NOT for beginners. ** ||
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 * ** Welcome and Introductions **
 * Please take this quiz
 * Review of Survey [|Review Deep Dive with Google Drive Survey]
 * Survey drove the agenda for today.
 * **Our Google + Community**
 * Deep Dive with Google Drive and Google Apps
 * **Overview of Google for Education**
 * Building Common Knowledge
 * @https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101094186171892050158
 * [|Google Apps for Education] (GAFE)
 * Google Apps for Education is a suite of free, secure tools that includes Gmail, Calendar, Sites & Documents. Use it for collaboration and communication no matter where you are or which device you’re using.
 * [|Personal Google accounts vs. Google Apps for Education]
 * Inexpensive
 * Your own domain name
 * Unified sign in
 * Custom email
 * Seamless collaboration
 * Access to a variety of tools
 * Extensions, Add-Ons and Apps
 * Security and Reliability
 * Everything is backed up

9:35-
 * **Exploring Google Drive**
 * Google Drive Training Levels 1 and 2
 * Cloud storage and creation app
 * Collaboration
 * Add-Ons
 * Drive
 * Flubaroo  is a free tool that helps you quickly grade multiple-choice or fill-in-blank assignments. This was designed by a teacher for teachers... for free! More than just a grading tool, **Flubaroo** also: Computes average assignment score.
 * Autocrat Flexible, easy to use document merge tool that creates PDF or Shared Documents from spreadsheet data.
 * DoctopusDoctopus gives teachers the ability to mass-copy (from a starter template), share, monitor student progress, and manage grading and feedback for student projects in Google Drive. Its tentacles copy and "hand out" Drive files to a roster of students, giving teachers full control over starter template, sharing configuration, folder organization and file naming, as well as visibility over all work in progress -- including the ability to bulk revoke and revert student editing rights around submission deadlines, as well the ability to fetch word, revision, and comment counts on all student files. (Participants will be provided with a step by step setup of this process)
 * Goobric Chrome Extension To be used in tandem with the Doctopus Add-on for Google Sheets, the Goobric web app enables flexible, efficient rubric-based grading of Google Drive resources (Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Folders, etc.) Doctopus is a popular assignment distribution and management tool available from any Google Sheet from the Add-ons menu->just search the Add-ons store for "Doctopus."
 * Guide:
 * Start Spreadsheet
 * Add Doctopus Add-On and follow Instructions
 * Use Chrome and install Goobric Extension (Only for Chrome)
 * Last step in Doctopus allows the option for a Goobric to be added.
 * Grading a Goobric can only be done using the Chrome Browser
 * [|ShortenMe]- Quickly shorten links with goo.gl, copy them to the clipboard, and generate QR codes
 * Google Sites
 * SiteMaestro SiteMaestro allows you to bulk-copy, share, and manage Google Sites with rosters of students
 * Activity: Participants will post at least 5 educational uses for the Add-On to the Google+ Group.

Other Add-Ons to Explore for GAFE
 * ATS-Google Account Sync - (Super Admin Access)
 * Chromebook Inventory - (Super Admin Access)


 * [|Google Chrome Web Store]
 * Fantastic collection of apps and extensions that teachers can use to enhance the classroom experience
 * Exploration Experience activity

11:15-12:00
 * **Vendor Presentation**
 * **Neverware** is K-12's most innovative technology company. Students deserve cutting edge computing and Neverware is bringing about a revolution in education technology. We enable schools to cost-effectively transform existing PCs into much-needed, high-performing machines for the 21st century classroom. We design, build, deploy and support innovative solutions that help schools get the most out of their investments in technology and IT resources. Whether the environment is Windows or Chrome, we have the most affordable, efficient solution for schools.

12:00-1:00 LUNCH


 * ** Google Voice - **
 * ** Sample Uses for the Classroom **
 * Collect Audio classwork or homework (Directions)
 * Voice Assistant
 * Students on a field trip phone in their responses to leading questions rather than sit on the floor in a museum scribbling a reflection on a worksheet.
 * Use their cell phone to interview someone and then collect the file from Google Voice to embed on a website.
 * Students call in to record their pronunciation of a vocabulary list. The teacher can check the work at their convenience rather than try to listen and offer feedback to each student within a single class period.
 * Students call in to offer status updates on group projects.
 * Students call in, each reading aloud a single chapter from a book or an original poem. The results are then downloaded and dragged into Audacity or Garageband, where they can be stitched together to create an collaborative audiobook.
 * Parent and Student communication tool
 * Record, transcribe and embed voicemail - Activity
 * Never share your personal number again
 * Free text messaging
 * Connects with Hang-Outs


 * Google Classroom - 'A brief Introduction'
 * Setting up a Classroom
 * Posting Announcements
 * Creating and Managing Assignments

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 * [|Google+]
 * Private Communities
 * __//Differences between pages and communities//__
 * Events
 * Hang-Outs - Voice


 * Tutorial Videos on Agenda tools:**

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 * == Session Resources: == || *
 * NYCDOE GAFE Resource Center
 * Best Google Features your probably not using
 * Google in your classroom Training guides
 * NeverWare Site
 * [|Google+ For Educators]
 * [|Flubaroo User Guide]
 * [|Google + For Beginners]
 * Google Apps Scripts are essentially little Automator-style workflows you can create and share that automate tasks between your Google apps. The learning curve for making your own isn't high, but the best part is that you can easily download and utilize other people's scripts directly in your documents (open a new spreadsheet in Google Drive and click Tools > Script Gallery).
 * New Visions Add-On Lab
 * Enrolling Chrome Books for GAFE ||
 * == Evaluation: == ||  ||