1. Google Apps for Creative Collaboration
Dylan Ryder
Educational Technologist
The School at Columbia University

2. This Presentation

3. Overview Processes We’ll Cover: Digital Workflow Classroom Management
Student Digital Portfolios
Google Apps We’ll Cover:
Docs
Drive
Slides
Sites
Classroom
Maps
Calendar
Forms

4. Overview

5. Why Google Apps? Cloud Data Storage Local-Only Systems
Completely free for schools
99.9% uptime
24/7 Support
Never any advertisements
You own your data
Use on any device
Costly
Can require support staff
Multiple vendors
App integration challenges

6. Further Reading

7. Docs

8. Why Google Docs? Cloud Docs Stand-Alone Docs Shared Collaborative
See work in real time
Accessible from any device
Private
Singular
No Progress Reports
Married to 1 Device

9. Video

10. Let’s Try It

11. Further Reading

12. Drive

13. What is Google Drive? Cloud Storage In-House Server Backed up
99.9% Uptime
Store any file type
Integrate with other Google Apps
Useful for Students and Staff
Require maintenance
Manual backups
Updates
Costly

14. Examples

15. Slides

16. Let’s Try It

17. Sites

18. Google Sites for Student Portfolios
"Who is the 
  portfolio for?"

19. Google Sites for Student Portfolios
The educational system? 
(Parents, teachers, administrators.)
OR 
The student?
(Student created, curated and published.)

20. Google Sites for Student Portfolios
Both.

21. Who builds the portfolio website?
Ideally, the student does most of the work building their own portfolio while providing the educational system the information it needs.

22. A model

23. This may be typing a report, taking a picture or recording a video.
Process
Students digitize their assignments.
This may be typing a report, taking a picture or recording a video.

24. They may create the work in Docs or upload anything digitized.
Process
Students store work in Google Docs/Drive.
They may create the work in Docs or upload anything digitized.

25. Students showcase their best work.
Process
Students showcase selected work on their website.
Students showcase their best work.

26. Portfolio Portfolios Types: Repository for everything =>
Educational Portfolio =>
Showcase Portfolio =>

27. Digitization => Sharing => Presentation => Portfolio
Portfolios Types:
Digitization => 
Sharing =>
Presentation =>

28. Google Drive is the repository of the work.
Portfolio
Digitize => 
Google Drive is the repository of the work. 
Word processing, presentations and spreadsheets are easy, but that doesn't mean that all work must be done in Docs.

29. Examples of collecting non-digital work:
Portfolio
Digitize =>
Examples of collecting non-digital work:

30. Examples of collecting non-digital work:
Portfolio
Digitize =>
Examples of collecting non-digital work:
Pre-K Video with Student Help:
8th Grade Physical Education:
High School Math:
Using Google Voice to Collect Audio: 
5th Grade Art Work Photos:

31. The benefits of Digital vs Analog work.
Portfolio 
Digitize =>
The benefits of Digital vs Analog work.

32. Portfolio 
Digitize =>
Typically, how much digitization the student is responsible for is dictated by two factors,
Age 
Access to hardware

33. Portfolio
Compare vs

34. Portfolio Beware the Data Silo www.dataliberation.org

35. For example: www.kristopherredman.com
Portfolio
Transfer data for exiting students
For example:

36. Further Reading

37. Classroom

38. What is Google Classroom?
Classroom Management System
Ad-Hoc System
1 point of contact to students
Accessible from any device
Automatically distributes & stores student work
Integrates with other Google Apps
Requires multiple tools
, print-outs, temporary disk storage
Messy (inelegant)
Lost or misplace files
Lost in ?

39. Video

40. Examples

41. Further Reading

42. Further Resources 3rd Party Apps Chromebooks
Chrome plugins
Image editing
Video Processing
Chromebooks
Inexpensive laptop computers for schools
Video: Where to learn more
Transitioning to Google Apps
IT Guide: IT Admin Questions
Video: Protecting Student Data