West Georgia RESA Day of Google - ADVANCED - March 24, 2015 - Google Apps Classroom Workshop

Sep 11, 2026

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West Georgia RESA Day of Google: ADVANCED (March 24, 2015) outlines a full-day Google Apps for Education training focused on practical classroom implementation. The agenda covers Google Drive fundamentals for collaboration and paperless workflows, Google Docs templates and writing workflows, Slides for themes, transitions, and animations, Forms for organizing and collecting information, and Calendar for scheduling, sharing, and embedded use. It also includes Google Classroom workflow essentials and tools such as extensions and add-ons for feedback and automated grading.

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Day of Google ADVANCED

Google Drive Basics (8:30-9:30)

Google Documents Basics and Kaizena Tools (8:30-9:45)

Google Slides Basics and Advanced Features (10:15-12:00)

Google Forms Basics and Add-ons (12:45-2:00)

Google Calendar Basics (2:15-3:00)

Google Classroom Basics (3:00-3:30)

Extensions and Add-ons

West Georgia RESA Day of Google: ADVANCED March 24 , 2015 Google Drive (8:30 10 :00) Google Drive Basics lesson will prepare you with a fundamental understanding of Drive, its features and general benefits in the classroom. You will learn: ● How to identify Drive’s main components ● How to use Drive to foster collaboration amongst all members of your school community ● How to run a paperless classroom with Google Drive Documents ● How to create engaging presentations with Slides ● How to organize and collect information with Forms Google Documents (8:30 9 :30)❏ Google Documents BASICS (8:30 8 :45)❏ Headers, Footers & Page Numbers ❏ Google Templates ❏ With Google Docs, you can save any document, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, or form as a template to share with your school community. Templates are stored in the Google Docs Template Gallery. You can search for them by rating, keyword, file type, or category. ❏ In the classroom, templates enable teachers to easily create a common format for bibliographies, book reports, research papers, presentations, storyboards, or literally any other type of document. Templates can be created for budgets or newsletters. Administrators can create templates for reporting absences, recording grades, or tracking behavior. Teachers can create templates to standardize student submissions of class work. ❏ Google Documents KAPOW! (8:45 9 :45) ❏ Kaizena ❏ (g) Math ❏ RoboCompass ❏ EasyBib ❏ Newsela ❏ Lucid Press ❏ Mindmeister ❏ TextHelp Study Skills Playtime 9:45 10:00 10:00 10:15 Break 10:15 12:00 Google Slides ( 10 :15 12:00)❏ Google Slide BASICS ( 10 :15 10 :30) ❏ Google Slides BAM! ( 10 :30 11:30) ❏ Themes ❏ Transitions ❏ Animations ❏ Embedding on websites Playtime 11:30 12:00 12:00 12:45 Lunch 12:45 2:00 Google Forms ( 12:45 2:00) ❏ Google Form BASICS ( 12:45 1:00) ❏ Google Forms POW! ( 1:00 2:00) ❏ Customize Theme ❏ Add Ons ❏ Flubaroo ❏ (g) Math 2:00 2:15 Break 2:15 4:00 Google Calendar (2:15 3 :00) The Calendar Basics lesson will prepare you with a fundamental understanding of Calendar, its features and general benefits in the classroom. You will learn: ● What is the typical application of Calendar in the classroom ● How to use Calendar to increase productivity and efficiency ● How to increase communication and collaboration amongst all members of the school community ● How to plan a course curriculum and schedule using Calendar Google Calendars ❏ Calendar Basics (2:15 2:30) ❏ Calendar WOW! (2:30 3 :00) ❏ Sharing Calendars ❏ Appointment Slots ❏ Embedding on websites Google Classroom (3:00 3 :30) The Classroom Basics lesson will prepare you with a fundamental understanding of Classroom, its features and general benefits for classes. You will learn: ● How to reduce paperwork ● How to efficiently manage the document and assignment workflow between teachers and students ● How Classroom looks from both a teacher and student perspective ● How to comment and grade assignments in Classroom ● How Classroom goes hand in hand with Google Apps for Education, Google Drive, and Google Docs Google Classroom (3:00 3 :30)❏ Assignments ❏ Announcements ❏ Grades ❏ Folders ● Kahoot! End of Day Wrap Up (3:30 4:00) EXTRA: Extensions are mini programs that modify and enhance the functionality of the Google Chrome browser. They extend Google Chrome’s abilities by adding a button next to the address bar, which applies to the current website being viewed. Add ons are extra features within Google Drive that enhance its functions. For example, teachers can give ongoing and simultaneous feedback by using a spreadsheet add on like Doctopus, a task saving add on that creates folders for students’ work and sends an email directly to students with their grade. Kaizena for Google Docs allows you to track and rate feedback and add voice comments, while Flubaroo works great with Googl

FAQs

What does the Google Drive session emphasize for classroom use?

It emphasizes Drive’s main components, collaboration across the school community, and running a paperless classroom using Docs, Slides, and Forms.

How are Google Docs templates used in teaching?

Templates help teachers create consistent formats for bibliographies, book reports, research papers, presentations, storyboards, and other document types, and templates can be shared and organized in the template gallery.

What topics are covered for Google Classroom during the workshop?

It covers reducing paperwork, managing document and assignment workflows, understanding the teacher and student experience, and commenting and grading assignments, including how Classroom connects with Google Apps for Education, Drive, and Docs.

Sep 11, 2026

Uploaded by Himbo