Google Apps

for Education
EDU 364.01 Fall 2017
Prof. Rickey Moroney
Khan Academy
By: Chris Weber
- Audience/Setting: For students, more individualized and outside of the
classroom

- Purpose/Function: Students can get solo instruction and learn at their own
pace, like online tutoring

- ISTE: Knowledge Constructor, Empowered Learner

- Rating: 5/5
Youtube
By: Chris Weber
- Audience/Setting: Can be used in and out of the classroom by students and
teachers.

- Purpose/Function: Students can watch videos whenever and wherever to

gain visual knowledge and understanding of educational topics. Teachers
can also gain access to new ideas and information.

- ISTE: Knowledge Constructor, Digital Citizen, Empowered Learner

- Rating: 5 stars
 Google Earth
Intended for an audience of casual but computer literate
consumers, Google Earth is within the skill level of most
secondary education students.
It allows one to move through two and three dimensional maps
of virtually anywhere on Earth, as well as some areas of space.
Google Earth also includes a street view feature, which allows
for virtual, highly detailed tours.
Use of Google Earth aligns with the ISTE NETS standard of
being a knowledge constructor, as it can be an effective
research tool. Its accessibility also allows it to be an effective
means of sharing acquired knowledge with others.
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 Sketchup
As an application which requires a fair amount of computer knowledge as well as
some instruction, Sketchup is most suitable for students of at least eight grade.
The program involves the creation of two and three dimensional models through
the use of various tools, as well as importation of already created sample models
from a virtual store. Models can either be created based on visual estimations of
measurements, or with measuring tools to create exact dimensions. It is an
effective tool for teaching measurement and scale. It encourages creativity and
many students find it highly enjoyable to use, making use of the program an
effective incentive to be attentive to directions from an instructor.
Use of Skeptchup aligns with the ISTE NETS standard of being an innovative
designer, as it is by definition a design program, which requires one to acquire a
knowledge of the tools within it.
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 Prezi

Intended audience typically would be anyone, including, teachers, students, business individuals, etc.
Prezi is an app that can be used in different environments, such as, a school or in any workplace. Students
can work together to create a presentation on a specific topic and present it to the class.
Prezi is an app that is used as a presentation tool to create a presentation that is unique to all.
Creative Communicator: Prezi allows its users to express themselves creatively for educational purposes.
Rating: 5 stars

Laila Chadli
Grammarly
Grammarlys intended audience would be high school or college students, educators, professionals, etc.
Grammarly corrects your spelling mistakes, grammar, punctuation, etc. You could download it on your
computer, so when you are using any application it will automatically correct your writing. This includes
social media apps, or emails.
Empowered Learner: The student doesnt have to rely on a teacher or individual to correct their writing,
they can also learn from their mistakes.
Rating: 5 stars

Laila Chadli
 Intended Audience:K-12th

YouTube has millions of educational videos teachers can use to

help engage students in a lesson. Teachers can also create an
account to upload the days lesson which allows the students to go
back to the lesson for review. Students can also create an account
to upload videos as well for possible projects.

Standard from ISTE NETS: (Empowered Learner) use technology to

seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to
demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

Lyndsey Ruchalski
Intended Audience:6th- 12th

Google Classroom is the app where students can take the classroom anywhere with
them. By creating the class in the app, students have every assignment, comment,
files, and notes in one place. This helps keep the student organized as well as up to
date in each class. Through the constant organization and communication that
Google Classroom has, helps each student be successful in the classroom.

Standard from ISTE NETS: (Digital Citizen) engage in positive, safe, legal, and ethical
behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using
networked devices.
Lyndsey Ruchalski
---------------------TED TALKS + TED ED+ MORE------------------------
Who is the audience?
All students (TED Talks great for 6th grade and up) and teachers.

What standard?
Empowered learner. TED Talks and TED Ed can be found on many subjects to meet any
standard! For example, listening to a speaker from another part of the world addresses the
Global Collaborator standard.

What can you do?

Watch videos on TED Talks that explore many different topics by speakers who are experts in
their field. TED Ed has many lessons and interactive games and quizzes that can be searched by
topic or grade level.
Jenna Kavaler
 Yousician
By Matt Ferrara
Interactive music service to learn and play a
musical instrument.

Intendance Audience - Musicians who want to

learn or better themselves on an instrument.
(No specific age).

