Google Apps for Education Resource
Staff Accounts
Username: Outlook username with periods Ex. first.m.lastname@mcpsmd.net
Temporary Password: mcpsmd<employee id> Ex. mcpsmd12345
OCTO's Staff Account Information Link
Google Drive
- Google Docs and Drive
Learn the basics and watch a training video by a Google Certified Teacher. Video will only play in Chrome browser. - Google Drive Tutorial - Quick Start
- Google Slides
Presentation tool that works very similar to Microsoft PPT - Google Forms
Forms allow you to survey and collect information from any number of users, and receive (and share) feedback in real time. - Commenting in Google Docs
Use the comment button to provide in-context, real-time, feedback on student writing, or have students respond to each other. - Sharing Documents with Frost Students and Staff
- Collaborating with Students using Google Drive
Resources
- Google Apps in Classrooms and Schools
40 ways to start using Google Apps - Educational Technology Guy
Compilation of GAFE Resources - 12 Effective ways to use Google Drive in Education
- Google Drive Cheat Sheet
- 3 ways to use Google Classroom
Apps
Google Apps are links to websites.
App reviews by MCPS teachers, for MCPS teachers
MCPS teacher-reviewed list of apps. This is an ongoing and collaborative Google Sheet.
Borrowed from: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/robertfrostms/mediacenter/gafe.aspx