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Any questions you may have on how to use Google Drive supported software tools like Google Docs, Google Slides and Forms will likely be answered in this extensive step by step training document. You can also find the link to the YouTube video that shows the live training.

Doctopus is a Google Drive add-on created by New Visions for Public Schools. It is used to manage students work, groups, turning in assignments and much more via Google Drive. In some ways it's more powerful and versatile that Google Classroom. There are teachers who swear by Doctopus. It's usefulness is especially evident in a 1:1 environment where students have constant access to technology.

This site provides easy instruction and examples on how to share and collaborate with Google Docs.

This site provides step by step instructions on how to embed a Google Drive resource into a Weebly website.

This resources was created in Google Docs and focuses on how educators can integrate Drive into their classroom. The article looks as creating documents, folders, and comments, as well as the sharing and collaboration features within Drive.

A high-quality unlimited TTS voice app that runs in your Chrome browser. Tool for creating voice from text or Google Drive file.

Cloud-based file creation, sharing and storage.

This is actually an ebook that drives home the notion that learning is not something taking place only in a classroom, but that everyone learns in their communities of practice. These can be a group of friends, a family, a musical band, or pretty much any group that learns and works together.

This book could lend a lot of understanding to what CoPs are and what they do. I do like that learning for a CoP is not always in a classroom and this book seems to drive that point.

Here is my Positive digital Footprint assignment for module 3. It is on Google Drive as it is one of the few acceptable sharing sites that my district allows.

Now open your Weebly site, and go to the page on which you'd like to embed the document. Add an element called Custom HTML to your page. Next. clic...

"Google Forms that he shares with 7th grade parents and guardians in the spring, before their student enters middle school. If parents aren't able to attend the meeting, Jeremy simply posts the survey on his school webpage for parents to access. When parents are done with the survey, Jeremy can access the results of the survey through a spreadsheet and in addition can easily view them in graphs as well."

Research regarding the benefits of being a member of a community of practice. While the information seems a bit forced (the communities of practice used for the study were exclusively face-to-face communities), the benefits of being a member of a community of practice still seem valid. According to the study, they are (1) autonomy and freedom to think beyond, (2) sources to ideas, (3) sounding board, (4) intellectual discussion, (5) like-mindedness, (6) alternative perspective and cross-pollination of ideas, (7) overcoming intellectual isolation, (8) move towards collaborative research, (9) response to research pressure, (10) synergy and leverage, (11) time and energy saving, (12) an informal ground for learning and training, (13) fostering of tangible returns, (14) driving research, (15) opportunities to met, (16) networking, information sharing and updates, (17) support and guidance, (18) sense of belonging, (19) identity, and (20) intrinsic fulfillment. As the article is about higher education, there are certainly some benefits that are more specific to their context, but I think the findings of the article are still valid.

Research regarding the benefits of being a member of a community of practice. While the information seems a bit forced (the communities of practice used for the study were exclusively face-to-face communities), the benefits of being a member of a community of practice still seem valid. According to the study, they are (1) autonomy and freedom to think beyond, (2) sources to ideas, (3) sounding board, (4) intellectual discussion, (5) like-mindedness, (6) alternative perspective and cross-pollination of ideas, (7) overcoming intellectual isolation, (8) move towards collaborative research, (9) response to research pressure, (10) synergy and leverage, (11) time and energy saving, (12) an informal ground for learning and training, (13) fostering of tangible returns, (14) driving research, (15) opportunities to met, (16) networking, information sharing and updates, (17) support and guidance, (18) sense of belonging, (19) identity, and (20) intrinsic fulfillment. As the article is about higher education, there are certainly some benefits that are more specific to their context, but I think the findings of the article are still valid.

An excellent study of using multimedia in math to improve engagement and learning outcomes. You will need to be logged into BSU account to access.

An article from TEACH Magazine about why Google Drive is a useful tool in the classroom.

EdTech 543 Online Reputation Management Assignment: Here is the link to my Google doc with a list of 10 strategies for creating and maintaing a positive professional presence online.

This site contains examples and information for educators looking to use G Suite as a collaboration tool.

Ideas for how to use Shared Google Drive in your classroom