Students have the ability to learn any song,

scale or musical technique on any instrument
they desire.

ISTE Standard-Creative communicator.

Communicates complex ideas using visual
models or simulations.
 TED:
By Matt Ferrara
Ted is a media organization which posts
online talks for FREE distribution.

Intended Audience- All Students (grades 6

and up) and Teachers.

Students have the ability to view and

experience a wide variety of lectures that
will give them a better understanding on the
topic.

ISTE Standard- Empowered Learner. Helps

us understand fundamental concepts.
Intended Audience: K-8th

What Can The Student Do?: The Scholastic Kids magazine is updated every week and brings curriculum-connected
current events and information to expand the child's knowledge. Also, provides fun and educational games for the
children that brings in class lessons to life. It is broken up by grade.

Standard from ISTE NETS: (Knowledge Constructor) build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and
problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.

Rate:

Dominique Capolongo
Intended Audience: 2nd-12th Grade and Teachers

What Can Student Do?: This source helps students improve their grades by studying with flashcards, games, and more.

Standard from ISTE NETS: (Empowered Learner) articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging
technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.

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Dominique Capolongo
Youtube

Intended Audience: Everyone!

What Can Student Do?: There are a countless

amount of educational tutorials that students can
access if they are having homework troubles or just
want to review material for any subject!

Standard from ISTE NETS: (Empowered Learner)

Use technology to seek feedback that informs and
improve their practice and demonstrate their learning
in a variety of ways

Rate: 5 out of 5 Stars Catherine Vasquez 16

SpanishDict

Intended Audience: Teachers, students, everyone!

What Can Student Do?: This source helps students

improve their grammar and spelling and can help
conjugate words!

Standard from ISTE NETS: (Empowered Learner)

articulate and set personal learning goals, develop
strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and
reflect on the learning process itself to improve
learning outcomes.

Rate: 4.5 out of 5 Stars

Catherine Vasquez 17
 Using YouTube in the
Classroom
Intended audience: Teachers and Students of all ages
What the student can do with the app: They can learn or teach anything, and
communicate via email or the comments section. YouTube gives them
another resource for knowledge other than the teacher and textbooks.
Standard: Empowered Learner (take an active role in choosing, achieving and
demonstrating competency in their learning goals)

Rating:

Briana White
 Using Google Slides in the
Classroom
Intended audience: Students, Teachers & Parents
What the student can do with the app: Students can make comic books, journal
entries, digital note cards, and even create games, like Jeopardy. Teachers can
comment on the work, and share classroom policies and important dates with
parents. This app is perfect for group presentations because students can work
on the same project from different locations.

Standard: Knowledge Constructor (Make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others)

Rating:

Briana White
Monster Math Flash Cards

Monster Math Flash Cards is an interactive way to for kids to learn addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division. Through the use of flashcards and cute
monsters (for entertainment) kids learn math skills through repetitive learning.
This app was intended for young students in elementary school who are learning
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

ISTE Standards for Students

This app is in alignment with the Computational Thinker standard for students.
Specifically, it relates to the standard: formulate problem definitions suited for
technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and
algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions.

Rating :

Overall, I really think this is a useful app to help students learn basic math skills.
However, I think it might be helpful to add math-related games in addition to the
use of flashcards to make it more fun and keep the young students more
interested in the app. By: Sara Merkle
 By: Sara Merkle

Khan Academy is a non-profit tutoring website that provides extra help to

students through the use of video tutorials. Students can choose between a
variety of subjects including math, computer skills, arts and humanities,
science and economics. This app is intended for most students. The academic
levels range from elementary school all the way to college level.

This app is in alignment with the first ISTE Standard for students called
Empowered Learner. Specifically, it allows students to use technology to
seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate
their learning in a variety of ways.

Rating:
Biblionasium

This app allows children to discuss their opinions on books that they choose in an open
forum.
This changes the concept that reading is isolated. Allows children to socialize in an
educational, safe, and fun way. Language is monitored by teachers.
Also, this allows for easy communication between Parents, librarians, and students.
* Digital Citizen=engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using
technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.

Four star Katelin

McPhillips
rating!
Skype

Virtually brings experts into the classroom.

Helps students make real-world connections to what they are learning. They could communicate with
students from other states and countries.
Allows for more inclusion in the classroom. For example, if a child is sick they could join the class via
video chat.
*Global Collaborator= use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and
cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.

