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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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
Google Docs
docs.google.com

6. Online Office Tools – Others
Presentation
SlideShare
Spreadsheet
EditGride
Scribd
ipaper
            
ipaper

7. 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

8. 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
      
Google Docs Official Blog
      

9. 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

10. Main Ideas Publish on web Work with mobile
Generate a URL, given embed script, auto 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....

11. 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:
Google Docs URL:
docs.google.com
Your School has applied for the Google Apps Services
For details, please visit:
Demo Gmail Account for this course:

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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

16. Take a Break !
for 15 mins

17. Hands-on Practice
Browse the Google Templates to chose a design
Create a new presentation
Free use for 5 mins.

18. Hands-on Practice

19. 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

20. Hands-on Practice Publish the Presentation
Get the Presentation URL and 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

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

22. 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?

23. 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 :
    

24. Online Questionaire Primary Teachers: Secondary Teachers:
Secondary Teachers:

25. Thank You!
See you next week