Health, Movement and Wellness For All

Over the past decade, Google has expanded their app capabilities including Drive, Word, Slides, Sheets, Forms and more! These apps are a great way to create, share and publish work with peers and colleagues. There are several reasons to use Google Apps including accessibility, collaboration capabilities and innovation across all aspects of life.  Google Apps are easily accessible to most, if not all, individuals with a device and internet connection. Anyone can sign up for a Google account to use the different Google apps. Individuals can use Google Docs to create any type of documentation from research papers to personal journal entries. Google Sheets can be used to track data and organize figures for personal or professional use. Google Slides can be used for any type of presentation for different professions including education, business, social sciences, and health care. Any individual can access these apps and more for personal to professional settings.  Google Apps allow...

Google Apps has provided teachers with the ability to reach beyond essential learning targets and standards. Below I have put together 10 resources that general teachers and Health/PE teachers can use for their classroom. Google Apps and Common Core State Standards  Writing with Google Docs : This website addresses how to use Google Docs to reach writing standards within Common Core. In this article, the author highlights several ways to include Google Docs in the classroom. Students can collaborate on writing pieces together, participate in synchronous or asynchronous debates and peer/self assess using Google Form. These activities and more allow students to collaborate while achieving Common Core State Standards.  Collaborative Projects and Meeting Students’ Goal : This teacher’s weebly page provides reasoning to how Google Docs can help students and teachers meet their CCSS goals. Within the webpage, the author provides an excellent article discussing how CCSS and technolog...