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Google Apps for Littles: Believe They Can by Christine Pinto and Alice Keeler |
This October break I spent time reading Pinto and Keeler's excellent book Google Apps for Littles. While oftentimes people think only upper-grade students need to learn how to use technology, Pinto and Keeler encourage us to believe that even Littles (primary students) can use these apps. They focus on how to incorporate G Suite for Education apps into classrooms for lower grades, starting with Pre-K students! They even provide numerous prepared templates and ideas for lessons that you can use the day after you read about them. Not only can your students learn more, but you will become more familiar with the capabilities and potential of using these apps in your own life.
If you teach in the primary grades and see the upper grade students using Chromebooks but struggle with trying to figure out what you and your Littles can do in your classroom or how you can teach your students similar skills, I definitely recommend reading this book and using some of their ideas. If you are a principal at an elementary school and want your primary grade students and teachers to use more of G Suite for Education apps, maybe buy a copy for teachers to borrow.
As always, reach out to the OGSD EdTech team if you have questions, want to get ideas of how to use technology in your classroom, or need training or coaching.
