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        • American Indian Sovereignty
        • Birchbark House
        • Boarding School Era
        • Current Events in Indian Country
        • Dance House
        • Early Childhood Literature in IEFA
        • Foundations of IEFA
        • History of the Flathead Reservation
        • IEFA and the Visual Arts
        • IEFA Special Topics 1 >
          • Who Will Tell My Brother?: The Indian Mascot Controversy
          • Honoring Native Women’s Voices
          • American Indian Short Stories
          • American Indian Poetry
          • Biographies of Native Americans
        • IEFA Special Topics 2 >
          • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
          • Fire on the Land
          • Native American Astronomy
          • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
          • If I Ever Get Out of Here
        • Montana Tribal Histories
        • Native American Author Studies
        • Native American Literature Glencoe
        • Plants in MT Native Cultures
        • Seven Essential Understandings
        • Learning from Finland
        • Maximizing Mentor Texts
        • It's Never Too Late
        • Contemporary Issues: Dyslexia
        • MT EPAS Teacher Evaluation on Steroids
        • MANDT/ Behavior De-Escalation, Feb. 12, 2021
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        • It's Never Too Late (Summer 2020)
        • Contemporary Issues: Dyslexia (Autumn 2020)
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        • The Danielson Framework in Action
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        • IEFA: Montana Tribal Histories 1.8.18
        • IEFA: American Indian Literature 1.22.18
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        • Native American Literature
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        • Re-Invigorating the Second-R Writing Workshop 12.15.17
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        • IEFA: Montana Tribal Histories
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        • Mindfulness/Holding Space Workshop
        • IEFA: The Boarding School Era
        • MANDT Training March 2017
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  • About Us/Home
    • Contact
    • Sign up for our Newsletter
    • About WMPLC
    • Our Team
  • Professional Development
    • Online Courses >
      • Indian Education for All >
        • American Indian Literature K-8
        • American Indian Literature 9-12
        • American Indian Sovereignty
        • Birchbark House (2021-22)
        • Boarding School Era
        • Current Events in Indian Country
        • Dance House
        • Early Childhood Literature in IEFA
        • Foundations of IEFA (2021-22)
        • History of the Flathead Reservation
        • IEFA and the Visual Arts (2021-22)
        • IEFA Special Topics 1 >
          • Who Will Tell My Brother?: The Indian Mascot Controversy
          • Honoring Native Women’s Voices
          • American Indian Short Stories
          • American Indian Poetry
          • Biographies of Native Americans
        • IEFA Special Topics 2 >
          • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
          • Fire on the Land
          • Native American Astronomy
          • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
          • If I Ever Get Out of Here
        • Montana Tribal Histories
        • Native American Author Studies
        • Native American Literature Glencoe
        • Plants in MT Native Cultures (2021-22)
        • Seven Essential Understandings
      • English Language Arts/ Dyslexia/Best Practices >
        • Contemporary Issues: Dyslexia 2021-22
        • Helping Student Writers (2021-22)
        • Language Study for Teachers (2021-22)
        • Learning from Finland (2021-22)
        • Writing Improvement (2021-22)
      • Gifted & Talented >
        • Exploring SENG (2021-22)
        • Nurturing Individual Potential (2021-22)
      • New Teacher/ Improving Teaching Practices >
        • It's Never Too Late (2021-22)
      • Educational Leadership/ Administrators >
        • Introduction to Calibration, June 24, 2021
        • MT EPAS Teacher Evaluation on Steroids for New School Leaders: August 2, 2021
        • Rural Schools: Supervising Teacher (2021-22)
      • School Climate/ MANDT/ L&L >
        • Teacher Self Care through Mindfulness, April/May 2021
        • MANDT/ Behavior De-Escalation, April 30, 2021
        • Mindful Practices for Educators (2020-21)
      • VESi Online Courses
    • Past Courses/Workshops >
      • 2020-2021 Closed Courses >
        • Trauma Support Cohorts (2020-21)
        • MT EPAS Teacher Evaluation on Steroids: March 22, 2021
        • Nurturing Individual Potential
        • Exploring SENG
        • American Indian Literature K-8
