Google Fundamental Training:  Google Certified Educator Level One

Teacher Information:
Laura Sandy
lsandy@classroom.ndc.edu

Course Description:  This course is for teachers to increase their expertise in using Google tools in the classroom.  It is designed to train educators to take the level 1 Google Certified Educator Exam.  Prerequisite:  ED595G Using Google to Teach and Learn or ED595D Google in the Digital Classroom.

Course Objectives:

Use Google to engage in professional growth and leadership

Increase efficiency and save time through use of Google

Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity

Gain proficiency in using Google tools:  Google Drive, Google Sheets, Google Slides,

            Google Forms, Google Classroom, Google Docs, Google Drawings

Learn strategies for integrating Google in the classroom

Learning Experiences:  Students will read, watch videos and complete activities to learn how to integrate Google into the classroom.  Class will be conducted online with students digitally communicating with instructor.  Students will complete the Google Certified Educator Exam Level 1.

Attendance Policy:  Students are expected to complete each module online.

Materials Needed:  Students will need a computer and access to internet.  A G-Suite (Google Apps for Education) account from Notre Dame College is required.  Students will also pay for the Google Certified Educator Exam at the end of course (approximately $10).

Course Agenda:

Module 1: 
Unit 1:  Get ready to use technology in the classroom
Lesson 1:
Read – Get started with Technology
     Impact of Technology- Answer Questions and review what others are saying
Watch video “Benefits of the Digital Classroom”
Write Digital Classroom Goals and submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2: Get Familiar with Google Tools for the Digital Classroom
Read – Introducing Your Google for Education Tools
   Selecting the Right Tools
   Getting Creative with Technology
   Complete answers to 3 scenarios then see what others are saying
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 3:  Create Safe, Responsible Digital Citizens
Read – Respect and Safe
Watch 4 Videos – exploring digital Citizenship
School-wide Policies – Explore examples
Digital Citizenship Curriculum –Review 3 examples
Fostering Positive Conversations – Watch videos; review resources
Create and submit plan for your classroom based on information gathered – submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 4:  Think Beyond the Textbook
Read – Enhance Curriculum with Technology
Watch Video –Think Beyond the Covers of the Textbook
Submit to instructor – Your ideas for how to extend beyond the textbook in your classroom
Take Lesson Check

Take Unit Review – Submit results to instructor

Unit 2:  Expand Your Access to Help and Learning
Lesson 1:  Click icons and review:  Google Search, Google Plus and Groups
Review:  
   How to search on Google
   How to Bookmark a Webpage
   How to use Google Groups
   How to use Google +

Lesson 2:  How to get your questions answered-
View videos (search with voice and Expert search tips)
Using Google Help Center
Using the Google for Education Forum
Complete Scenarios 1 and 2
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 3:  Build Your Own Learning Network
Read – What is your own personal Learning Network
Video – Developing your PLN
Google Educator Group webpage- Find local GEG and join
Answer questions then review others answers
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 4:  Discover Local Google for Education Experts
Read-Experts in the area
Watch videos –
   Certified Trainers
   Certified Innovators
   Reference Schools
   Education Partners
Practice using Directory- Answer questions, submit to instructor
Lesson Check
Take Unit Review – Submit results to instructor

Module 2
Unit 3:  Have a (Mostly) Paperless Classroom
Lesson 1:
Click icons and review the following:
   Google Drive
   Google Sheets           
   Google Slides
   Google Forms
   Google Classroom
   Google Docs
   Google Drawings
Read Learn How:
   Using Classroom
   Google Docs: Create
   Google Docs:  Share
   Google Forums:  Response Destination
   Google Forums:  Send Your Form
Read:  Understanding Cloud Storage
Video:  Go Google:  Google Drive
Read:
   Managing Folders
   Uploading Content to Google Drive
How can you take your existing content and move it into Google Drive:  Answer and submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2:  Make Fewer Class Copies
Read: Meet G Suite for Education
Complete Learn How:
Create a Google Doc
Upload Files
Convert Files
Sharing Files
Complete Scenario 1 and 2; Submit answers
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 3: Bring your Quizzes Online Using Google Forms
Get to know Google Forms
Complete Learn How
   Create a Google Form
   Add/Edit a Question in Google Form
   Response Destination
   Share your Google Form     
   View Responses
Complete Reuter’s Dilemma- submit answer to scenario
Take Lesson Check
Complete Unit Review- Submit results to instructor

