Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Google Suite
Gabrielle Slay
Maria Pinto
Marie Roberson
Stephanie Joyner
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Abstract
Our Elementary school wants to teach students using 21st century technology. They would like
for teachers to integrate more technology into their lessons and feel more comfortable in using
new technology tools. A technology survey was conducted to see how a small group of teachers
felt about some of these tools. The survey revealed that there’s a big need for teacher training.
All the teachers that took the survey indicated that they want more training on “Google Docs”
and they expressed that when learning new technology concepts, they preferred to learn in a
small group environment. None of these teachers have a class website, but most of them feel that
This proposal is to teach how to use various Google Apps for saving, creating, and collaborating
as well as learn about the settings and sharing permissions on these documents. The teachers will
have an opportunity to practice creating some sample documents and sharing those with a team
member. They will also have the opportunity to start out constructing their class website using
Google Sites. Google Suite is an excellent web 2.0 tool for teachers to use. Creating documents
using this tool would allow for them to collaborate among their team, share presentations, lesson
ideas, create assessments, collect data, host all their information in one place, and communicate
with parents and the community through their class website among many other things.
Proposal
Demonstrated need: A technology survey (Appendix A) was given in the form of a google form
to a group of teachers. One of the questions from the survey was “Do you need more training on
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Google Docs? ”, all of the teachers who took the survey answered “yes”. Another question was
“Do you have a classroom website?” and all the teachers answered “no”. Since there was this
Specific: Teachers will be able to use Google Apps for saving, creating, and collaborating on
various types of documents as well as learn about the settings and sharing permissions on these
documents.
Measureable: Creating various documents on Google Suite will allow teachers the
opportunities to share with colleagues and students. Teachers will create three types of
documents and share with a team member for collaboration. Teachers will complete these tasks
Achievable: The district will provide professional development for teachers by a Google
Certified trainer/educator.
Results: Google Suite will provide teachers with an effective way to save, create, and
Time-bound: Teachers will attend training and be able to efficiently save, create, and
Specific: Using Google Sites, the teachers will create their own class website.
Measureable: Teachers’ websites will include a minimum of three pages. Each page will
include four different components. Websites will be created with 100% accuracy.
Achievable: The district will provide professional development for teachers by a Google
Certified trainer/educator.
Results: Google Sites will allow teachers to display and share information and resources easily.
Google Sites can be easily updated and are a great outlet for communication between teachers,
Time-bound: Teachers will attend training and be able to create a classroom Google Site within
Evaluation Plan
Before the training, teachers will be instructed to complete a 10 question pretest on Google Suite
(Appendix C). At the end of the training, the teachers will be asked to complete a post-test
(Appendix D) which contains the same questions. The data will be compared to see growth and
knowledge acquired after the training (Level 2 and 3 Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation). In
addition, an exit survey (Appendix E) will be emailed to participants the day after the training to
gather information on how they felt about the training experience overall (Level 1 Kirkpatrick’s
Levels of Evaluation). Upon completion of this exit survey, the stipend will be released. Lastly,
ongoing training/coaching will be offered to the teachers throughout a period of time to ensure
that the teacher continues to uses the skills acquired in the training and that their website is
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finalized and not abandoned after the training session activity (Level 4 Kirkpatrick’s Levels of
Evaluation).
Teachers will be able to use Google Apps Training Activity- During the training,
for saving, creating, and collaborating on the teachers will be asked to create
various types of documents as well as different types of documents and share
learn about the settings and sharing them with their team members in order
permissions on these documents. to practice sharing and permissions.
Results: Google Suite will provide In addition, the evaluation will prompt
teachers with an effective way to save, the teachers to answer questions related
to the acquisition of this goal.
create, and collaborate with colleagues
and students.
Using Google Sites, the teachers will Training Activity- During the training,
create their own class website. the teachers will be asked to create their
websites, they will include a minimum
of three pages. Each page will include
Results: Google Sites will allow teachers
four different components. Towards the
to display and share information and end of the training, the teachers will
resources easily. Google Sites can be showcase their work (in progress) to
easily updated and are a great outlet for their team members.
communication between teachers,
students, and parents. In addition, the evaluation will prompt
the teachers to answer questions related
to the acquisition of this goal.
This professional development opportunity will take place at a school location in the district and
therefore, there will be no costs for reservation of a space. A Google certified educator will teach
the professional development. Teachers will be asked to bring their own laptops for training and
practice purposes. Teachers will be responsible for securing a laptop from their home school if
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they do not have their own. This professional development will take a whole day, and the district
will allow the use of an already designated professional development day for this training to take
place. The training is broken down into learning sessions with practice activities for each session.
We would like to make this a positive and enjoyable experience by accommodating teachers with
lunch. For this we have provided an estimate from Highland Bakery (Appendix B).
10:30-10:45 Break
3:45-4:30 Practice and Questions Open Teachers will have the opportunity to
Session show the group the start of their
website as well as ask any questions
that they may have. Participants will
complete a 10 question Post-Test.
*Exit Survey will be emailed to
participants. Upon completion, stipend
will be released.
Activities in the training provide teachers with hands-on, relevant experiences. Teachers will be
able to immediately implement activities from the training into their classroom. Goals are
realistic and broken into manageable parts. Each session of the training focuses on specific parts
of each SMART goal. Teachers will be able to take activities and modify them for continuous
In Sessions 1 and 2 teachers will be creating and collaborating on documents they are used to
creating on a weekly basis such as lesson plans, newsletters, and grade level meeting minutes.
Teachers will learn that uploading these documents into a Google Doc will create the opportunity
for continuous and immediate revisions without everyone having to be in the same place at the
same time. Google Suite will be a useful tool in keeping all information in one secure place
Session 3 will allow teachers to store important resources, helpful links, and easily relay
information in one place. Teachers can add pictures and videos from class. Each teacher will
begin creating their site with three pages, a homepage, class events with a calendar, and a page
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for homework help and resources. Once teachers understand the basic steps and procedures for
creating each page and adding various elements they will be able to improve and modify the
Each of these sessions will give teachers the tools they need to become up-to-date in the digital
world of collaboration. The training will allow the teachers to become effective collaborators
and communicators. Teachers can begin using Google Apps and Google Sites immediately after
training is complete. This instant application of the training is what makes it effective and most
This is a very valuable training and having teachers implement the use of this technology will
impact students’ education and support our school’s mission of incorporating technology, for this
reason, we would like to provide the attendees with a stipend of $200 each and $300 for the
Google certified teacher/trainer. We will set participation capacity for this training to be at 25
including the google certified educator providing the training. The funding requested for this
would be $5,350.
References
Fayetteville Elementary School. (2013). Technology survey [Google Doc]. Retrieved from:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KwrAhKLcRuF_67JIprVq4MJJcYoLycnfWh6I
nw61ESw/edit#gid=0
Highland Bakery. (2016). Lunch Quote for 25 People [Appendix B]. Atlanta, Georgia.
http://www.4cleanair.org/Kirkpatrick.pdf
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Data gathered to see if professional development was needed, Part 1: Questions A to H.
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Part 2: Questions I to N
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Proposed estimate for lunch for 25 people. Variety of sandwiches, chips and pickles. It also
10 Question Google Form document to activate teacher’s attention to what they will be learning
on this training.
https://goo.gl/forms/VS1rHiBLmmmbkHIA3
https://goo.gl/forms/9bJhWVNG0luPRNxp1
Exit survey given to participants to provide their opinion about this professional development
https://goo.gl/forms/P7qE0s1sDKvF9Ng22