Three and a
half star
rating!
Katelin McPhillips
 This app is intended for children in an
elementary school and/or middle school
Seesaw: setting but can be used for any ages.
Seesaw is a student portfolio. They can
Sara Heuser document their work and share images of
projects and classwork with their classmates
and teacher. All images are shared to a
classroom blog. With this, parents have
access to their childs school life and can
communicate with the teacher effortlessly.
For teachers this saves time and provides a
safe place for teaching communication skills
online.

Seesaw meets the credentials of a Digital

Citizen in the ISTE Standards:
It helps them learn about their actions in the
digital world and manage their behaviors on
social media.
It also allows them to have social interactions
online that are positive and safe.
Educreations is a virtual chalkboard that allows
teachers to share tutorials and instructional
videos with students.
Teachers can create Classes and add students
so that they have access to these videos 24/7.
This allows teacher to have an easier access for
teaching on the go and can instantly share with
their students.
Educreations is intended for all ages in any
subject and any learning atmosphere.

ISTE Standards: Empowered Learner, Students

enhance networking and expand their learning
environment. They also are able to improve their
learning and practice.

By: Sara Heuser

 ISTE NETS
Global Collaborator
(7b)
Students use
digital tools to
broaden their
perspectives and
enrich their
learning by
collaborating
with others.

This is a great way to find educational videos that may help students in
or out of the classroom. Explore local
and global
At home, finding these videos or watching one's assigned, may allow issues and use
collaborative
students to better understand the materials went over in class. technologies
It will reiterate, give a visual, and another perspective on ideas, or to work with
others to
concepts that I wanted my students to understand. investigate
solutions.

Melanie Marinello
ISTE NETS You can create a google calendar for the school year that can be
Creative Communicator (6a) shared with the whole class and parents.
Students will
communicate clearly
Google calendar will be a perfect way to keep all students in your
and express
themselves class on task.
creatively.
Students will choose This will provide everyone with due dates, test dates, or important
appropriate upcoming events. Parents will also be able to have an insight on
platforms and tools what work students will be doing.
for meeting their
desired objectives of
their creation or In case your students forget in class, they can simply log on to see
communication. important events that are approaching.

Melanie Marinello
Google Slides

Google Slides is a very useful tool that is for everyone.

Students can use this app to create presentations,
slideshows, and much more.
Students can also make collaborative files for things
such as group projects that would allow for several
people to work on the same document at the same time.
Global Collaborator- Contribute constructively to
project teams, assuming various roles and
responsibilities to work respectively towards a common
goal.

Christopher Randazzo
Google Drive
Google Drive is a wonderful service that is geared toward
everyone.
Google Drive is a free storage service that lets users sync
files across all devices they may be using. Whenever someone
creates a document or presentation, or saves anything to their
drive, it is universally stored across any device that they
access their drive from.
This is especially useful for students because they can
complete assignments and projects from anywhere. They dont
have to worry about sharing documents or using pesky flash
drives to keep track of their work.
Creative Communicator- Choose the appropriate platforms and
tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or
communication.

Christopher Randazzo
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Socrative
Overview Formats / Tools
A personalized online classroom
For grades k 12

Has the ability to build a personal online

community to share resources and
materials with other teachers

Assess core standards, monitors, and

reports student performance

Allows for quick uploading of quizzes,

classroom assignments, homework, and
other necessary materials
Quickly grade and provide instant
feedback

Angelica Madrid
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ISTE Standards For Students
#s 1-3 #s 5-7
1. Empowered learner 5. Computational thinker

build networks and customize learning environments Collect data or identify relevant data sets

Use technology to seek feedback 6. Creative communicator

Communicate complex ideas clearly

Understand the fundamental concepts of technology

Publish or present content that customizes message

2. Digital citizen intended for audience...

engage in positive, safe, legal, and ethical behavioral 7. Global collaborator

Use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of

manage personal data...
backgrounds

3. Knowledge Constructor Use collaborative technologies to work with others

employ effective research strategies Contribute constructively Angelica Madrid

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Overview
Deliver content that goes with the flow.