Unit 4:  Save Time Communicating
Click on icon and review:
   Gmail
   Hangouts
   Learning Center
   Google Sites
   Groups
Complete Learn How:
   Create a “Priority Inbox”
   Apply Gmail Filters
   Search Efficiently in Gmail
   Manage Hangout Notifications
   Create and Name Group Hangouts
   Set Basic Google Group Permissions
   Add Members to a Group   
   Create Pages within a Google Site
   Change Your Sites Layout
   Insert/Embed Docs and Calendars on Your Site
   Control Access and Grant Permission to Your Site

Lesson 1:  Use Gmail to Communicate with Your Classroom Community
Read:  The Power of Gmail
Video: Use Gmail to Communicate with Your Classroom Community
Submit Answer: How can you use gmail in your classroom
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2:  Organize and Search Gmail to Save Time
Complete Learn How:
   Personalize the Format of Your Gmail Inbox
   Create Filters so Messages Go Where They Belong
   Apply Visual Star Icons to Organize Relevant Messages
   Apply Multiple Labels to Diverse Conversations
   Search Gmail for Anything
Gmail in Action:  Complete Ms. Joon’s Scenario and submit answer
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 3:  Use Hangouts for Real-time Student Communication
Read:  Communicate in New Ways
   Instant Global Communication
Click on each card:   
   Start Using Hangouts Instant Messaging
   Archive a Hangout
   Hangouts Notifications
   Manage/Delete Your Hangouts History
   Create and Name Group Hangouts
   Blocking Inappropriate Users
Where are some situations you could use Hangouts instant messaging?  Submit answer to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 4:  Use Google Groups to Build Better Class Communication
Read:  Foster Online Discussions
Complete Learn How:
   Create a Google Group
   Establish General Group Information
   Set Basic Group Permissions
   Select Group Type
   Add Members to a Group
   Share Information with your entire Group
Create a Google Group Scenario – Answer and submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 5:  Share Your Students’ Work with the School Community
Read:  Empower Your Classroom
Complete Learn How:
   Create a Google Site
   Name Your Site
   Change your site’s background image, header type, and theme
   Create pages within a site
   Add text, images and embedded resources
   Insert Docs, Sheets, and Slides
   Preview and Publish
Build your site and submit to instructor for feedback
Take Lesson Check
Complete Unit Review and submit results to instructor

Unit 5:  Organize Activities for Yourself and Others

Click on icons to review:  Keep and Calendar
Complete Learn How:
   Create a new Calendar
Create and Manage Notes in Google Keep
   Create Google Tasks
   Manage Calendar Event Notifications
   Share a Google Calendar
   Create Calendar Events

Lesson 1:  Stay Organized with a Busy Schedule
Creating Google Calendars: Learn How
   Create a Classroom Calendar Separate from your Personal
   Create an Event in a Calendar
   Share a Calendar
   Set Customized Reminder Notifications
Complete Multiple Calendar Syndrome Scenario-Submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2:  Get More Organized
Read:  Getting your tasks in hand
   Making more of lists and tasks
Click and read cards:  Google Tasks, Google Tasks in Calendar, Google Keep and “Keep”ing Images
Read Scenario 1, 2, and 3  - Record and share with instructor the best solutions for each scenario.
Take Lesson Check
Complete Unit Review – Submit results to instructor

Unit 6:  Bring Meetings Online

Complete Learn How:
   Add People and Resources to a Meeting Event in Google Calendar
   Attach a Shared Google Doc to a Calendar Event
   Use Google Hangouts for Online Meetings
   Share your Screen with Others during a Hangout
   Manage Bandwidth to Maintain Call Quality on a Hangout/Meet

Lesson 1:  Make In-Person Meetings More Effective
Read: Interested in more effective meetings
Brainstorm how we can make meetings better by answering questions
Video:  Make in person meetings more effective
Write Goals for being more efficient- share with instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2:  Use Hangouts to Hold Meetings Anytime, Anywhere
Read:  Video Calls
Complete Learn How:
   Start a Hangout from your computer
   Start a Hangout from Your Android or IOS Device
   Get People into the Hangout with Links and Calendar
   The Conversations Go On (and On!)
   Sharing Your Screen
   Managing Your Bandwidth
Read Scenario. Write a strategy Lee could use.
Take Lesson Check
Complete Unit Review – Submit to instructor

