Just finished the eT@lking: A Google gathering session. The session was well attended, with many examples of how Google Apps can be used in a creative educational context. Some of the Google apps mentioned by presenters were:
Google Maps
- Street view story – Tell a story about a location or what happened at a location.
- Where is your hometown and what makes it so special? – A crowdsourced experimental activity by Nicole Dalesio.
- Directions to ‘Susan’s house’. The creator of this map has used the direction tool to to show the path mentioned in
the song ‘Susan’s House’ by the Eels. Sorry, but I can’t find the map
anymore!
SketchUp
- The interactive 3D construction project – A program involving the use of SketchUP developed by and for the VET sector.
Newstimeline
- Newstimeline – A web application that organises search results chronologically. Could be used to develop a marketing strategy and to plan promotional activities.
Google squared
- Squared – Google squared takes a category and creates a starter ‘square’ of information, automatically fetching and organising facts from across the web.
Google Apps for education
- Apps for education – Google Apps for Education offers a free (and ad-free) set of customizable tools that enable faculty, staff and students to work together and learn more effectively.
Google Forms
- Forms – A presenter demonstrated an example of Google Forms being used to conduct quizzing, surveys of students. Results data was easily aggregated and shared.
App inventor for Android
- App inventor – Create apps for your Android phone.
Thanks Rowan for sharing the links to innovative applications of google apps. I loved how Barbara from USA was going to use several of these to start google off with her staff. Hope you find more for us next time.
Thanks for the comment Anne!
Yep, I’m always looking for creative applications of tech in educational context. I really liked how Google Sites and Forms were used together to demonstrate Math concepts to students, and them quiz them on what they had learned. The ability to aggregate result data was pretty cool.
Great use of Google Maps & Line Tool to tell story of the death of a #ds106 student http://bit.ly/lCdyQn [via @jimgroom] Does a map enable a historical reenactment? Now that directions exist, can history repeat itself?
21 Steps by Charles Cumming is an excellent example of how Google Maps can be used to help tell a story. http://www.wetellstories.co.uk/stories/week1
[via@jimgroom]