Google: How tos
The following headings are constructed to provide teachers with step-by-step instructions to accessing Google's best features. Please review carefully. All applications are part of your Google Apps for Education account. If you have additional questions, please contact the Technology Coordinator at the information listed at the bottom of this page.
Google needs assessment, click here. Moderator training, here.
- Accessing your Google Account
- Creating Gmail
- Creating a Google Calendar
- Creating Google Docs
- Creating Blogger
- Creating Google Earth
- Creating Sketchup
- Creating Picasa
- Searching with Google Scholar
- Discussions/Forum Google Moderator
- Syncing with Google Cloud Connect
- Photo/Audio Editing with Aviary
- Creating Google Sites
- Creating Technology Integration and Sample Google Lessons
Accessing your Google Account:
- Go to: http://www.google.com/a/fatima.k12.mo.us (example)
- Type in your school email address (for students, this is their graduation year followed by their first and last initial @school.k12.mo.us….ex: 2011do@school.k12.mo.us. If there are more than one, I have added a 1, 2, or 3 behind their initials) in the username. You will leave out the ‘@school.k12.mo.us’ portion.
- Type in your password. For students, this is ‘insert password here.’ For teachers, this is ‘password.’ (You will be prompted to change this later.)
- Click ‘Sign in.’
- You will be transferred to a new screen with an agreement page. At the bottom, you will need to enter the code and press OK.
- Lastly, you will be transferred to a page that will ask you to enter in your current password followed by your new password. Please use the same password you use to login to the computer or another password that is common for you. This will make it easier to manage and to remember.
- From there, you will see a welcome screen that lists your services: sites, docs, calendar, email, chat, and video. You may click on any of these to begin use.
8. To navigate, choose one of the applications on the right side by clicking on it.
Creating Gmail: This feature is still in its trial phases as we continue to use Microsoft Exchange for email services.
Creating Google Earth: This must be installed on your computer.
- Tutorials can be accessed from Google's site here
Creating Sketchup: This must be installed on your computer.
- Tutorials can be accessed from Google's site here
Creating Picasa: This must be installed on your computer. You can access Web albums without installation, however.
- Tutorials can be accessed from Google's site here
Google Scholar: Can be accessed here
- Support is available here
Google Moderator: Can be accessed here
- You can access the Google Moderator toolkit here
- Fatima Technology Committee March 2012 Moderator Practice:
Aviary: You can access it from here or from you Google Docs homepage.
Technology Integration and Sample Lessons:
- In this site, you can search by Google product, subject, and grade level to get great lessons: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/lesson_plans.html
- Google Lit Trips uses Google Earth to create book and history trips: http://www.googlelittrips.org/
- Web search lessons (these lessons teach students how to search on the web): http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html
- Google for Educators home page (this contains features on new products and lesson plans/activities for teachers): http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
- Example Collaboration Project with Google: https://sites.google.com/site/web20acrosseducation/
If you have questions, please contact the Technology Coordinator, Christy Fennewald, at: fennewaldc@fatimacomets.org