Google Apps for Education by me

Have you tried Kaizena to add voice comments to Google Documents?

It's brilliant!

Have you tried Google Moderator?

I did this recently …

Shared a lesson plan with with class, literally.

had them use Google Apps Drawing, to create a sheet - working in pairs - to create shape drawings. getting them to use Google Search was great.

There's a neat Google Translate plugin for Chrome, here...

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-translate/aapbdbdomjkkjkaonfhkkikfgjllcleb?hl=en

Have you seen the new Google App;s Grid, at the top right of your GA screen.

It's a great tool and excellent for fast navigation, in such a simple way.

I'm off to the Google Teacher Academy in December, in London.

Adding a background colour to a Google Docs document is so simple, but SO effective!

Did you know that Google Docs Presentations will now be created in a widescreen mode, by default?

Have you heard about Google Keep?

In Google Docs, using the Tools menu and Spelling option is great, but ... have you tried the Define option also?

My TOP TIP for searching cleverly in Google is use Quotes!

e.g., to search on New York hotel, type    "New York hotel"

Spend time up front thinking through your Organisations.

Do you wish to have an organisational structure that separates Pupils and Staff? Are pupils organised by Class or Set or ...? How to you wish to share with them and by what sort of group? Do you need a Training Group also?

Do you want all groups to have the same Apps? Dod you know you can create Sub-Organisations, which can then be different in the Apps they have? 

I set myself the initial task of setting up a Google Apps domain for our school. It was very straightforward. I found this document very helpful!