Pre-Training

Learn the net.com - http://www.learnthenet.com/learn-email/
Email Basics Tutorial - http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=19

My pretraining activities will require students to learn about the basics of sending email, retrieving emails, and attaching files. Without knowing the basics of email, my students will never be able to use google docs effectively.

Graphic Organizers

Thinkport Technology: http://www.thinkport.org/technology/template.tp
Mind Meister: http://www.mindmeister.com/

Think Technology provides html, word, or pdf formats of graphic organizers that can be edited and used for any topic. Mind Meister is online mind mapping software that makes it possible to collaborate with others as you brainstorm.

Presentation

Jing - http://www.techsmith.com/jing/
Voki - http://www.voki.com/

Jing lets people capture pictures on the screen, instantly create videos with and without audio or captions. Jing is freee and makes it easy to share videos or online files with others using links, or embeded codes.
Voki lets people create avitars for free to enhance presentations, blogs, or other online sites. It is allows you to record a voice by phone, type text, record by microphone, or upload an audio file.

Authentic Assessment Activity

Google Docs - http://docs.google.com
Google Docs Basics - https://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcdn7mjg_72nh25vq

During my workshop, colleagues will use Google Docs to create surveys, locate educational templates, and collaborate with teachers and develop lesson plans. Google Docs is the best place for storing online documents and creating web-based educational activities. Google Docs Basics provides a step-by-step guide of to how to use Google Docs effectively.Without using both of these resources my colleagues will not able to use Google Docs effectively./

Amy's wiki and multimedia workshop

This website provides a list for how teachers can incorporate Google Docs in the classroom. Teachers will be excited about participating in this training because it can eliminate the fear of losing data, having multiple files of the same document, or the limitations of using one computer. Using this website will help teachers see the positive advantages for learning about Google Docs.

This website promotes both technology-centered and learner-centered instruction. Teachers will instantly have access to computerized graphic organizers, spreadsheets, and presentation templates. Google Docs has the potential to equalize technology gaps between the haves and the have-nots. For example, any student, who can access the Internet, can obtain a Google Docs account.

This website explains how to use Google Docs effectively in the classroom. There are several videos and tutorials that explain the benefits of using Google Docs in the classroom with or without students.