Directions to get to Google Drive (get it drive...directions...)

We are officially on our final week of school! Yahoo!  We made it through another 178 days of school!  Okay, I will now stop using so many exclamation points because at this point if you are not excited then I don't know what to do.  I am feeling so exhausted at this point in the year, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and this inspires me to keep chugging along.  I feel like this truly illustrates my feelings about the school year.

Last week I told you that all of my students were going to have Chromebooks next year.  Then this week our school received an email saying they were going to start limiting what we can keep in our home drive and that we needed to start saving and uploading our documents, pictures, and videos to google drive.  I am thinking a review might be needed for a few of my teacher friends and those who just want to start using their google tools more!

Google Drive

If your school district is a "Google District" then you have unlimited space in Google Drive.  Anything you upload to Google Drive you can share with anyone and if you make a folder and share the whole folder with your team then anything you add to that folder will be shared with the same people.  My team recently used this when planning for MAP block schedule and everything I created/uploaded was automatically shared with my ELA team for all to see and use!  Let get onto a tutorial to help you out with this!

This video only uploads a document and shows you how to share one document, but like I said before you can upload videos and pictures.  Take advantage of all this FREE space for teachers!  

Here are a few links to some resources on how you can use Google Drive in your classroom.  

The Paperless Classroom with Google Docs:  This is a 13-page google document describing anything you might need to know to create a paperless classroom.  

38 Ideas to use Google Drive in Class:  This site has several ideas on how to use google drive.  This is a great place to get your creative juices flowing!

The Teacher's Guide to using Google Drive in the Classroom: This is another great beginners guide with some fun app tips thrown in!

I hope this information helps you get started with Google Drive and its amazing uses in the classroom. 

What is your favorite use for Google Drive in your classroom?  

Until next time...