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Google for Education: How to Promote Group Work and Inspire Creativity

Tablet Academy via FutureLearn

Overview

Get started using Google Workspace for Education

Help inspire creativity and cooperation between you and your learners by optimising the online tools available to you in Google Workspace.

On this three-week course, you’ll learn the basic digital skills which will allow you and your learners to work together for a more effective learning experience.

You’ll be able to edit documents together in real-time to improve efficiency, helping to keep on top of changes that have been made and what still needs to be done.

Promote collaborative working with your colleagues and students

You’ll understand how online tools can support collaboration between colleagues and students as well as helping to create engaging learning experiences.

You’ll learn how to manage collaborative files and where to store them to keep your resources organised and easily accessible.

Provide better support for your students using Google for Education

By the end of this course, you’ll feel confident in using Google Workspace to provide better education resources to your students.

Learning from the experts at Tablet Academy, this course will also help you prepare for the Google Certified Educator Level 1 certification.

This course is designed for those with prior teaching experience or supporting education who are new to using Google for Education.

This will also benefit you if you haven’t yet achieved the Google Certified Educator Level 1 certification.

If you would like to deepen your understanding of this subject, you may be interested in these courses, from the same provider, that share the same subject matter and overall learning outcomes:

  • Google For Education: Staying Organised and Improving Communication
  • Google Classroom: Share, Collect, and Manage Student Work Online

Syllabus

  • Moving into the Cloud with Google Drive
    • Introducing Google Drive
    • Working with Digital Files
    • Wrap-up
  • Support Group Collaboration
    • Support Group Collaboration
    • Wrap-up
  • Develop Ideas in Jamboard
    • Inspire Ideas Collaboratively in Jamboard
    • Wrap-up

Taught by

Graham Bowman

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