This page provides links to forthcoming and archived webinars on topics relevent to using Google Apps for education. For more videos and webinars, visit the Google Apps YouTube channel.
Series of free live webinars on the topic of Social Media: Trends and Implications for Learning. Led by George Siemens and David Cormier. Next event is 9 PM (EST) on August 10. Also Sept 8 at 3 PM, October 13 at 9 PM, November 10 at 3 PM, and December 8 at 9 PM.
"Unlike similar tools, such as Skype and Go-To-Webinar that require a bunch of steps to get started, Google+ Hangouts is already part of our online social ecosystem. With little more than a Google account and a web cam, you can start a Hangout from within Gmail, Google+, or on your mobile device using the Google+ app. Additionally, its purpose is to facilitate conversation among participants, rather than serve as merely a presentation platform. Oh, and it's free.
If you're trying to determine if Google+ Hangouts can meet your own professional development needs, below are a few things to know based on Pacansky-Brock's experience."
This offers some great practical video tutorials on different Google services including: Gmail, G Calendar, GDrive, GDocs, GForms, GSpreadsheets, GPresentations,GDrawings, GSites. These tutorials are 30 minute screencasts of webinars.
"Preparation for webinar series focusing on using GAFE to teach writing. A curated list of detailed features (that are easy to use and access) within Google Docs."
Educators may want to know how to use these features to jazz up writing assignments and make a more creative, personalized document."
You have been able to create graphic organizers with Google Drawings. for a while. Graphic organizers are a great tool to share information, explain a concept, or illustrate a relationship using elements including images, shapes, text, colors, and connecting lines. They are useful in education over a wide range of year levels and learning ares.
There are many useful tools for creating graphic organizers and teachers should investigate them to see which ones best fit their needs.
This post explains how to use Google Drawings, with directions on how to create graphic organizers using this tool. It includes a help guide and a recorded webinar as well as 30 free sample graphic organizers that you can copy, use, and modify as needed.
"Vyew allows you to meet and share content in real-time or anytime. Upload images, files, documents and videos into a room. Users can access and contribute at anytime. "