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=**Google Apps for Educators:**=
 * Curtis High School: A Workshop Series**

Class Overview
 This Google Apps training will empower your team to work with the different Apps included in the Google Apps suite for Education. This course will teach your team how to effectively set up and use Sites, Google Calendar, Google Docs and other Apps. After taking this Google Apps course your team will be able to leverage the different collaboration tools available in Google Apps which are geared towards making your communication process more effective and productive. These workshops are designed to help your school migrate from a traditional environment to the more collaborative environment offered by Google Apps.

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 * Getting Started with Google Docs**
 * A Google Account: Your Passport to All Things Google
 * Signing in
 * What Can I Do with a Google Account?
 * Managing Your Google Account
 * Changing Your Account Information
 * Adding and Launching Google Applications
 * Getting Familiar with the Google Docs Home Page
 * Organizing Your Documents
 * Finding a Document
 * iGoogle, You Google, Everybody Googles
 * What's an iGoogle Page?
 * Setting up iGoogle
 * Customizing Your Page
 * iGoogle and Google Docs

Google Docs Activities Google Docs Training Module

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 * Getting Started with Google Calendar**

Activities Google Calendar Training Module

__//Session 3://__ It's critical that all classrooms have an online presence in the 21st Century. With Google Sites, teachers can easily create a classroom website that is dynamic and professional looking. You can also create sites and collaborate with others to help manage and organize all your information.  Sites Webinar Sites Webinar Slides Activities Google Sites Training Module
 * Getting Started with Google Sites**
 * Agenda:**
 * How to create a Google Site
 *  [|www.google.com/sites]
 * Creating pages in Google Sites
 * Web page
 * Announcements
 * File cabinet
 * List page
 * Adding "Google Apps" content to pages.
 * Embedding a Google Calendars
 * Embedding a Google Doc
 * Word Processing
 * Spreadsheets
 * Presentations
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Forms
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Embedding other Google content in pages
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">YouTube
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Picassa
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Maps
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Embedding Gadgets & others in pages
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Sites pages gadgets (Announcement, File Cabinet, List)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Other gadgets
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Managing your site
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Sharing your site
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Owner, editor, viewer
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Public or Private
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Layout options
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Sidebar
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Horizontal navigation
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Color, fonts, themes
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">General settings
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Resources to get started...

Resources: Google Apps for Education Training Modules
 * Running your School on Google Apps:**
 * Presentation
 * Webinar