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Google Apps- How to Use Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, Google Drive (FLEX) Ages 13-18

Completed by 10 learners
Ages 13-18
Live Group Class
In this 4-week FLEX course, students will learn how to use four different Google Apps- Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, and Google Drive through creating interesting and engaging projects.
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No live video meetings
4 weeks
1-10 learners per class

What's included

Homework
Optional, if needed: Students may want to add on to their Docs, Slides, or Sheets projects after class, depending on how complex they choose to make them. Students are welcome to continue working after the live class sessions end.

Class Experience

Google Apps- Google Docs / Google Slides / Google Sheets / Google Drive

In this 4 lesson interactive course, learners will acquire the essential skills for using Google apps: Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Drive. This course offers how to’s and tips for each of these apps through interesting and engaging projects in each app. These projects will guide learners through exploring important features of the Google apps in context, and allow them to showcase their personal interests. 

Google Apps have become an essential set of technology programs to master for many academic and career pursuits. This course will build learner confidence and proficiency in word processing, slide presentations, spreadsheets, and online file management using the Google system.

**WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS?:
- Students with no Google Apps experience at all who want to learn the basics
- Students with some previous Google Apps experience who want to review, improve, and learn some new skills

**REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Able to use a computer mouse/trackpad and type on a keyboard comfortably
- Able to write complete sentences fluently
- Able to toggle between tabs and windows on their computer and open links from the Zoom chat and/or Outschool classroom

**CLASS AGENDAS:
Lesson 1: Google Docs
- Skills taught: Formatting text effectively using the toolbar (font, color, size, bullets/numbering, paragraphing, bold/italic/underline, highlighting, etc.), inserting images, creating and editing tables, copy/cut & paste, and using the revision history tool.
- Project: Create a “fact sheet” about yourself and some of your personal interests (ex: favorite foods, movies, games, colors, things you enjoy in your spare time, etc.). Incorporate a variety of text options and word processing features from Google Docs.
Activity - Students will  create a mini-project.

Lesson 2: Google Slides
- Skills taught: Slide presentation format, text box editing (font, text color, size, fill color, outline color, etc.), background options, inserting and resizing images, arranging items effectively, slide transitions, and object animations.
- Project: Create a short slide presentation displaying a topic that interests you. Include a title slide and 1-2 additional slides giving examples/detail on the topic, incorporating various Google Slides features.  

Lesson 3: Google Sheets
- Skills taught: Spreadsheet structure and vocabulary (cell, row, column, etc.), entering and formatting text and numbers, calculations, adding and freezing rows/columns, inserting and editing charts/graphs, merging cells, and inserting images.
- Project: Create a grocery shopping budget spreadsheet by entering food names and prices from a provided list of choices, calculating a sum to stay within a certain amount of money, and graphing the prices. Incorporate a variety of Google Sheets formatting options.  

Lesson 4: Google Drive
- Skills taught: Navigating the Google Drive menus, creating and labeling folders, moving files into folders, various file options (copying, renaming, deleting, sharing, creating links, etc.), uploading files, and creating new Google files from Drive page (Docs, Slides, Sheets, and more).

- Activities: Follow along with the teacher to try out various skills to organize, arrange, and optimize your own Google Drive and its files. Move the class projects from the previous 3 lessons into a folder. Finish any remaining work on the Docs, Slides, and Sheets projects from this class (if needed.)
- **BONUS project (if time and interested): Use the Google Drawing program to design an advertisement poster for a place you’ve visited in the past OR would want to visit. Include various text, image, and background options.

**TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS:
- A laptop or desktop computer is REQUIRED for this class. (No tablets, please!) 
- A parent-supervised Google account is REQUIRED for this class. This can be a) a personal Google account created specifically for the learner under parent supervision and monitoring or b) the parent's personal Google account that the child is allowed to use for this class. Please avoid using work or school Google accounts for this class. (Personal accounts will have usernames/emails ending with @gmail.com.)


Learners will use Google Apps to develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals and managing their own learning.  Learners will use Google apps to communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents and peers.

All activities should be upload to the Outschool classroom for sharing and collaboration with our friends in class. 

How is your class structured?
My class is structure to be a stress free, fun, and interactive learning environment to accommodate different learning styles and abilities.  

How will you teach?
I will teach using slide presentation, interactive games and discussion for question and answer sessions.

What's your teaching style?
I believe that every child learns differently.  I do my best to accommodate individual learning styles.  

NOTE: Students will  create a mini-projects and share it to the Outschool classroom.

As always, I will be available for questions and feedback through the classroom and direct messages.

Learning Goals

Learners will acquire the essential skills for using Google apps: Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Drive. This course offers how to’s and tips for each of these apps through interesting and engaging projects in each app. These projects will guide learners through exploring important features of the Google apps in context, and allow them to showcase their personal interests.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
A parent-supervised Google account is REQUIRED for this class. This can be a) a personal Google account created specifically for the learner under parent supervision and monitoring or b) the parent's personal Google account that the child is allowed to use for this class. Please avoid using work or school Google accounts for this class. (Personal accounts will have usernames/emails ending with @gmail.com.) Parent supervision is recommended when learners search the internet for images or other information to ensure appropriate and accurate searches.
Supply List
A laptop or desktop computer is REQUIRED for this class. (No tablets, please!)

A parent-supervised Google account is REQUIRED for this class. This can be a) a personal Google account created specifically for the learner under parent supervision and monitoring or b) the parent's personal Google account that the child is allowed to use for this class. Please avoid using work or school Google accounts for this class. (Personal accounts will have usernames/emails ending with @gmail.com.)
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
A parent-supervised Google account is REQUIRED for this class. This can be a) a personal Google account created specifically for the learner under parent supervision and monitoring or b) the parent's personal Google account that the child is allowed to use for this class. Please avoid using work or school Google accounts for this class. (Personal accounts will have usernames/emails ending with @gmail.com.)

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Teacher expertise and credentials
Arkansas Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
Ms. Adamson, M.S.Ed.
Master's Degree in Education from Saint Peter's University
Ted Weinberg
Master's Degree in Education from Arkansas State University
Ms. Adamson, M.S.Ed.
Master's Degree in Education from Arkansas State University
Ms. Adamson, M.S.Ed.
Bachelor's Degree in Film/Cinema/Video Studies from Ithaca College
Ted Weinberg
Bachelor's Degree in Science from Arkansas State University
Ms. Adamson, M.S.Ed.
Taught by teacher Lauren Bonenfant in the Apples2Zippers organization: I was a K-8 school computer/technology teacher from 2016-2021 and incorporated Google's programs in many areas of my curriculum. I taught Google apps skills to students from Grades 1-8. I am also a Google Certified Educator (Levels 1 and 2) and hold a Masters degree in Teaching and Curriculum with an Educational Technology concentration.

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