Smart Academy

Thanks to Mark Simpson Deputy Headteacher at King EdwardsVI in Morpeth for sharing with us his framework for lesson observations.

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This blog post from www.teachhub.com has some great ideas for using google and the google apps in the classroom.

This tutorial will show you how to quickly and easily create and share google calendars through your wordpress website.

There are four main steps;
Create a new calendar in google
Share it publicly
Create a bespoke embed code at https://www.google.com/calendar/embedhelper?pli=1
Copy that code in to your wordpress blog post or page.

Watch this video for step by step guidance.

How to embed a google calendar in a wordpress post from realsmart on Vimeo.

Google have very kindly create a bank of lesson plans and resources to help your students get started with google apps.  You can find them here;

Google Apps Lesson Plans using Docs, Sites, and Calendar.

Google have an excellent training site that will provide you with everything you need to know about getting started and the more advanced features of google apps.

http://edutraining.googleapps.com/

Use this to help explain Google Apps and the cloud to your staff.

Google Apps Commercial from realsmart on Vimeo.

There are loads of applications for using Google forms to collect information. I would like to use this example to help organise our next INSET day.

Using Forms in Google Docs from realsmart on Vimeo.

A really good animation to explain what Google Docs are in “Plain English”

Google Docs in Plain English from realsmart on Vimeo.

Have a look at this video to see some of the improvements google have made to Apps for Education.

More Google applications from realsmart on Vimeo.