Google Training

This is a sort of blog about my journey in google training! Feel free to read the sections below to learn about my general takeaways from this process.

Unit 1

Technology can be used to support teachers' efforts in increasing students' learning.
When selecting a digital tool to integrate into your classroom, keep your learning objectives in the back of your mind.
The benefits of using online resources in the classroom is that the content gets updated, links to related content can be created, and content can be engaged with extended learning

Unit 2

Questions posted to Google for Education Help Forums can be answered by anyone, so it creates a great place for collaboration between teachers.
A PLN (Personal Learning Network) consists of her teacher peers, teachers she has met at conferences, teachers she has connected with online, etc.
When embarking on this Google journey it is comforting to know that you are not alone, there are many Google for Education Experts in your area that you can connect with and learn from.

Unit 4

Questions posted to Google for Education Help Forums can be answered by anyone, so it creates a great place for collaboration between teachers.
A PLN (Personal Learning Network) consists of her teacher peers, teachers she has met at conferences, teachers she has connected with online, etc.
When embarking on this Google journey it is comforting to know that you are not alone, there are many Google for Education Experts in your area that you can connect with and learn from.

Unit 2

Questions posted to Google for Education Help Forums can be answered by anyone, so it creates a great place for collaboration between teachers.
A PLN (Personal Learning Network) consists of her teacher peers, teachers she has met at conferences, teachers she has connected with online, etc.
When embarking on this Google journey it is comforting to know that you are not alone, there are many Google for Education Experts in your area that you can connect with and learn from.

Unit 2

Questions posted to Google for Education Help Forums can be answered by anyone, so it creates a great place for collaboration between teachers.
A PLN (Personal Learning Network) consists of her teacher peers, teachers she has met at conferences, teachers she has connected with online, etc.
When embarking on this Google journey it is comforting to know that you are not alone, there are many Google for Education Experts in your area that you can connect with and learn from.

Unit 2

Questions posted to Google for Education Help Forums can be answered by anyone, so it creates a great place for collaboration between teachers.
A PLN (Personal Learning Network) consists of her teacher peers, teachers she has met at conferences, teachers she has connected with online, etc.
When embarking on this Google journey it is comforting to know that you are not alone, there are many Google for Education Experts in your area that you can connect with and learn from.

Unit 2

Questions posted to Google for Education Help Forums can be answered by anyone, so it creates a great place for collaboration between teachers.
A PLN (Personal Learning Network) consists of her teacher peers, teachers she has met at conferences, teachers she has connected with online, etc.
When embarking on this Google journey it is comforting to know that you are not alone, there are many Google for Education Experts in your area that you can connect with and learn from.

Unit 2

Questions posted to Google for Education Help Forums can be answered by anyone, so it creates a great place for collaboration between teachers.
A PLN (Personal Learning Network) consists of her teacher peers, teachers she has met at conferences, teachers she has connected with online, etc.
When embarking on this Google journey it is comforting to know that you are not alone, there are many Google for Education Experts in your area that you can connect with and learn from.

Unit 3

Google drive is an excellent organization tool to use. You can color code folders, save many different files, and it is accessible anywhere around the world.
When sharing a document over google suit, there is only ever one version of the document so you never have to compiler different edits.
Google forms are a wonderful formative or summative assessment tool, you can even save your students' responses into a new or pre-existing google sheet.

Unit 2

Questions posted to Google for Education Help Forums can be answered by anyone, so it creates a great place for collaboration between teachers.
A PLN (Personal Learning Network) consists of her teacher peers, teachers she has met at conferences, teachers she has connected with online, etc.
When embarking on this Google journey it is comforting to know that you are not alone, there are many Google for Education Experts in your area that you can connect with and learn from.

Unit 2

Questions posted to Google for Education Help Forums can be answered by anyone, so it creates a great place for collaboration between teachers.
A PLN (Personal Learning Network) consists of her teacher peers, teachers she has met at conferences, teachers she has connected with online, etc.
When embarking on this Google journey it is comforting to know that you are not alone, there are many Google for Education Experts in your area that you can connect with and learn from.

Unit 2

Questions posted to Google for Education Help Forums can be answered by anyone, so it creates a great place for collaboration between teachers.
A PLN (Personal Learning Network) consists of her teacher peers, teachers she has met at conferences, teachers she has connected with online, etc.
When embarking on this Google journey it is comforting to know that you are not alone, there are many Google for Education Experts in your area that you can connect with and learn from.

