Using Free Online Office Tools for Learning and Teaching in School Session 1

Course Outline Introduction of this course Introduction of online office tools Introduction of Google Docs General Features of the online tools Hands-on practice of Google documents Hands-on practice of Google presentation Discussion on how it use in teaching and learning Assignment

Office Tools 2. Presentation notes 投影片 3. Data spreadsheets 表單 1. Word processing 文字處理 2. Presentation notes 投影片 3. Data spreadsheets 表單

Common Office Tools Offline Office Tools Online Office Tools ThinkFree Microsoft Office (Windows) Open Office (Linux) iWork (Mac) Online Office Tools ThinkFree product.thinkfree.com/office Zoho www.zoho.com Google Docs docs.google.com

Online Office Tools – Others Presentation SlideShare www.slideshare.net Spreadsheet EditGride http://www.editgrid.com/ Scribd ipaper             http://www.scribd.com/ ipaper

Common Office Tools Offline Office Tools Quick Responds Powerful Multifunctional Online Office Tools Simple Assess speed relies on bandwidth Limitations on size, nos of docs and functions Bound with mobile device interface

Introduction Google Docs’ Upgrade: First launch in Oct 2006 Google presentation (Sep 2007) Google form (Jan 2008) Google docs templates (July 2008) Google docs Offline (March 2008) 29 languages(Jan 2009) What is “Google Docs” in Plain English       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA Google Docs Official Blog       http://googledocs.blogspot.com

Main Ideas Free Everything’s online No version problems Docs Free Everything’s online All you need is a browser No version problems Auto Save with thousands of version online Collaborative work More than 30 users to edit the same file at real-time

Main Ideas Publish on web Work with mobile Generate a URL, given embed script, auto email notifications Work with mobile Both read and write on about 9 types of main mobile devices Compatible to other Google Services Gmail, Sites, Youtube, Image Search, Analytics, Blogger....

How to use Get a Gmail Account Docs Get a Gmail Account A Gmail Account is a gate to all Google online services (Calendar, Docs, Photos, Reader, iGoogle) Applying a Gmail Account: www.gmail.com Google Docs URL: docs.google.com Your School has applied for the Google Apps Services For details, please visit: www.google.com/a/ Demo Gmail Account for this course: freeonlinexxx@gmail.com

Login to a demo Gmail account in Google Docs Free Use for 5 mins Hands-on Practice Login to a demo Gmail account in Google Docs Free Use for 5 mins

Hands-on Practice Open an shared documents (學校旅行通告)from your Gmail account Work together in groups on the online documents in real-time Open a new document and organize it with tag Share to others as an viewer or a collaborator Publish the document on web

Compatible Features Open and save Gmail document attachment Upload a “.doc” file Download a Google document in different format See how can publish a document to Blogger

For Schools Project-based Learning Administrative Documents School Curricular Composition games / activities Mobile learning activities

Take a Break ! for 15 mins

Hands-on Practice Browse the Google Templates to chose a design http://docs.google.com/templates Create a new presentation Free use for 5 mins.

Hands-on Practice

Hands-on Practice Editing the presentation with text Editing the presentation with images (upload and online images) Embed a Youtube video in the presentation Search “Google地圖” Find the video of “Google地圖 - 讓您創造自己的地圖” Select and insert it Move and resize the video in different format

Hands-on Practice Publish the Presentation Get the Presentation URL and email to your own account Open and read the Presentation URL in another browser Try to edit the Presentation again Refresh the Presentation URL to see it changes

Compatible Features Upload a “.ppt” powerpoint on Google Docs. Download the Google Presentation in different format.

For Sharing Searching Published docs in Google Docs What is the meaning of “Published” in Google docs? Why do we need to do that? How can Google learn from building free online services?

Assignment Please choose 1 Docs Google Documents Create a new document with the content of “Story writing group work” or other teaching and learning activities Google Presentations Upload an presentation to Google Docs Try to search and embed a movie inside Publish it online for sharing Share your assignment to :      vtcteacher@gmail.com

Online Questionaire Primary Teachers: Secondary Teachers: http://iclassroom.hkedcity.net/teacher/free_online_office_pri Secondary Teachers: http://iclassroom.hkedcity.net/teacher/free_online_office_sec

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