Introduction to Google Apps

This event has been approved for 3 hours of FPG.

The Maricopa Community College District is planning to implement a “maricipa.edu” instance of Google Applications, specifically Gmail, for students. The primary rationale for this workshop is to inform faculty members and staff, of how Google Applications work so they might evaluate them for their own teaching and work processes. This workshop will give faculty members the opportunity to experiment with the various Google Applications while also dialoguing with one another about how they might incorporate them into their classes.

Workshop participants will have the opportunity to engage in “hands-on” activities with the various applications to better understand them. The goals of the event are to make faculty comfortable with, and knowledgeable about, a variety of Google Applications:

Introducing faculty and staff to the Google Applications associated with a college’s instance of Google Apps.
Engaging in discussion about how and why these various technologies can better facilitate teaching and learning.
Offering the knowledge and experience of faculty who have designed, developed and incorporated different types of Google Applications into their classes, or work processes.
Encouraging individual faculty, or staff, from all disciplines to critically select, review, and possibly adopt Google Applications to incorporate into their classes, or work processes.

Friday, March 7, 2008
9:00am - Noon
Glendale Community College - Room LMC-138

Friday, March 28, 2008
9:00am - Noon
Mesa Community College - Room AS192

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
1:00 - 4:00pm
Scottsdale Community College - Room BU 141N

For more information, contact Veronica Diaz, PhD at MCLI: 480.731.8300.

Faculty Professional Growth

Faculty Professional Growth Credit (non academic advancement) has been approved for 3.0 hours of FPG.