GAFE at WCUSD#200

Google Apps for
Education
GAFE at WCUSD#200
Wednesday 27th, 2016
Technology Night
Presenter: Dan Beetstra
Questions?: [email protected]
Google Apps for Education
a.k.a GAFE
What is Google Apps for Education?
Google Apps for Education or GAFE is is a suite of free, web-based
programs that includes email, document creation, shared calendars,
and collaboration tools, hosted by Google.
District 200 Manages GAFE to give students, faculty and staff an
opportunity to communicate, store files and collaborate on documents,
spreadsheets, and presentations in real time from school, work, home,
or any place with an Internet connection.
What is “The Cloud”?
● Student work is
stored and accessed
over the internet
● Replaces the need
for a hard drive or
removable storage
Data
Remains
SECURE!
Walled Garden
●
any environment
that controls the
user's access to Web
content and services.
●
Student sharing,
email, and google
chat are limited to
inside the wcusd200.
org domain.
student email activity will be limited to teachers and peers with an wcusd.org account
What is GAFE?
Students Can…
Be more productive
Collaborate with teachers and peers
All changes saved in Drive
Browser
File
“Cabinet”
Mail
Drive
Docs
Calendar
Sheets
Slides
What Collaboration
Looks Like...
is helping students develop their Digital Identity
●
Students are learning how to effectively use technological tools to
augment and redefine the way the way they learn.
●
Students are growing an awareness of their digital identities—how to
protect them, and how to interact with others.
●
With the ease of sharing and interaction, there is a responsibility to be
good citizens and demonstrate integrity. GAFE provides our students with
a relatively safe experience that they can build upon as new technologies
arise.
1. GAFE Empowers Students
2. GAFE Allows for Dynamic Feedback
3. GAFE Builds Capacity around Technological Literacy
& Digital Citizenship
4. GAFE Allows for Natural Collaboration
5. GAFE Promotes Creativity & Innovation
The Benefits of using GAFE with Primary Students
Questions?
Strive for Balance
Cafeteria
Please visit:
Comcast
D200 Help Desk
Credits:
Intro Video: https://www.google.com/edu/
Benefits of using GAFE article: http://www.imagineeasy.com/blog/gafe-forprimary-students/
Images: Google Search