Unit 4

An educator can utilize google translate to include families who would otherwise be left out of the conversation.
In your Gmail inbox, you can label your incoming and present mail with colors and different names. Making those easier to find later on.
Creating a google group for you class allows you to bypass Gmail's five hundred email sent limit.
As an educator, you can create a google site that showcases your student's work all in one place for parents and guardians to browse.

Unit 5

All events put onto your Google Calendar have a default notification setting, as long as it is not changed.
In Google Keep note a user can color code notes, add images to notes, and remind the user when an item needs attended to.
Google calendars can be made collaborative with your family or friends to make scheduling easier.

Unit 5

All events put onto your Google Calendar have a default notification setting, as long as it is not changed.
In Google Keep note a user can color code notes, add images to notes, and remind the user when an item needs attended to.
Google calendars can be made collaborative with your family or friends to make scheduling easier.

Unit 6

To make a meeting more productive, you can share the agenda via a Google Calendar invitation.
Google Docs are a great way to keep the meeting minutes because they are hard to lose, easy to find, and can easily be share with peers who could not attend the meeting.
You can schedule a Google Meet by Google Calendar, Gmail, URL, and by clicking "add people" when in the meet.

Unit 7

Students can join a Google Classroom by entering a class code or by accepting a teacher's invitation.
When you are adding a drive document to Google Classroom you can either make it so students can edit the file, make a copy for each student, and students can view the file.
Teachers can give students feedback on their work in Google Docs, Forms, and Classroom.

Unit 8

The data collected from Google Forms can be put into a Google sheet to analyze students responses to the form.
Google Sheet can help an educator to create different charts to show students' progress in learning.
Google Sheets can be access on any device through logging into your Google account.

Unit 9

The '%' sign cannot be used an a modifier in a search, but double quotation marks, '$' and '-' can be used.
Copyright laws are not only applied to online content that people make money from. It is important for students to know to only use sources that have proper copyright.
The omnibox is a place to type URLs, give definitions for words, acts as a timer, and can work as a calculator.

Unit 10

Google Slides can be made interactive by including links, using shapes & lines to direct viewers to important stuff, and including pictures.
Educators can use the Chrome Web Store to increase efficiency, find interactive curriculum content, and other Chrome apps.
Using Your Plan, students can collect tips on how to reduce their carbon footprint and quantify their personal environmental impact for certain activities.

Unit 11

YouTube is a wonderful tool for teachers to use to share educational videos.
Google Classroom, Slides, Forms, and Sheets all have YouTube integration built into them.
Making a playlist on YouTube allows for a teacher to organize videos by topic, make notes about each video, and share a group of videos at once.
In the classroom, it is best to use restricted mode because it filters out inappropriate content and full screen so it limits students extraneous load.

Unit 9

The '%' sign cannot be used an a modifier in a search, but double quotation marks, '$' and '-' can be used.
Copyright laws are not only applied to online content that people make money from. It is important for students to know to only use sources that have proper copyright.
The omnibox is a place to type URLs, give definitions for words, acts as a timer, and can work as a calculator.

Unit 12

It is always important to align the learning goals with student outcomes when planning cooperative learning activities.
Google Docs contains a feature where teacher and students can access the revision history of the document. This feature helps to keep students accountable, track their progress, and allows teacher to see each individual student's work.
Google Keep allows you to create to-do lists that are shared with many people. These can be used as guidelines for collaborative learning groups.

Unit 13

The best way to stay safe on the internet is by creating strong passwords containing lowercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
When dealing with cyber bullies, inform a student to document their interaction with the cyberbully and to not respond.
Always remember to pay close attention to your privacy settings on any form of social media.

Microsoft Certification

Below are my takeaways from two Microsoft Certification courses I took recently.

Digital Citizenship

Aligned with ITSE standard 1.2, they have created 'be statements' to follow in order to create safe digital citizenship. They are, be online, public, personal, respectful, and perceptive.
Being public is teaching students to be aware that everything that they post online will be there forever. Students must be extremely careful what they post.
Connecting with real, genuine people online helps lower anxiety rates, increase self-esteem, and increase empathy towards others.

Privilege & Fragility

Social identity is about a sense of self in how we identify ourselves in relation to other according to, but not limited to, race, religion, and gender.
Our identity can be found in our biological, cultural, and shared traditions.
Social exclusion can relegate people to the fringes of society resulting in poverty, lack of education, and discrimination.
Healthy accountability should be grounded in wholeness, complexity, and context each person's life.