        • American Indian Literature 9-12
        • American Indian Sovereignty
        • Birchbark House
        • Boarding School Era
        • Current Events in Indian Country
        • Dance House
        • Early Childhood Literature in IEFA
        • Foundations of IEFA
        • History of the Flathead Reservation
        • IEFA and the Visual Arts
        • IEFA Special Topics 1 >
          • Who Will Tell My Brother?: The Indian Mascot Controversy
          • Honoring Native Women’s Voices
          • American Indian Short Stories
          • American Indian Poetry
          • Biographies of Native Americans
        • IEFA Special Topics 2 >
          • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
          • Fire on the Land
          • Native American Astronomy
          • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
          • If I Ever Get Out of Here
        • Montana Tribal Histories
        • Native American Author Studies
        • Native American Literature Glencoe
        • Plants in MT Native Cultures
        • Seven Essential Understandings
        • Learning from Finland
        • Maximizing Mentor Texts
        • It's Never Too Late
        • Contemporary Issues: Dyslexia
        • MT EPAS Teacher Evaluation on Steroids
        • MANDT/ Behavior De-Escalation, Feb. 12, 2021
        • MANDT/ Behavior De-Escalation, Nov. 20, 2020
        • MANDT/ Behavior De-Escalation, Sept. 28, 2020
        • MANDT Training Aug. 10, 2020
        • It's Never Too Late (Summer 2020)
        • Contemporary Issues: Dyslexia (Autumn 2020)
        • Contemporary Issues: Dyslexia (Summer 2020)
        • Learning from Finland (Summer 2020)
        • Maximizing Mentor Texts (Autumn 2020)
        • Maximizing Mentor Texts (Summer 2020)
        • Exploring SENG (Summer 2020)
        • Nurturing Individual Potential (Summer 2020)
        • Current Events in Indian Country (Summer 2020)
        • IEFA: Literature K-8 (Summer 2020)
        • IEFA: Literature 9-12 (Summer 2020)
        • Native American Literature (Summer 2020)
        • Early Childhood Literature IEFA (Summer 2020)
      • 2018-2019 Closed Courses >
        • August Institute 2018 >
          • August Institute Hotel Blocks 2018
          • August Institute Gifted and Talented workshops
          • August Institute Education workshops
          • August Institute IEFA workshops
          • August Institute Missoula College Floor Plan maps
        • IEFA Essential Understandings: 4.1.19
        • Make the Most of the Final Weeks of School: Active Learning With a Twist for All Subjects/Grades: April 30, 2019
        • Mindful by Nature, April 2019
        • Maximizing Mentor Texts; Jan. 2019
        • Ramping-up K-6 Reading and Writing for End-of-year Results: April 29, 2019
        • EPAS Teacher Evaluation: April 2019
        • MANDT Training: March 2019
        • Tricks to Turn Even Struggling Spellers-Writers: March 22, 2019
        • Anticipating the ACT: March 1, 2019
        • Writing Like a Reader: March 8, 2019
        • MT AGATE Conference, 2019
        • IEFA: History of the Flathead Reservation 1.14.19
        • IEFA: The Boarding School Era, January 2019
        • Webinars: Danielson Framework for Effective Teaching in Practice
        • The Danielson Framework in Action; Jan. 2019
        • Make Your Classroom an Active Literacy Laboratory/Classroom: March 29, 2019
        • Writing Workshops, Nov. 2018
        • MANDT Training November 2018
        • IEFA: The Dance House Online Book Club, October 2018
        • IEFA: American Indian Literature K-8 Online Book Club, October 2018
        • TEAMS work sessions with OPI 2018
        • Reading and Writing Workshops, Nov. 2018
        • Up a Notch 4 Gifted Kids, October 2018
        • Love and Logic; October 2018
        • Introduction to Restorative Practices and Using Circles Effectively, October 2018
      • 2017-2018 Closed Courses >
        • 2018 Montana AP® Summer Institute
        • IEFA: American Indian Literature 4.2.18
        • IEFA: History of the Flathead Reservation 4.9.18
        • Learn to Identify Young G&T Students Workshop 3.17.18
        • Google Tools for Teachers 3.21.18
        • The Danielson Framework in Action
        • Re-Invigorating the Second-R Writing Workshop 2.23.18
        • Giftedness in Younger Grades Workshop 2.6.18
        • IEFA: Montana Tribal Histories 1.8.18
        • IEFA: American Indian Literature 1.22.18
        • Stacy York Training for Early Childhood 1.17.18
        • Native American Literature
        • Integrating IEFA into Content Area Curriculum
        • Re-Invigorating the Second-R Writing Workshop 12.15.17
        • Mindful Educator's Workshop November 2017
        • MANDT Training October 2017
        • TEAMS work sessions with OPI 2017
        • Conscious Classroom Management
        • August Institute 2017
      • 2016-2017 Closed Courses >
