Niko LewmanHere is a list of some of the tools that you can use with students when you have Google Edu Apps:
- Privacy and Security Tools
- Ensure your students’ (and your!) data is safe and secure with things like 2-step verification, analytics opt-out, off the record, incognito mode, and more.
- Google Drive
- Take your classroom paperless, collaborate, and share easily with this one stop for all of your documents.
- Docs/Sheets/Slides
- Easy to use word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tools for classroom work and professional development.
- Google Sites
- Build a personal website, a classroom site, or have students build project sites with no coding necessary
- Calendar
- Keep all of your appointments straight (across all your devices). Keep/share/collaborate on group calendars (classes, departments, whole school).
- Forms
- Create polls, feedback forms and more. Great for class projects, data collection, and teacher feedback.
- Google+
- Create communities, host and participate in hangouts, bring virtual guests to your classroom, connect with just about anyone you choose
- Blogger
- Have your students create and maintain blogs, or make one for your own purposes!
- Course Builder
- An open source education platform that lets you put your course content online for just about any audience! Use for your classes or to share your ed-tech prowess with other educators.
- Mapmaker
- Update Google maps with information pertinent to your area. Could make an excellent geography and cultural project.
- Cultural Institute/Art Project/World Wonders
- Explore things like world heritage sites, famous art collections, and information on significant historical events in this virtual museum.
- A Google A Day
- This game encourages efficient web researching. It is a great way to help your students research quickly and easily – and it is fun, too!
- Accessibility Tools
- Tools to help blind, low-vision, deaf, and hard of hearing users navigate all that Google has to offer. A huge bonus for both special-ed classrooms or anyone that needs it.
- Google Keep
- online notes that you can import into docs
