Google Drive Introduction: Collaboration Made Easy!

Today you will be learning the basics about using your Google Drive and other online and computer-based tools.  Read the passage below as an introduction to these tools, and be prepared to follow along in class while we Log-In, Create, Share, and Collaborate on different projects!



Google Drive is a great way to create, store, share, and collaborate
files such as documents, spreadsheets, photos, slide shows and PDFs.  If
you create a personal Gmail account, then you automatically have 15 GB
of free space.  If you have an education account, like all CCS Students,
then you have unlimited space to store files.  Your files in Drive can
be reached from any smart phone, tablet, or computer with an Internet
connection. So wherever you go, your files follow.  What a deal, right?




You can quickly invite others to view, download, and collaborate on
all the files you want.  There is no email with an attachment needed.
One of the best things about Google Drive, which makes it a much better
option than Dropbox, is the ability to work on your files with up go 50
people at the same time.  No more multiple versions of a document to
keep up with .  No more carrying a thumb drive to and from school. 
Everything is stored and updated immediately in Google Drive.




With Google Drive your files are private and for you to see only,
until you decide to share them. You can quickly invite others to view,
comment, and edit any file or folder that you choose.  This is great if
you share lessons with other people on your team or at another
school.  You can create a shared folder where everyone on the team can
see and add to the shared lessons or unit. This is also perfect for
student group projects.  Groups of students could each take a chapter of
a novel an create a slide show that summarizes it.  Each student in the
class could build a reaction slide to something that was covered in
class and then those slides could be combined into one giant slide
show.  The possibilities are endless.




Every file in Drive stays safe no matter what happens to your smart
phone, tablet or computer. Drive uses the same security protocol used on
Gmail and other Google services.

  

- Excerpt taken directly from http://evscicats.com/digital-tools/day-11-30dc14-what-can-google-drive-do-for-me/



VOCABULARY LIST

GOOGLE DRIVE- THIS IS WHERE YOU SAVE EVERYTHING--think of it kind of like DROPBOX or the H DRIVE.

DOCS-DOCUMENTS (Like MICROSOFT WORD)

SHEETS-SPREADSHEETS (LIKE MICROSOFT EXCEL)

SLIDES-PRESENTATION (LIKE MICROSOFT POWERPOINT)

FORMS- CREATE FORMS, SURVEYS, QUIZZES

DRAWINGS- CREATE PICTURES USING TEXT, SHAPES, ARROWS, ETC. (MUCH LIKE YOU WOULD DO IN MICROSOFT WORD).

 

WHAT IS GOOGLE DRIVE?

 

 GETTING STARTED WITH GOOGLE DRIVE

GOOGLE MAP PICTURE PROJECT:

Students must Log-In to Google and Open Google Drive.  Students will open another TAB on their browser and go to Google Maps.  Using the Snippet Tool on Windows-Based computers, or the Print-Screen-Funtion, students will create a picture of a fun place to go.  They will open Microsoft PowerPoint on their Computer and copy the picture into a single-slide.  They will save this Presentation to their desktop.  Once saved, they will go on to Google Drive and create a FILE.  They will upload both the Powerpoint Presentation and the Picture to this Google Drive File.  Once they have uploaded their document and picture to Google Drive, they must SHARE the file with Mr. S (hscribner@ccs.us) for credit.  See instructions below for specific information:

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS:

1:  Log Into Google

2:  Open Google Drive

3.  Open Google Maps (Separate TAB)

4.  Choose Location  on Google Maps

5.  Identify Location and Write Notes on WHY you chose it.

6.  Use Snippet Tool (Windows-Based Computers) to take Picture (Image File) of Map

7.  Save Picture (Image File) to Desktop

8.  Open Powerpoint Application on Computer

9.  Create a Single Slide on Powerpoint with your Picture and Information about Location

10.  Save Powerpoint File to Desktop

11.  Open Google Drive

12.  Click NEW and CREATE FILE (Name File Maps Project)

13.  Click NEW and UPLOAD both Powerpoint and Image File to Maps Project File

14.  Once Files are loaded into Maps Project File, SHARE it with Mr. S (hscribner@ccs.us)for credit.

CLICK HERE FOR THE GCF-LEARNFREE.ORG GOOGLE DRIVE TRAINING SITE

OBJECTIVE & STUDENT OUTCOMES

 Students will be able to Log-In, Create, Share and Collaborate with Google Drive and the Google Suite of Applications.  Students will learn how to Upload Files.  Students will also be able to use the Snippet Tool on Windows-Based Computers to create images of items on the computer screen for use in web-based projects.  Students will succesfully share items and links with the others.

Students will enter the class quietly and quickly.  Will Log-In to Google and Open their Google Drive.  Students will participate in a class tutorial about accessing, creating and collaborating with the Google Suite of Applications.  Students will also learn to use the Windows-Based Snippet Tool!  Students will complete the lesson by Uploading and Sharing files for credit.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE TODAY!

Standards Covered In This Class  

PA 3.7.7 & 11 Section C / ISTE 2011

CSTA Tied With Common Core ELA/Math rev. 2014