        • Advanced Placement Courses
        • IEFA: History of the Flathead Reservation
        • EPAS June workshop
        • G&T STEAMmaker Camp
        • Mindful by Nature Workshop; April 2017
        • Love and Logic; April 2017
        • Hacking Leadership (May)
        • IEFA: Montana Tribal Histories
        • McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Under ESSA presentations
        • Mindfulness/Holding Space Workshop
        • IEFA: The Boarding School Era
        • MANDT Training March 2017
        • MANDT Training January 2017
        • Teaching Gifted Kids in Today’s Classroom
        • Improving Classroom Instruction with MT EPAS
    • August Institute 2021 >
      • August Institute Hotel Blocks 2021
      • August Institute Credit Options 2021
    • Request Workshops/Consulting >
      • Mindfulness Workshops
      • Reading and Writing Workshops
      • EPAS
      • MANDT
      • Standards Based Grading
      • Gifted and Talented
      • Prevention of Bullying/Suicide
  • Technology & school Savings
    • Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula Discount
    • Moodle Classrooms for Schools
    • Medicaid Billing Services >
      • Montana Medical Billing
    • Book Creator
    • Apptegy
    • Simple K12 Discounts >
      • Simple K12 Webinars
    • Silverback Learning Solutions: Mileposts, Teacher Vitae, EdifyAssess >
      • Mileposts
    • SuccessMaker/PEARSON
    • Waterford
    • Fiducius Loan Relief
    • Inspired Classroom Collective Courses >
      • Inspired Classroom IC Challenges™
    • GT Ignite
    • Response to Armed Intruder >
      • Active Resistance Training
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 Google Tools for Teachers  with Jeff Crews
The Google G-Suite gives educators new ways to use digital tools to help engage students and manage their ever-increasing workflow. Come explore the many ways in which teachers around the world are using these tools to transform their classrooms. 
When:      March 21, 2018   8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  
Where:      Ruby's Inn, Missoula, Montana
Bring a laptop computer to the training
Six OPI renewal units available
Registration fee:  $150
Lunch on your own
For questions, contact director@wmplc.org
Event #18570001

Topics – All topics will include a skill-based portion where participants will learn to use the tool and an application-based portion where they will learn how to apply it to an educational setting.

Topic #1: Google Chrome – The browser that holds it all together
  • Skill-Based
    • Finding your way around Chrome
    • The sync
    • The Omnibox
    • Extensions and apps
  • Application-Based
    • Extensions and apps for student use
    • Improving teacher workflow
    • Syncing across devices (mobility)
Topic #2: Google Classroom
  • Skill-Based
    • The ins and outs of Google Classroom
    • Setting up your class
    • The less well-known tools inside Google Classroom
  • Application-Based
    • Google Classroom for you
    • Adding resources
    • Inviting students
Topic #3: Gmail
  • Skill-Based
    • Diving into settings – there’s more than you think
    • Contacts – Managing individuals and groups
    • Tasks – Keeping track of things
  • Application-Based
    • Setting up your class groups
    • Customizing your Gmail experience
    • Achieving zero inbox
Topic #4: Drive
  • Skill-Based
    • Finding your way around Google Drive
    • Collaboration: Bringing it all together in Drive
    • Adding your own content
    • Sharing resources with others
  • Application-Based
    • Creating the paperless classroom
    • Working with colleagues in a collaborative space
    • Extending Google resources beyond the classroom
Topic #5: Docs
  • Skill-Based
    • The word processing interface
    • Learning the tools to create collaborative writers
    • Research – it’s all built into Google Docs
  • Application-Based
    • Collaborative writing process: Transforming your classroom
    • The 21st century research project
    • Add-ons to extend the writing process
Topic #6: Forms
  • Skill-Based
    • Setting up your first form
    • Modifying your form
    • Form design for sound formative assessment
  • Application-Based
    • Pre-assessment of student knowledge
    • Branching forms to setup review of key concepts
    • Summarizing data for better teaching
Topic #7: Sheets
  • Skill-Based
    • Finding your way around sheets
    • Working with form data
    • Add-ons for sheets: extending the functionality
    • Scripts: Automating data processes
  • Application-based
    • Creating an automated system for collecting student data
    • Pushing collected data to colleagues and students
Topic #8: Putting it all Together
  • Google Tools for the K-12 Classroom
    • Setting up your school for optimum use
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