Upcoming Training Session 2

On Monday, October 20th, the October faculty training session will be held. Listening to feedback, I have decided to offer two types of training this month.

Faculty Training 101 - 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm
During this session, I will slow down and go over the basics of Google Drive and the differences between it and your Windata drive or the Faculty drive you are currently using on the LPS network. I will cover similarities, differences, pluses and minus of each. Then I will make a comparison of MS Word and Google Docs.

When the session is done, everyone should be able to organize files on Google drive and create a google document as they would a MS Word document.


Faculty Training 201 - 7:45 pm - 8:30 pm
During this session, geared primarily for those who are acquainted with the basics of Google, we will go over Google Classroom techniques. We will go over new features that have been added, suggestions on giving quizzes through Google forms, and ideas on how to have students collaborate with another. Those teachers who have used Google classroom will share some of their insights into using classroom. We will also take a look at some add-ons to Google docs, forms and sheets, along with other tips and tricks. Those who would like to see how to take a pdf or a MS office document and turn it into a Google doc will also have that opportunity.

Faculty members can attend one or both of the sessions. We will again meet in room 134 - bring your Chromebook.

Faculty members, if you have specific questions, let me know so that I can research some answers for you. I would love to help troubleshoot specific concerns or questions that you might have. My request to the faculty is to think about the lessons you are teaching and try and anticipate how you might change  a lesson or two per unit to take advantage of the students with the Chromebooks next year. Early next year, I will be asking you to share some of your ideas as well as provide you with some ideas.


If you are interested - watch this short clip on Gmail tips. See you Monday!