Unit 7:  Bring Student Work Online

Complete Learn How:
   Use Contacts to Create User Groups
   Create Class Rosters in Classroom
   Create Assignments in Classroom
   Collecting Work in Classroom with the Chrome, Android and IOS Apps
   Provide Feedback with Comments and Suggested Edits in Docs

Lesson 1: Get your class organized
Read:  Keep Track of Everyone
   Setting Up Your Class
Click and Read Cards:  Set up your classroom classes, Add students to your classroom roster using a class code, Create your classroom roster with groups, Create your classroom roster with contacts, Make a roster with sheets and Make rosters with contact groups
Read Scenarios and answer questions – submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2:  Assign Work more Easily
Read:  Ease the Assignment Process
Ways to Assign Work: Click on each card and complete
   Create an assignment in classroom
   Add links, videos and files to classroom assignments
   Add drive files to classroom assignments
   Viewing Assignments
   Share a resource folder in drive
   Make a view-only documents for students to copy
Answer questions regarding your classroom plan-submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 3: Collect Assignments Effortlessly
Read:  Turn It In
Collecting Students Assignments:  Complete each card (4) and watch videos
Complete 3 Scenarios – Using Classroom
Complete 3 Scenarios – Using Drive
Project:  Creating Digital Assignments – submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 4:  Give and Receive Feedback
Read:  Feedback for Student Growth
Sharing Feedback is caring:  Click on each card –Google classroom assignments, The comment stream, Suggested edits, Feedback forms
Respond to Creating Learning Conversations
Take Lesson Check
Take Unit Review- results to instructor

Unit 8:  Measure, Understand and Share Student Growth

Complete Learn How:

Create a Google Sheet
   Create a Google Form
   Determine the Destination of Data Collected
   Organize Data Collected in a Google Sheet
   Analyze the Data in a Google Sheet with Charts
   Publish Results from a Google Sheet

Lesson 1:  Measure Student Progress
Read:  Tracking Growth
Collecting Different Types of Student Data
    Click and Review Cards: Creating a Gradebook Using Google Sheets
   Classroom Checks with Google Forms
   Protecting Data
   Grading Presentations with Rubrics and Google Forms
Using Google Sheets & Forms to Measure Student Progress – Answer 3 Scenarios- Submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2:  Analyze Student Growth Data
Read:  Getting an Accurate Picture
Useful Formulas and Functions – Complete Learn How:
   Determining Which Formula or Function to Use
   Spreadsheet Vocabulary
   What Type of Data Is It?
   Formula Format and Sums
   Averaging Numbers
   Sorting Numbers, Text, or Dates
   Finding Unique Values from a Range
   Counting the Number of Values in a Range
   Determining Whether a Response is Correct is Easy with the IF Function
Set up Dashboard- Follow scenario and complete dashboard
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 3: Tell Your Student Growth Story
Read:  Representing Sets of Data
Review Displaying Student Data 4 videos
Read:  Status of the Class
Scenario – Student Trends- Create charts to share student progress – submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check
Complete Unit Review- Submit results to instructor

Module 3

Unit 9:  Teach Students Online Skills
Complete Learn How:
   How to Search
   Utilizing Filters and Modifiers in Search
   Understanding How to Use Chrome as a Customized Browser
   Managing Bookmarks
   Install and Uninstall Extensions

Lesson 1:  Search Smart
Video – Searching online
Watch – Smarter Searching 4 videos
Read:  Stop searching, start finding
Read and respond to scenario;  Create your own presentation/lesson  on “search smart”- submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2: Boast Student Research Skills
Read:  Efficient Research, Effective Information
Video – Valid and Reliable?
Submit two ideas to teach your students the concepts discussed in video
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 3: Use Chrome to Explore the Web with your class
Read:  Fast, streamlined and secured
Watch Videos:  Chrome Apps and Extensions
Review cards – The Omnibox, Bookmarking, The Chrome Web Store, Apps, Extensions, Sign in to Chrome
What Does This Mean for My Class?  Answer questions – submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check
Complete Unit Review – Submit results to Instructor

