Google Apps for Education
Google Apps for Education
These documents will enable students and staff to collaborate on documents in real time. Teachers will be able to provide feedback to students via their documents.
Staff
Staff can access Google Apps in the portal under the Learning Tools tab. They can then be added to the Essential site.
Google Apps has a 'Classroom' feature which which is similar to Edmodo.
The documents can be linked to websites and updated online. No need to upload edited documents.
Teachers can access student files without the need to email them.
Students
Students can access Google Apps a from the Learning tab on the Portal.
Google Apps
Includes
Docs (wordprocessing)
Slides (presentation)
Sheets (spreadsheets)
Classroom
Sites (make websites)
Calendar
28 tips for using Google Apps in the classroom
Add-ons
Other tools to use with Google Docs and Google Chrome
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<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/document/d/192h562iXYbI0HjuQ0BLo72G4EYQ2XS2Ihy9A9PY0HLA/pub?embedded=true"width="100%" "height=900"></iframe>
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