Google+Apps

=__//**Google Apps for You and Your Class**//__=

IPA Training Workshops

 * **Google Docs Overview: The Basics**

>>> >>> [|SignUp Genius] is a free and easy way to create and organize online sign-up forms for all kinds of group activities. [|SignUp Genius] creates a simple webpage on which people can sign-up for activities that you've specified.
 * Google Calendar - Video tutorials
 * Part 1: Settings
 * Part 2: Events
 * Part 3: Sharing Calendars
 * Scheduling Group Meetings
 * [|Doodle] is a free tool for scheduling group meetings with the input of all group members. Doodle is essentially a polling platform. To use Doodle you create a meeting title, select a series of dates and times for a possible meeting, then invite people to choose the dates and times that work best for them. As the administrator of a scheduling poll you can set the final meeting time based on the most commonly selected date and time.(http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/06/doodle-easy-group-scheduling.html#.ULPCYoX0Rps)>>>
 * [|YouCanBook.Me] is a free scheduling tool that integrates with your Google Calendar. YouCanBook.Me allows people to book fixed blocks of time in your calendar. You specify the length of each block of time and the dates and times you are available. Visitors to your calendar click a block and enter their email addresses to reserve a block of your time. When a block of time is reserved you receive an email alert. Watch the [|video here] to see a demonstration of YouCanBook.Me.
 * Group Email Lists: Create Gmail groups for your students, parents, or organization using only email address > [[file:Creating Email Groups in Your Gmail Account .pdf]]
 * Group Email Lists: Create GMail groups using .csv files > [[file:Making Groups in Gmail with CSV files.pdf]]


 * @Google Doc FORMS
 * Inserting IMAGES into FORMS


 * Create a Google Custom Search Engine

Tutorials...For all you Do-It-Yourselfers
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 * Easy to follow tutorial lessons + interactives: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/googledocs101
 * [|Google Tools for Your Classroom]: A Teacher’s Guide from the Google Apps for Education Team. This is a comprehensive place to get answers for using the suite of Google tools in your classroom.
 * Gmail
 * Importing Contacts Using csv files
 * Calendar
 * Docs and Collections
 * Spreadsheets and Forms
 * Presentations and Drawings
 * The Back-Channel
 * Sites
 * Google Earth
 * Picasa and Reader
 * [|How To Add Your Own Background Images To Your Gmail Account]

Classroom and Professional Applications

 * Making GApps Collaborative - bright ideas from successful schools
 * Lesson Plans K-12
 * Add Data Visualizations to Your Google Site
 * Templates in Docs
 * Bibliography (APA, MLA, AMA, Chicago Style) Templates