Unit 10:  Build Interactive Lessons

Review – Click on icons and review – Slides and Learning Center
Complete Learn How:
   Adding Media to Google Slides
   Image Adjustments within the G Suite

Lesson 1:  Creating Engaging Presentations with Slides
Read:  Enhancing your Presentations
Complete Learn How:
   Use the Insert Feature to Add Images and Video
   Insert and Arrange Text, Shapes, and Lines
   Insert Word Art
   Create Linked Text for Engaged Learning
Project:  Makeover Slides to create an engaging presentation – submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2:  Augment Your Lessons with Interactive Content
Read:  Enrich Your Class
Finding the Right Content
Complete Learn How:
   Find Content for Classroom Use
   No internet, No problem
   Integrations with Google Drive
Scenario – Making Math Visual     
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 3:  Empower Student Learning with Earth
Read:  A world of opportunities
   Features and Navigation Guide
Tools to Try  - Click cards:
    Search and Knowledge Cards
    Save Your Place
   Change Your View   
   Use Pegman for Street View
   Roll the Dice
   Voyager
Respond – How would you use Google Earth? Submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check
Complete Unit Review – Submit to Instructor

Unit 11:  Captivate Your Class with Video
Review You Tube
Complete Learn How:
   Filter Your Search by Playlist or Channel
   Save a Playlist
   Subscribe to Channels
   Access Playlists and Subscriptions in the Guide
   Embed Video in Google Slides
   Embed Video in Google Forms
   Create, Edit and Share a Playlist

Lesson 1:  Find High Quality Educational Content on You Tube
Read:  Hello You Tube
Finding, Saving, and Showing Educational Videos
   Complete Learn How:
   Filter Your Search
   Save or Bookmark a Video
Increasing Student Engagement with Video – Read Scenario and Find Videos to enhance your lesson.  Submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2:  Curate Educational Content on You Tube
Read:  You Tube Channels
Subscribing and Curating – Complete Learn How:
   Create a Playlist
   Save Another User’s Playlist
Scenario- How to differentiate instruction with playlists- Submit to instructor
Ideas to differentiate instruction: Videos
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 3:  Create the Optimal Viewing Experience
Read:  The Flexibility of You Tube
You Tube Optimization Features: Click on cards-
   Restricted Mode, Subtitles and Closed Captioning, View Modes, Dealing with Low Bandwidth
Write Goal on how you will use these features- Submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check
Complete Unit Review – Submit to instructor

Unit 12:  Facilitate Group Work
Complete Learn How:
   Access Revision History and Revert to Earlier Versions of Google Docs
   Review Comment in Google Docs for Contributions

Lesson 1:  Use Google Docs and Drive to Motivate Group Collaboration
Read:  Working together
Tools for Teamwork – Answer Questions – Submit to Instructor
Video:  Use Google Docs and Drive to Motivate Group Collaboration
Set Goals for group collaboration – Submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2:  Check Contributions to Group Work
Read:  Using Google Docs to Facilitate Group Work
Read Scenario Answer Questions; Write strategy – Submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 3:  More Ways to Use Technology to Facilitate Student Growth
Read:  Collaboration is the Key
Getting Group Work Done – Click and read Cards:  Keep Notes Together, Invite Group Members to an Event, Using Google Forms to Collect Data, Creating a Project Plan in Sheets
Respond to prompt – Submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check
Complete Unit Review- Submit results to instructor

Unit 13:  Promote Digital Citizenship and Positive Online Behavior

Lesson 1:  Teach Students about Internet Safety and Privacy
Read:  Make Good Choices
Watch Videos – Stay Smart., Stay Safe
Read:  Passwords are the key
Project:  Use Google Slides to create a slide presentations for your students about managing passwords – Submit to instructor
Take Lesson Check

Lesson 2:  Promote a Safe and Responsible Online Presence
Read:  Acting Responsibly Online
Watch Where You Walk- Click on each of 4 cards
Read:  Building Resilience
Complete Having the Conversation
Take Lesson Check
Complete Unit Review – Submit to Instructor

Take Sample Exam Test

Assignments:

1. Submissions to Instructor as designated in Agenda (60%)
2. Lesson Checks (20%)
3. Google Certified Educator Exam (20%)