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Google Earth 11 Math Activity: Finding the Area of U.S All Things Google Welcome to Teq’s latest eBook! Whether you’re brand new to Google’s education tools or are just looking for some extra tips and tricks, this eBook will help you make the most of all things Google in your classroom. Contents Section 1-Search Google Search 1 "Google A Day" Questions 1 Searching with Images 1 Search for Recent Results 2 Section 2-Drive What is Google Drive? 3 Research Tool in Google Docs 4 EasyBib to Google Docs 4 Redefine the Feedback Process with Kaizena 5 Section 3-Forms A Quick Overview of Google Forms 6 3 Ways to Distribute Google Forms 6 Embedding Images in Google Forms 7 5 Fabulous Form Features to Fortify Your Fall Lessons 7 Grading Google Forms with Flubaroo 10 Section 4-Earth Google Earth 11 Math Activity: Finding the Area of U.S. States 12 Creating Virtual Tours with Google Earth 13 teq.com All Things Google 1 Section 1 Search Google Search Did you know you can be more specific when searching with Google? Using search operators (support.google.com/websearch/answer/136861) can help you specify your search terms to get exactly what you need. Check out a few of these examples: Calculate: 12 * 2 returns product and the web calculator Convert: 50 ft to m returns conversion and web convert tool Filetype: add filetype:pdf after search terms to return PDF files Weather: weather New York will return the weather forecast, in this case "New York" Define/Dictionary: define cat will return the definition of the word, in this case "cat" Site-specific search: site:teq.com will return results from a specific site, in this case "teq.com" "A Google A Day" Questions Trying to enhance your students’ research and creative thinking skills? A Google a Day (www.agoogleaday.com) may be able to help. A Google a Day is a daily search puzzle that can be solved using some creativity and clever search skills on Google. Using Google to find the answer is not only allowed—it’s encouraged! A new question is posted everyday, and printed weekdays above The New York Times crossword puzzle. Each day’s puzzle offers search tips and features used to solve the question. These questions are challenging and require the right questions be asked to find the solution. To prevent spoilers from appearing as you search the web, A Google A Day uses a special version of Google, called Deja Google, “[A] wormhole inspired time machine that enables you to solve today's puzzle spoiler free by searching the Internet as it existed before A Google a Day launched.” This way, someone’s recent blog post about finding the answer won’t spoil the fun. Introduce A Google a Day to your students, and watch as they accept the challenge to become more savvy searchers! Searching with Images You’ve probably searched Google Images by typing in some term and scrolling through images to find what you're looking for. But did you know you can search Google Images with a picture you already have? Simply navigate to Google Images (images.google.com), and drag and drop an image file into the search bar. Google will do its best to find a match. Wondering how this can enhance your class? What about a local biology exploration? Have your students investigate plants around the school or at home, and snap a picture of the plants in the area. Back in the classroom, they can use Google to identify the plants and begin their research. teq.com All Things Google 2 Search for Recent Results The last thing a teacher wants is for students to use old sources when newer information is available. The solution is to attach a few characters to the end of a Google search URL. To restrict your search to the last 10 years, insert the character string &as_qdr=y10 at the end of the web address. You will also get the date that each search result was published. Using this tip allows your students to know how current their search results are. Modify your search to any length of time by changing the number after the letter “Y” in the character string. teq.com All Things Google 3 Section 2 Google Drive What is Google Drive? Teq's Top 10 Google Drive is a cloud-based storage, sharing, and collaboration solution that allows you to Reasons to Use access word processing files, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, and more through a browser on any web-enabled device. Google Drive Google Drive eliminates the need for email and Apps for attachments. With Drive, you can instantly share files or folders from any device. Once you’ve shared that file, you and your students will be able Education to collaborate on the file in real time. To fully-utilize Google Drive, you’ll need to create 10. It's easy to use! a free account. Already using Gmail? Great! You’re 9. Reduces printing costs by enabling good-to-go. If you’re using a different email a more “paperless” classroom. provider, you can use your existing email address to create your Google account. Either way, it’s free, 8. No need to install or update and with it you’ll get 15GB of storage for all your software—EVER. files, mail, photos, and videos. 7. Eliminates email attachments and file versions. Google Drive provides students and teachers with an easy way to collaborate -- a key 21st century 6. Auto-save feature and cloud access skill. It allows for continuous feedback throughout helps “forgetful” students and teachers. the creation process. It’s no longer write, turn in, 5. Mobile device-friendly! Students wait, review, and revise. With Drive, the entire without Internet access at home can process is transparent and collaborative—from download files for offline editing, brainstorming to the final draft. then sync changes when they’re back at school. 4. Extensions help provide accessibility for students with special needs. 3. Supports all phases of the writing process, with 24/7 access to revisions and real-time chat support options. 2. Supports key career and college- readiness skill development— communication, collaboration, and project management. 1. It’s FREE! teq.com All Things Google 4 Research Tool in Google Docs Looking for information about the Common Core Standards? Students writing their final research papers for your class? Google Doc’s Research panel can help you and your students search for anything on the web, including images (which can be filtered by specific usage rights), and quotes. Simply highlight the word or phrase you’d like to research, right-click, and select the research option. The research panel will open to the right of your document. Users can choose to preview (or open) the link, insert a hyperlink into a document, or create a citation to the source, straight from your results list within the research tool. This tool will create a footnote citation for a source in just one click. EasyBib to Google Docs One of the anchor standards of the Writing strand of the Common Core Standards (www.corestandards.org/ELA- Literacy/CCRA/W) is Research to Build and Present Knowledge, which means that research papers will most likely find their way into your curriculum. However, many students tend to struggle with the process of collecting and citing their research properly. Enter EasyBib (www.easybib.com) — a website that quickly creates citations using different styles for a variety of media. EasyBib is an excellent classroom tool because • It’s easy to use. Type in a search term and the results are listed on the page. A menu on the left side of the page will list source categories such as web sites, journal articles, and online databases, and show the number of results for each. • It understands a variety of sources. In addition to the source menu, you’ll be able to click on tabs that will sort the results by academic, online, or all sources. • Its ability to create citations. Once you’ve explored a source, you can return to the search results and click on the Cite It button. This will create your citation and place it in a bibliography. • It easily integrates with Google Docs. Click on the Save to Google Docs button at the top of your bibliography list. When you do this, you’ll be prompted to grant access to EasyBib from Google Docs. Alternatively, there is a dropdown at the top of your bibliography list that will allow you to check only certain citations that will be exported to your Google Docs account. Using either method, you’ll be able to create your research report, and if you’re working collaboratively, you can invite others to add to your Google Doc. We recommend waiting until all your sources are gathered before exporting your citations. teq.com All Things Google 5 Redefine the Feedback Process with Kaizena Back in May, we posted about improving feedback with an app for Google Drive called Voice Comments. Since its release, this useful tool has helped educators provide more personalized and meaningful feedback to students in their Google Documents. Rather than having to navigate through a sea of red ink, or click through and read comment after comment, the Voice Comments app took the entire feedback process and turned it into a conversational review. Thus, the process of providing feedback was made more efficient, and the experience of receiving feedback was more engaging. To say that the creators of Voice Comments (formerly 121writing.com, now Kaizena) take feedback very seriously is an understatement, for sure.
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