This course is designed to provide educators with a variety of tools available through Google Apps for Education. Participants will gain valuable time through increased productivity using Gmail and Calendar advanced features. They will also learn how to maximize their own as well as student organization of documents through Google Drive. Educators will be able to greatly improve immediate feedback to students through Google Drive as well as Google Forms. Finally, they will implement a learning management system that greatly improves communication with students and with parents and makes all classroom materials available from anywhere.

At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Examine how their new knowledge of advanced features in Gmail and Calendar can lead to increased productivity and efficiency both individually and with their colleagues. InTASC 9,10
• Navigate and implement Google Sites and Google Classroom for the purposes of incorporating a learning management system in the classroom in order to improve communication. InTASC 2,3,6,9
• Understand the benefits of utilizing Google Drive for file storage and organization, sharing documents with students, and providing timely and valuable feedback on student writing. InTASC 2,3,6,7
• Create student assessments using Google Forms which provide timely and valuable feedback to students as well as yield data for the educator. InTASC 6,8
  Analyze a classroom environment in order to determine the most beneficial learning management system that will greatly improve accessibility for students as well as communication for students and parents. InTASC 2,3,5,7,10
• Develop and implement a plan which describes their intention to fully utilize the Google tools that were covered in this course in order to improve instruction, increase productivity, and enhance communication with students and their parents. InTASC 2,3,5,7,8