Google+Tools+for+Educators

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 * Presenter: || Linda M. Jones ||
 * Email: || lmjones@llschools.net ||
 * Title: || Google Tools for Educators ||
 * Audience: ||
 * || All ||
 * Strand: || Modeling best practices with educational technology ||
 * Description: || You’ve heard about Google tools - Documents & Spreadsheets, Maps & Sites. A Google Certified Teacher will share examples of how Google tools can encourage communication and collaboration within the educational setting. Find out which ones are right for you and what options are available in Google Apps for Education. ||
 * NETS: || NETS for Students ||
 * || NETS for Teachers ||
 * || NETS for Administrators ||
 * || NETS-S 1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression. 2. Communication and Collaboration: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. NETS-T 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments: Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers: a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. NETS-A 2. Digital Age Learning Culture: Educational Administrators create, promote, and sustain a dynamic, digital-age learning culture that provides a rigorous, relevant, and engaging education for all students. Educational Administrators: a. ensure instructional innovation focused on continuous improvement of digital-age learning. b. model and promote the frequent and effective use of technology for learning. ||
 * Permissions: ||
 * || Allow Live Backchanneling/Blogging ||
 * || Posting resources on conference website ||