Practical classroom management advice & teaching tips that work
I am speaking at a Google Apps for education Summit in New Zealand this week. One of the sessions I am presenting is how to successfully implement Google in your school.
I thought you might like to look at the presentation slides I used during the presentation.
Note: You can also use these thoughts and steps to help successfully implement any change. Two of the major mistakes I see schools make is that they:
Last week I previewed 3 safe search engines for your students. Today I thought I would show you how to use Google search to save your students time. With these quick Google search tips you can limit your need to use other apps or visit other websites. Instead you can just use the Google search bar.
Luckily there are now some fantastic search engines for kids available.
I was at A School in the southern part of South Australia earlier this year running a professional development day for the staff of a school. We had just finished looking at how to develop a search strategy with our students and a few of the teachers needed to find a picture of an Aussie thong (the type worn on the sole of your foot). It doesn’t take much to imagine what sort of results they received even with the safe search setting in Google set to strict.
From that day on, I have always used the search term ‘thong’ as a tool to measure just how safe a search engine is.
We want this kind of Aussie thong NOT...well use your imagination...
Below is a list of search engines for kids. Each search engine has been selected because it is:
Everyone knows that Google is an amazing search engine that allows you to, amongst other things, find information that is targeted to the reading ability of your students (to learn how to do this you can see this series of posts on how to search Google.)
But Google is much more than that. Google have a range of free programs that are just like the Microsoft suite. These programs allow your students to collaborate in real time which is amazing, but just recently Google added another feature which is fantastic for keeping your notes organised and will save you loads of time.
I figured the best way to demonstrate this was with this two minute video:
Are you aware that Google have a range of free tools available to schools? Businesses pay $5 per user per month to access the range of tools but schools can use Google in education for free.
Many of you probably already have a Gmail email address; if you don’t it’s time for you to upgrade! If you have a Gmail address then you already have a Google account and can access these free tools by clicking on the drive link at the top of your screen.
Access your tools by clicking on Drive
My name is Mike Reading and I am Google Certified Teacher and a Google Apps for Education Certified trainer. I love to help teachers better motive, manage & engage their students in a way that is enjoyed not endured!
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