How to create and use a Google group in your High School classroom
Sometimes you want to send an email to a group of students for them to be able to communicate with one another. Google Groups provide a really convenient way to create online groups and email distribution lists. This is a great way for a High School class or a Higher Education class to communicate.
Depending on the group settings, you can send a message to all members using a single email address, create a question and answer forum or post a message to the group via a web interface. After...Read more
Submitted by Fiona Beal
On Friday 24th October the all-day Google Innovation Tour took place in Cape Town. This was a very exciting opportunity for schools to learn more about Google. The venue was teeming with over 200 excited teachers and educators who had come to learn about how Google can change their classrooms. Chromebooks were available for teachers to try out.
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This is a final message from Google about a workshop on 25th October (tomorrow) that would interest CAT and IT teachers in South Africa, as well as other teachers who are interested in this topic. If you are not in the Joburg vicintiy Google is willing to cover all expenses, flights and transport/accommodations needed. Fill in this interest form found at http://goo.gl/FPpFEg and then contact mathapelo@schoolnet.org.za (phone: +27 11 403 – 5777)
Pilot – Johannesburg, South Africa
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Karen Wastra from Google has asked us to place this message on our blog in connection with the Google Innovation Tours in the Western that we advertised recently. This contains a Future Interest form in case you are interested in any other other events that will be offered by Google in South Africa.
“Dear All,
THANK YOU so much for the wonderful response we have received, the event is now closed for registration. Please can you tell others as well.
If you are interested in attending future e...
This is a message from Google about a workshop that would interest CAT and IT teachers living in the proximity of Joburg, as well as other teachers who are interested in this topic.
Pilot – Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: October 25th, 2014
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The project scoped for one of our team interns this past summer was around researching and creating Computer Science (CS) resources that would be of value in order to get middle school CS teachers to the next level in teaching these s...
Are you a CAT or IT teacher in Gauteng? Are you are teacher who is just interested in Information technology? Google needs you to review teaching resources for Computer Science at a workshop in Johannesburg next week on 25th October. (Unfortunately no flights can be reimbursed)
Google interns have been working on computer science resources for learners aged between 11-15 years and would like to get feedback on the resources from a varied sample of 20 teachers from across the world. Google would like...
This is a guest post from Tiaan Lotter (@MrLotter), a Google Certified Teacher from South Africa. Tiaan is a very innovative Afrikaans teacher from Parklands College and he frequently presents at conferences around South Africa. Visit his website at . In a previous guest post Tiaan shared about his experience at the Google Teacher Academy in London. Thanks for the great sharing Tiaan and Parklands College.
Google Apps…
Google Apps for Education (GAFE) has been around for a whi...
This looks AMAZING especially if you are interested in finding out more about how to use Google in your classroom.
“Dear Administrators, IT Leaders, Academic Heads of Schools, Universities, FET and TVET Colleges
You are invited to attend one of our Innovation Tours in either East London or Cape Town in October 2014! It is a one-day event where we will share ideas about Google for Education from both the technical and academic points of view. Our GEG Team would also be available to discuss pro...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
These are a few of the posts about using Google products for education that caught my attention at the beginning of last week. A whole lot of interesting posts appeared after that – but those will have to wait until later in the week!
1. New Google Docs feature: Editing student documents just got easier!
http://goo.gl/vr61rs
Now, any user with “can comment” access to a document can make suggested edits to the document. These suggestions are marked by a green brac...
What is Google+
This is Google’s social media platform. When you open a Gmail account you have to create a Google account first, and suddenly you discover that you have so much ore than just a Google account. You’ll see that you have a Google+ part to your account and all you need to do is activate it and fill in your profile. It takes your Gmail account to the next level
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What can you so on Google+
Create a post that consists of text, images links, and videos.
You can even create a...