Visual storytelling software

Breaks away from traditional slide
presentations

Intended for 7th graders and up

In 2013, President Obama provided free Prezi

licenses for Title 1 high school teachers

Angelica Madrid
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ISTE Standards For Students
#s 1-3 #s 5-7
1. Empowered learner 5. Computational thinker
Use technology to seek feedback Collect data or identify relevant data sets
6. Creative communicator
Understand the fundamental concepts of Communicate complex ideas clearly
technology Choose the appropriate platforms and tools...
Publish or present content that customizes message
intended for audience...
2. Digital citizen 7. Global collaborator
engage in positive, safe, legal, and ethical Use digital tools to connect with learners from a
behavioral variety of backgrounds
Use collaborative technologies to work with others
demonstrate an understanding of the rights and Contribute constructively
obligations of using and sharing intellectual
property...
manage personal data...

3. Knowledge Constructor
employ effective research strategies
Evaluate the accuracy...

Angelica Madrid
Angelica Madrid
 This is a fantastic app for
everyone.
Students can travel anywhere
around the world by the click of a
button.
Google Earth leads students to
become Knowledge
Constructors (ISTE Standard 3).
They will use Google Earth as a
digital tool to learn and
experience things that they
couldnt without the app.

Brianna Vetere
 This is an app for everyone!

Students can view videos that are related to what theyre

learning in the classroom anywhere.

YouTube can also help students become a Global

Collaborator (ISTE Standard 7). Students can access
other people's shared thoughts and knowledge by
watching their videos. Students can also upload their
own videos and share their ideas with the world.

Brianna Vetere
+ Quizlet
Intended audience: 2nd grade and above

Great study tool- Creates randomized practice exams based on

information that student inputs (allows for review AS student is
entering information). Student can use practice exams to quiz
themselves at home and determine where they stand in preparedness
for test

Offers other options for practice such as games like flashcards, space
race, scatter; Offers audio options for students whose learning style
Rating: 5/5
prefers auditory methods stars
Best used for memorization

ISTE NETS: Empowered Learner: using technology to take an active role in Ashley
demonstrating competency in their learning goals; use technology to seek McMenamy
feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their
learning in a variety of ways
+ Youtube
Intended Audience: K and above
Access to millions of videos - documentaries, tutorials, and more
Can be used by teachers in class lessons & by students at home

Teachers can create class account- post videos for students to

review, opens opportunities for communication between students:
can ask Qs in comment sections and give input on subject matter
Rating: 5/5
stars
Especially appealing and useful for students whose learning styles
prefer auditory or visual methods

Easily accessible - can be accessed from almost anywhere. Do not

need an account to access almost all videos - easily accessible Ashley
whether account holder or not.
ISTE NETS: Global collaborator: use collaborative technologies to work McMenamy
with others (peers, experts, community members) examining issues &
problems from many viewpoints; Empowered Learner: use technology to
seek feedback that informs & improves practice & demonstrates learning
in various ways
 Kelly
Efferson
 Kelly
Efferson
Ryan Casale

Google Scholar

Audience: Teachers, Students, Everyone else.

Uses: This is a great search engine for specifically

scholarly and peer reviewed articles.

ISTE Standard: Knowledge Constructor

Ryan Casale

Remind 101

Audience: Teachers and Students.

Uses: Stay in contact with your class easily through their

email addresses to remind them of class cancellations,

assignments that will be due, or classroom changes.

ISTE Standard: Digital Citizen.

 Youtube
Lola Agboola

Easy app, designed for users of all ages.

Can be used for finding and watching videos for research
and sharing ideas. Users can also edit and post their own
videos.
Rating: 5/5
ISTE : Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Creative
Communicator, Global Collaborator.
 Lola Agboola

Google Sky
Easy app, designed for users of all ages.
Can be used for viewing images of stars,
galaxies, planets, and constellations.
Rating: 4/5
ISTE : Knowledge Constructor
Brendan Gallagher

Intended for ages ten and up

Combines creativity with professionality
by enabling fun yet informative animated
slides that can be used for an
assortment of presentations
ISTE Standards- Creative
Communicator- Allows students to Rating
communicate complex ideas clearly and
effectively by using a variety of of
animations
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GroupMe
Intended for all ages.
GroupMe is an easy way to contact a group of classmates for projects without
having to have an annoying text group chat. You can create events, give the
group a name, and can be easily accessed by computer and your phone.

ISTE Standards- Global Collaborator- GroupMe follows

along with the global collaborator standard because it
allows students to constructively contribute to team
projects by using various technologies to take over
multiple roles from separate locations.

Brendan Gallagher