Introductory Segment

Five New Ways to use Google in the Classroom, and Maybe a Couple of Old Ones….

Purpose and Objective of Session:
This presentation will provide educators with specific applications for a collection of new Google tools. We will help educators understand how to use Google applications like Google Wave, Google Forms, and Google Voice as productivity tools. We’ll incorporate Google Earth and Google Maps as presentation tools. Google Sites will be shown as a publishing tool.

Practical Applications:
We’ll provide a model for how to incorporate these various Google tools into the classroom.

Supporting Research:
Thompson, D. (2009, October 6). Should We Teach Kids how to Google?. The Atlantic, Retrieved from http://business.theatlantic.com/2009/10/should_we_teach_kids_how_to_google.php

Price, j. (2009). Digital revolution is happening outside the classroom. Univeristy of Madison Wisconsin News, Retrieved from http://www.news.wisc.edu/17105

Hands-on Experience:
Students will want to have a Google Account and a laptop with Internet Access.

Hands-On Segment

Presenter

Jared Covili
Technology Trainer
Utah Education Network

www.uensd.org/multimedia

Jared specializes in teaching strategies for classroom integration of technology such as GPS (Global Positioning Systems), web page design, and digital cameras. His background is in secondary education where Jared was a Language Arts teacher at the high school level. Jared received his Bachelors degree in English and his Masters degree in Instructional Design and Educational Technology from the University of Utah. Besides his work at UEN, Jared is also adjunct faculty for the College of Education at the University of Utah, where he teaches technology integration classes to undergraduate students.